MUROC BOARD NAMES NEW TRUSTEE.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer NORTH EDWARDS - Muroc Joint Unified School District A unified school district is a school district which includes both primary school (kindergarten through middle school or junior high) and high school (grades 9-12). In Illinois, these districts are called unit school districts. trustees have appointed an Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. homemaker to fill the board seat left vacant by Jan Finch, who resigned to move out of state. The board appointed Jan Torres, who was the only one who applied for the post, at Wednesday's meeting. The term will expire in 2002. Torres had filed to run in the Nov. 7 election for the seat of Ginger Ashcraft, who also resigned to move out of state. Kern County election officials said Thursday that it's too late to remove Torres' name from the ballot, so if she wins, she will have to resign one of the seats. Ashcraft's seat is also being sought by Katrina Coullier. Finch's seat is not up for election. Also at Wednesday's meeting, the board approved a three-year contract for Bertha ber·tha n. A wide deep collar, often of lace, that covers the shoulders of a dress. [French berthe, after Bertha (died 783), Carolingian queen as the wife of Pepin the Short.] Boullion, who was named in June as a replacement for Superintendent Irene Sherman, with whom the district is trying to work out a settlement. Boullion, the district's former assistant superintendent Assistant Superintendent, or Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), was a rank used by police forces in the British Empire. It was usually the lowest rank that could be held by a European officer, most of whom joined the police at this rank. for educational services, will earn an annual salary of $93,500, which is less than Sherman's annual pay of $99,454. ``We kind of put (Boullion) in that position. That's basically wrapping up loose ends,'' board President Chuck James Charles Hamilton "Chuck" James (born November 9, 1981 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a starting pitcher for the Atlanta Braves. Minor League career Chuck was signed by the Braves on July 29, 2002 in the 20th Round of the 2002 Free Agent Draft. said. The board has been trying to negotiate a settlement with Sherman, who was hired in 1997 and has a contract that runs through June 30, 2003. Sherman has been on personal leave since May 8 and is not expected to return, trustees said. Trustees described Sherman's departure as a ``mutual divorce'' and said friction had developed between her and the board over the past year. Sherman came to the Muroc district from a one-school district in Santa Maria Santa Maria, city, Brazil Santa Maria (sän`tə mərē`ə), city (1991 pop. 217,592), Rio Grande do Sul state, S Brazil. It is a major railroad terminus and the site of an important military base. , Calif. |
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