Looking to help the community? The Edgemont Community Council (ECC) encourages all residents, whether or not they have children in the schools, to consider volunteering for the School Board Nominating Committee (SBNC) – or to submit names of residents they would like to suggest for membership.
About the SBNC. For nearly nine decades, the SBNC has been charged with encouraging qualified residents to serve on the Edgemont School Board, and with implementing a fair and judicious means for evaluating and recommending candidates.
Work of the SBNC. The SBNC (which is sponsored by the ECC) solicits qualified residents for the Edgemont School Board, interviews nominees, and endorses candidates. The SBNC consists of three voting members from each of Edgemont’s eight neighborhoods, as well as one student representative from Edgemont High School. The work of the SBNC begins each year in autumn and runs through the nominee interviews and Candidate Forum in the spring. Members also must attend at least three school board meetings.
Qualifications to Serve. To serve on the SBNC, residents must meet the following qualifications:
- Shall be a resident of the school district for at least three years at the date of their election to the SBNC
- Shall not be the spouse, parent, sibling, child, sibling of a parent, or child of a sibling of a current member of the school board
- Shall not be the spouse, parent, sibling, child, sibling of a parent, or child of a sibling of a current member of the SBNC
- Shall not have served on the SBNC within the last three years
Election Process. The ECC Nominating Committee is responsible for compiling a list of Edgemont residents from which the voters of the Edgemont School District shall elect members of the SBNC. The SBNC Election shall be held on the same day as the School Budget vote, typically the 3rd Tuesday in May. If there are an equal number of nominees as there are SBNC vacancies for any neighborhood, the nominees shall be deemed elected by unanimous consent and no election shall be required for that neighborhood.
Whom to Contact. To express interest in serving on the SBNC next year, please contact the ECC Nominating Committee by March 4, 2025 at NomCom@EdgemontECC.org. In your message please include your residence so the Edgemont neighborhood you reside in can be verified for the purpose of which neighborhood you would represent on the SBNC if elected. Residents are also encouraged to submit the names of residents they would suggest the ECC Nominating Committee reach out to determine their interest in serving on the SBNC.
The strength of the nominating process depends on our community’s willingness to invest the time and effort to serve on the SBNC. Please consider participating in this important and rewarding effort.
Sincerely,
Dylan F. Pyne
President, The Edgemont Community Council
President@EdgemontECC.org
Manali Misra
Chair of the ECC Nominating Committee
NomCom@EdgemontECC.org