A vacancy on the Amherst School Committee will be filled on Thursday October 13, 2016 at a
joint meeting of the Select Board and the remaining members of the Amherst School
Committee. Interested candidates must submit a Letter of Interest to the Select Board office by
4:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 6, 2016.
Letters of Interest may be submitted by email to selectboard@amherstma.gov (preferred) or via
hard copy to Select Board, Town Hall, 4 Boltwood Ave. Amherst MA 01002. Please include a
summary of your reasons for wishing to serve on the Amherst School Committee and your
qualifications and experience. All submissions will be distributed to Select Board and Amherst
School Committee members as they are received, and will be available to the public on the Town
web site in the Select Board’s packet materials for the October 13, 2016 meeting. Certain
personal information will be redacted upon request. Please note that while candidates are
welcome to make the public aware of their interest, members of the Select Board, Amherst
School Committee, and staff will not release the number of candidates, or candidate names or
other identifying information, until after the Letters of Interest appear in the Select Board
packet materials for the October 13, 2016 meeting.
Candidates who have submitted a Letter of Interest will need to attend the Thursday October 13,
2016 joint meeting at 5:00 p.m. The joint meeting will be held in the Town Room on the second
floor of Town Hall and will be broadcast live by Amherst Media on channel 17.
Vacancies in elected Town-wide office are governed by MGL Chapter 41 Section 11. A roll call
vote of both bodies is required, and at least five positive votes must be made for the selected
individual, regardless of how many members of the Select Board and Amherst School
Committee are present.
The person elected on October 13, 2016 will serve until the next Annual Town Election, to be
held on March 28, 2017, and has the option to seek election on the Town ballot through the
standard nomination process. The Amherst School Committee term that ended with resignation
on September 26, 2016 will be on the March 28, 2017 Town ballot as a two year term. The new
Amherst School Committee member also serves on the Amherst-Pelham Regional School
Committee http://www.arps.org/administra tion/school_committee, and must be sworn in at
the Amherst Town Clerk's office prior to participating in meetings of either body.
If you have questions please contact Debra Puppel in the Select Board/Town Manager’s Office
at 259-3001 or puppeld@amherstma.gov.
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