{"id":207298,"date":"2026-06-25T20:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T01:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=207298"},"modified":"2026-06-25T20:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T01:46:16","slug":"boe-accepting-applications-for-vacant-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/06\/25\/boe-accepting-applications-for-vacant-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"BOE accepting applications for vacant seat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Van Wert City Board of Education is seeking applicants to fill the unexpired term of board member Thaison Leaser, who resigned his position effective June 30, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The board will begin interviewing candidates soon and must name a replacement within 30 days of the resignation. The newly appointed member will serve until December 31, 2027. If the appointed member desires to continue serving, he or she must run in the November, 2027 general election for the remaining two years of the unexpired term ending December 31, 2029.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/VWCS_circle_full-color_WHITE-BACKGROUND-e1772991280211.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-152087\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Leaser was elected to the Van Wert City Schools Board of Education to a four year term beginning January 1. He has submitted his resignation due to purchasing a home outside of the district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Van Wert City Schools Board of Education President Anthony Adams thanked Leaser for his service to the Van Wert City School District.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those interested in serving on the Van Wert City Schools Board of Education should contact Julie Anderson (<a href=\"mailto:j_anderson@vwcs.net\"><u>j_anderson@vwcs.net<\/u><\/a>) or click the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vwcs.net\/boe-member-search\"><u>link here<\/u><\/a> to take you to the VWCS district website for an application. The deadline to submit an application is Friday, July 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Ohio law, people serving on Ohio school boards must be at least 18 years old, district residents, and registered voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adams said the board will review all applications and decide on the replacement at its July 22 meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information The Van Wert City Board of Education is seeking applicants to fill the unexpired term of board member Thaison Leaser, who resigned his position effective June 30, 2026. The board will begin interviewing candidates soon and must name a replacement within 30 days of the resignation. The newly appointed member will serve until [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-03 11:44:43","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207298"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207300,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207298\/revisions\/207300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}