55 Apply for Vacant Seat on Columbus Board of Education

The Columbus City Council has announced that a total of 55 candidates submitted their interests to fill the vacant seat on the Columbus Board of Education when deadline for submission closed Friday, September 28 at 5:00 p.m.

A statement from the Columbus City Schools said that the Board will meet on Sunday, September 30, to review the submissions and discuss the process for selecting a new member.

Those who submitted a notice of interest to fill the vacant seat include: –

• Jennifer Adair
• Julia Allwein
• Billie-Jo Altier
• Dana Bagwell
• Quay Barnes
• Carol Beckerle
• Tressa Brinkley
• Ritchie Brown
• Gwen Callender
• Philip Calloway
• Thomas Capretta
• Sakary Chep
• Jo Ellen Cline
• Bryan Curtiss
• Angelic Dean
• Rob Doersam
• Preston Eberlyn
• Wilder Gomez
• Mohamed Hassan
• Vincent Hayden
• Ken Hewes
• Carissa Joy Izzo
• Katie Johnson
• Santi Kami
• Todd Kleismit
• Joshua Lapp
• William Leibensperger
• Jennifer Lynch
• Jeffrey Mackey
• Shelly Martin
• Kim Mason
• Shelley Megan Mateer
• David Miller
• Anders Miller
• Jibril Mohamed
• Ismail Mohamed
• Kyle Norton
• Raven Owens
• Tina Pierce
• James Ragland
• Benjamin Rosen
• Brandi Slaughter
• Jay Smith
• Charles Steinbower
• De’Juan Stevens
• Bryan Steward
• Scott Stockman
• James Sullinger
• Tamica Thorton
• Diana Townsel
• Erin Upchurch
• Zack Usmani
• Tania Washington
• Emily White
• Spencer Williams

The statement also said that the Columbus Board of Education will hold a Special Meeting on Sunday, September 30, at 6:00 p.m., in the lower-level Assembly Room of the Columbus Education Center, 270 E. State St., Columbus, OH 43215.