Shelton district takes director applications

The Shelton School District next month will accept applications to replace Marty Best, who represent District 2 on the Shelton School Board.

Best, the board’s vice chairman, died Nov. 20. He was 67.

Best was appointed to the five-member board in September 2021 to replace Lynn Eaton, who resigned that June after moving out of the director district. Best won a new term in the November 2021 general election, garnering 93.55% of the vote as the only candidate on the ballot.

The district will accept applications during January. The candidates must live in its Director District 2 boundaries, which covers the west side of the district. The district boundaries are on the district’s website at http://www.sheltonschools.org under “District” and then “School Board.”

If the district receives more than five candidates, the school board will screen the applications and interviews will follow, the district states. The board will then vote on the candidates.

The appointee will serve until next fall, when the position will be open on the ballot.