SBOE to select NIC trustees Friday

The State Board of Education will hold a special board meeting at North Idaho College on Friday to select three new trustees for the college.

Following the resignations of former trustees Christie Wood and Ken Howard that went into effect on Tuesday, the NIC board consists of only two members and is unable to function without a quorum. Per Idaho Code, vacancies shall be filled by the SBOE.

The eight finalist from which NIC trustees for Zone 1, 2 and 5 will be selected are:

NIC Trustee Zone 1

• William H. “Hal” Godwin, PhD – Coeur d’Alene

• David Wold, MD – Coeur d’Alene

NIC Trustee Zone 2

• Brad Corkill – Cataldo

• John Goedde – Coeur d’Alene

• Rachel Wickham – Coeur d’Alene

NIC Trustee Zone 5

• Pete Broschet – Hauser

• Marlon B. “Brad” Patzer – Post Falls

• Paul Sturm, EdD – Spirit Lake

Those eight finalists will be interviewed today by President Kurt Liebich, Vice President Linda Clark and Secretary David Hill of the SBOE starting at 9 a.m. in Christensen Gymnasium at NIC. The executive officers will bring recommendations to the full board.

On Friday, the SBOE will meet at 1 p.m. in the Edminster Student Union Building in the Driftwood Bay room to name the three new trustees.

Public comment will not be taken but seating is available for the public to observe the meeting. If overflow seating is needed, the meeting will also be livestreamed in the Schuler Performing Arts Center, Boswell Hall.

To watch online, the NIC YouTube channel livestream is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v5U62VOiSw

The three new trustees will serve with NIC Trustees Todd Banducci (Zone 3) and Greg McKenzie (Zone 4) until the November election.