The Clinton Board of Aldermen has taken care of some overdue business, reappointing four of the local school district’s five trustees to staggered terms, with the longest-serving member scheduled to roll off in July to be replaced by a new trustee. At their February 17 meeting, the aldermen approved a resolution which reads, in part:
“It has come to the attention of the City of Clinton that it is not in compliance (with state law) insomuch as it has not appointed, in more than five years, any of the members of the Clinton Public School District Board of Trustees.”
The law states that School Board members should serve five-year terms, with a new term beginning the first Saturday in March, “but so chosen that the term of office of one member shall expire each year.”…