School District 101
Home


NOTICE OF TRUSTEE ELECTION
NOTICE OF DEADLINE FOR FILING DECLARATIONS OF CANDIDACY

ZONE – #1 Mt. Hall Elementary          ZONE #2 – Evergreen Elementary
BOUNDARY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #101
BOUNDARY COUNTY, STATE OF IDAHO

 

THE PUBLIC SHALL TAKE NOTICE that an election shall be held Tuesday, May 20th, 2008, within said District for the purpose of electing a school trustee pursuant to Idaho law.  Polls will be open from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.  Voters residing in Zone #1 may vote at the Mt. Hall Elementary School.  Voters residing in Zone #2 may vote at Evergreen Elementary School.

 

Persons seeking election to the position of trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Notice.  Any person legally qualified to hold the office of school trustee for Boundary County School District #101 in Zone #1 or Zone #2 may file a Declaration of Candidacy for that office.

 

Zone #1 trustee position is for a three (3) year term and is physically described as:   (Revised 2002)

Beginning at the SW corner of Section 10, T62N, R3W thence north 10 miles along the Bonner/Boundary county line to the SW corner of Section 31, T63N, R3W thence west 11 ¼ miles along the county line to the SW Corner Section 31, T64N, R5W thence north approximately 10 ½ miles to the Canada/USA border thence east approximately 45 miles to the Idaho/Montana border and the NE corner of Section 10, T65N, R3E thence south 7 ½ miles to the SE corner of Section 15, T64N, R3E thence west 9 ¾ miles to the SE corner of Section 13, T64N, R1E thence south 11 to the SE corner of Section 12, T62N, R1E thence west 1 ½ miles to the centerline of US Highway #95 thence south along the highway to the SE corner of Section 15, T62N, R1E thence west 3 ¾ miles to the east bank of the Kootenai River thence south to a point where the river intersects the south line of section 19, T62N, R1E thence west to the point of beginning.

 

Zone #2 trustee position is for a three (3) year term and is physically described as: (Revised 2002)

Beginning at the SW corner of Section 19, T62N, R2E thence north 13 miles to the NW corner of Section 19, T64N, R2E thence east 10 miles to the NE corner of Section 22, T64N, R3E thence south approximately 19 miles along the county line (Idaho-Montana border) to the north bank of the Kootenai River at section 22, T61N, R3E thence north and west approximately 18 miles along the north bank of the Kootenai River to the point of beginning.

 

Exact descriptions and an informational map are available at the District Administration Office, Valley View Elementary School, Boundary County Middle School, Boundary County Library and Boundary County Clerks Office during normal business hours. The zone maps are also on the Boundary County School District #101 website: www.bcsd101.com

 

Declarations of Candidacy, which outline all legal requirements, shall be filed with the Clerk of School District at the district office located at 6577 Main Street, Suite 101, Bonners Ferry, Idaho, no later than 5:00 p.m., April 18, 2008. (I.C.33-502)

 

Pursuant to Idaho Code 33-502A - No write-in vote for school district trustee in a school election shall be counted unless a declaration of intent has been filed indicating that the person desires the office and is legally qualified to assume the duties of school trustee if elected.  The declaration of intent shall be filed not later than fourteen (14) days before the day of the election [May 6th at 5:00 p.m.].  The election date is May 20th, 2008.

 

Pursuant to Idaho Code 33-502B - If only one nomination is received and if no declaration of intent has been filed as noted above, the board shall within thirteen (13) days before the election date [May 7th, 2008] declare such candidate elected as trustee thus canceling said election.

 

A qualified school elector, may vote absentee in such election in the manner herein provided:

Any such elector may make written application to the clerk for a ballot of the kind to be voted on at such election, which application shall contain the name of the elector, the trustee zone of the district in which he/she resides and his/her present address.  Absentee ballot applications are available at the District Administration Office and on the district web site: www.bcsd101.com.  The application for an absentee elector's ballot shall be filed with the clerk not later than 5:00 p.m., Monday, May 19, 2008. Absentee ballots will be available after April 22nd, 2008.

 

The clerk receiving such application shall not more than twenty-eight (28) days prior to the day of the election, deliver to said applicant elector personally or by mail to the mailing address given in the application, postage pre-paid, a ballot or ballots, one (1) of each kind thereof, to be voted on in the election and a form of Oath of Qualification.  The absentee ballot must be received by the clerk, not later than 8:00 p.m. on the day of the election, before such ballot may be counted. (I.C.33-406)

 

DATED this 24th day of March, 2008.

 

_______________________________

Diane M. Cartwright, Clerk

of Boundary County School District #101,

County of Boundary, State of Idaho

Publish:  April 3rd  & April 10th, 2008

Post:     March 24th, 2008                                                                       May 1st & May 8th, 2008