by Dennis Dalman
editor@thenewsleaders.com
A former school board member was appointed to fill out the term of Krista Durrwachter, who resigned recently from the Sartell-St. Stephen School Board.
In resigning, Durrwachter noted she is about to begin a new job that could perhaps raise conflict-of-issue questions if she continued as a school board member.
The appointee, Lesa Kramer, served on the Sartell-St. Stephen School Board from 2009-2012. She has long been active in the district, most recently as part of a successful effort to get the $105-million school bond issue approved by voters in the May 24 election.
Kramer was a member of the district’s Community Schools Planning Committee, which spent many months studying the needs of the district and which recommended the bond for a new high school and updates at the current schools.
Kramer was appointed unanimously by the school board July 1 to become interim board member.
Kramer’s interim term on the school board will begin July 20 and last until the rest of Durrwachter’s term at the end of 2016. In the Nov. 8 general election, there will be three at-large school board positions up for election, including Durrwachter’s-Kramer’s position.
Besides Durrwachter’s seat, the other two positions up for election are now served by Jason Nies and Pam Raden. The other school board members are Patrick Marushin, Mary McCabe and Michelle Meyer.
Lesa Kramer
