ONTARIO
The Ontario School Board of Directors is not seeking to fill its fifth seat at this time due to a technicality over a resignation.
Director Derrick Draper verbally resigned âeffective immediately,â from his Position 4 seat, the term for which ends in June, during an executive session on April 19. The board addressed the matter in open session that night, stating that while Draperâs resignation was acknowledged, it was not asked for nor expected.
However, since then, it has been discovered that Draperâs resignation was not official. Additionally, Draper is still officially in the running for the coming election, in which he has filed to keep his seat, according to Malheur County Clerk Gayle Trotter.