Edwards resigns from BOE; new member sought

There is an empty seat on the Haxtun Board of Education. Board members accepted a resignation from Audree Edwards in a Tuesday evening, May 16 meeting due to employment changes that no longer allow her to serve on the local school board. The Board now has 60 days to appoint someone to fill her seat until elections this November. At that time, five of the seven seats that make up the local board will be up for election.

The May board meeting opened with the approval of Edwards’ resignation from the school board. She was later approved as the District’s new sixth great teacher and elementary cou...