Newly elected St. Joseph School District board of education candidates will be sworn in Wednesday.

Dr. Bryan Green and Tami Pasley won the municipal election last week out of a total of 10 candidates.  Joey Austin, Dir. of Communications for the District said with changes in how candidates apply the district had been prepared for many more than 10.

“I really thought at this first time when we didn’t need anyone to have signatures to sign up, we were prepared for over 30.  We thought it could be anybody and everybody” Austin said. “We had 10 candidates who were very interested in the school district, who had excellent credentials to be on the board.  We had former educators, we had business people, people very tied to the community.  It was tough.  I think it was a very tough decision for the public.”

Green and Palsey will be sworn in Wednesday during a special board of education meeting.

Austin said Judge Dan Kellogg will swear in Dr. Bryan Green and Tami Pasley at 5:30 pm at the conclusion of a work session.  A reception will follow in the rotunda area at the downtown building located at 925 Felix.

Since Wednesday, Austin said the school district has been in contact with the newly elected board members.

“They’re very excited.  Already starting to see the amount of work ahead of them.  They do have some training to go through with the Missouri School Boards Association,” Austin said.  “We also sat down with them on Friday.”

Green and Pasley replace outgoing board members Brad Haggard and Eric Bruder, who was filling a position left by the resignation of former board member Dan Colgan.