The list of candidates for St. Joseph School Board are growing every day as the deadline nears to submit letters of intent to fill the position left vacant by Dan Colgan’s resignation.

As of Thursday morning 11 St. Joseph residents have submitted their names.

The latest submissions include Mike Veale, Diane Slawson and Roy Kunkle.

Dennis Dornhoffer, William Church, Michael Dulcan, Eric Bruder, Matthew Brock, Jeff Bird, Brian Cronk and David Mason have also submitted their names.

Applicants wanting to apply to be considered for school board still have until Monday, March 23rd at 4 p.m. to submit their letters of intent to the Superintendent’s Office.

Individuals wanting to submit letters to the Board of Education can deliver or mail it to:

Debbie Consolver, Board Secretary
SJSD
925 Felix Street
St. Joseph, MO 64501

Consolver said after the closing date the Board will review all of the applicants at the April 13th Board Meeting.

She said once the board has reviewed the applicants they will conduct interviews to determine the best match for the vacancy. The term will end April 11, 2016.