{"id":2649,"date":"2022-01-29T13:50:59","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T18:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/?p=2649"},"modified":"2022-01-30T14:10:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T19:10:06","slug":"update-school-board-and-selectboard-candidates-town-manager-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/29\/update-school-board-and-selectboard-candidates-town-manager-search\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: School Board and Selectboard candidates; Town Manager search"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who&#8217;s running for School Board and Selectboard?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Both School Board and both Selectboard incumbents up for election are asking voters to return them to office at Town Meeting in March. Three will face no formal opposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is the line up as provided to me by Town Clerk Bonnie Munday. For Norwich School Board, Garrett Palm is running unopposed for a second term for a two-year seat. Lily Trajman is also running unopposed for the three-year seat that the School Board <a href=\"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/07\/updates-school-board-vacancy-town-manager-search-interim-town-manager-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">appointed <\/a>her to in November 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the Selectboard, Claudette Brochu is running unopposed for reelection to a two-year seat. She is seeking her third term.  Selectboard Chair Roger Arnold is running for a second term for a three-year seat. However, Pam Smith, who currently serves as a Norwich Lister, is running against him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Town Manager search<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The Selectboard is inching its way to signing a new Town Manager. On January 14, it voted 4-1 to extend an offer of employment to Candidate #31, subject to contract negotiations. Nearly two weeks later, on January 26, the Board decided to &#8220;send a draft contract to candidate #31 for review,&#8221; say <a href=\"http:\/\/norwich.vt.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/draft-minutes-012622.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the draft meeting minutes<\/a>. It is not clear from the minutes whether there have been any negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">*  *  *<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who&#8217;s running for School Board and Selectboard? Both School Board and both Selectboard incumbents up for election are asking voters to return them to office at Town Meeting in March. Three will face no formal opposition. Here is the line up as provided to me by Town Clerk Bonnie Munday. For Norwich School Board, Garrett Palm is running unopposed for a second term for a two-year seat. Lily Trajman is also running unopposed for the three-year seat that the School <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/29\/update-school-board-and-selectboard-candidates-town-manager-search\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  UPDATE: School Board and Selectboard candidates; Town Manager search<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,69,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elections","category-tm-search","category-town-meeting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UPDATE: School Board and Selectboard candidates; Town Manager search - Norwich Observer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/29\/update-school-board-and-selectboard-candidates-town-manager-search\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UPDATE: School Board and Selectboard candidates; Town Manager search - Norwich Observer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Who&#8217;s running for School Board and Selectboard? 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