Administrators at WIAA member senior high schools are reminded that February 28, 2017 is the deadline to announce their candidacy for positions on the Board of Control and High School Advisory Council.

All positions are for a 3-year term beginning with the 2017-18 school year.  Positions open for which candidates must file by February 28 are as follows:

BOARD OF CONTROL
District 3 (west central) for position now held by Mike Beighley of Whitehall (not eligible for re-election).
District 4 (east central) for position now held by Corey Baumgartner of Kaukauna (not eligible for re-election).
Ethnic Minority (at-large) for position now held by Eric Coleman of Milwaukee (eligible for re-election).

HIGH SCHOOL ADVISORY COUNCIL
Large Schools -  for positions now held by Todd Sobrilsky of Waukesha South (not eligible for re-election) and Dave Steavpack of Manitowoc (not eligible for re-election).
Medium Schools - for positions now held by Ty Breitlow of Chilton (eligible for re-election) and Barry Rose of Cumberland (not eligible for re-election).
Small Schools - for position now held by Mark Gruen of Royall (eligible for re-election).
Ethnic Minority (at-large) for position now held by Mark Holzman of Manitowoc (eligible for re-election).

District administrators, high school principals and assistants at these levels who are interested in becoming candidates in their district (Board of Control) or large/medium/small classification (High School Advisory Council) should state their intention via a letter to Joan Gralla ([email protected]) at the WIAA office.  Note:  Candidates must have (1) Department of Public Instruction licensure allowing placement in the eligible set, (2) must be employed full-time or part-time in a qualifying position and (3) cannot be members of the teachers' bargaining unit.

For complete information regarding powers and duties of the Board of Control and Advisory Council, please refer to Pages 17-23 of the WIAA Senior High Handbook.

The time line of the election process is as follows:

January 27, 2017              Announce that declarations of candidacy will be accepted.
February 28, 2017            Deadline for filing declaration of intent to run
March 7, 2017                   If more than twice as many candidates file, a primary election will be held and the
  primary ballot mailed to schools on this date. If a primary is not needed the
  general election ballot will be sent on this date.
March 28, 2017                Deadline for returning primary election ballot. If a primary is not needed the general
  election ballot will be due back on this date.
March 31, 2017                If primary is needed, general election ballots will be sent.
April 13, 2017                  If primary is needed, deadline for returning general election ballots.
April 26, 2017                  Results announced at the Annual Meeting.