School board appoints new member

PALMER — The Matanuska-Susitna Borough School Board decided Thursday evening to appoint Erick Cordero Giorgana to a vacant board seat.

Cordero was one of five who applied for the post. The other four are Jamey Duhamel, David Anderton, Bernadette Rupright and William Tull. Giorgana has been active in local politics where most recently he ran as the Democratic candidate for the state Senate seat which Republican Linda Menard eventually won.

The school board seat in question, Seat E, was vacated earlier this month when Brian Sullivan resigned, saying his duties as an active duty Army officer had changed, requiring more of his time. On the school board, all seats are at-large, meaning no member represents any specific area of the Borough.

School District Spokeswoman Catherine Esary said earlier Thursday that Seat E will be on the ballot again in October.

— Andrew Wellner