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2025 School Board Member Appointment
Applicants must be 21 years of age and must live within Valparaiso city limits.
As provided in the August 7, 1957 Resolution approved by the School Trustees for both Valparaiso and Center Township, the board members appointed by the Valparaiso City Council must be residents of Valparaiso and “not more than a simple majority . . . shall be from the same political party”. To determine party affiliation, Indiana Code § 36-1-8-10(b) provides:
Whenever a law or political subdivision's resolution requires that an appointment to a board be conditioned upon the political affiliation of the appointee, or that the membership of a board not exceed a stated number of members from the same political party, at the time of an appointment, one (1) of the following must apply to the appointee:
(1) The most recent primary election in Indiana in which the appointee voted was a primary election held by the party with which the appointee claims affiliation.
(2) If the appointee has never voted in a primary election in Indiana, the appointee is certified as a member of that party by the party's county chair for the county in which the appointee resides.
Not including the member whose term is expiring, the School Board currently includes two appointees who are considered Republicans and two appointees who are considered Democrats. As such, for the 2025 School Board appointment process, an applicant can be either political party affiliation.
The application form is available on-line until noon on April 14, 2025. Apply Here.
2025 School Board Appointment Schedule - Updated 3/24/25
Public questions can be submitted here from April 14 at noon - April 25, 2025 at noon.
Overview of 2025 Process - Updated 5/2/25
2025 School Board Interview and Appointment Process - Updated 3/24/25
Enabling Resolutions Authorizing Appointment of School Board Members