The Great Prairie Area Education Agency will be accepting Statement of Candidacy submissions for the election of one AEA Board Member from March 2023 to December 2025. The Board position open for election is:
- District 6: Fairfield, Pekin, WACO, Winfield-Mt. Union & a portion of the Ottumwa CSD
School Board Members from Director District 6 will choose the Great Prairie Area Education Agency representative by February 21, 2023. Under Iowa law, anyone who is a resident and elector of the Director District indicated may seek election to the AEA Board, except local school employees or members of the Community College Boards of Directors.
Persons interested in declaring candidacy must file a “Statement of Candidacy” available at www.gpaea.org and the Great Prairie AEA Ottumwa or Burlington Offices. The deadline for filing a Statement of Candidacy with Jennifer Woodley, Public Relations Coordinator/Board Secretary of Great Prairie AEA, is January 27, 2023.
Term of office is March 2023 through December 2025. Meetings of the Great Prairie AEA Board of Directors are held at 5:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month at the Fairfield Arts & Convention Center, 200 North Main in Fairfield, Iowa.
Anyone desiring further information on the election may call Jennifer Woodley, Great Prairie AEA Public Relations Coordinator/Board Secretary, at 800-382-8970, Ext. 1232, write to Great Prairie AEA, 2814 North Court Street, Ottumwa, Iowa, 52501 or email jennifer.woodley@gpaea.org.