FORKS — Kevin Hinchen has been appointed to the Quillayute Valley School Board.
Hinchen, a former Forks City Council member and sporting goods manager for Forks Outfitters, was appointed Tuesday to the Position 2 seat vacated by Rick Gale, who resigned Oct. 13.
The appointment brings the five-seat board back to full strength.
Hinchen and Ron Hurn, who was appointed in November, will be sworn in along with newly elected board member Val James Giles, Position 1, during an early January ceremony, said Bill Rohde, board chairman.
Rohde and Mike Reaves, who were both re-elected to their positions Nov. 3, also will be sworn in for their new terms in January.
Hurn’s appointment filled position 4, which opened when Brian Pederson resigned Oct. 17.
School board directors oversee a budget in excess of $28 million, with responsibility for policy and governance of district schools, as well as Insight School of Washington, a distance-learning Internet-based school.
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