Late board member's husband named to seat
By: GEMA MARIA DUARTE
Bucks County Courier Times
morrisville schools
Morrisville School District directors had the difficult task of replacing Brenda Worob, who died in late January. Her replacement was none other than her husband, who has served on the board before.
Stephen Worob won out over four other candidates Wednesday during the special meeting portion of the night, which also included this month's regular work session and January's school board meeting, which was cut short due to bad weather conditions.
Brenda Worob's term would have officially ended December 2013, but that term was cut short to the end of this year.
"You can't have someone who was appointed serve for three years," school board member Marlys Mihok said after the meeting.
In the running were Gayle Haug, David Novick, Theodore Parker and Damon Miller. Candidates answered the same four questions, which included the best way of dealing with the district's deficit and the working relationship with board members. The other two questions involved rating the board and providing the reason for wanting to serve on the board.
Basically, all candidates want to provide a good education to Morrisville students at an affordable price, they said. Most said the board is doing a good job. Haug and Miller, who frequent school board meetings and activities, said they don't always agree with decisions made by the directors, but there are times they do.
Haug said her experience as a CPA would help crunch numbers. Novick said he would use his financial planning skills to review the budget and to eliminate the deficit he would analyze the district's spending plan line-by-line. Parker said he would look into lowering expenditures such as bids and services to reduce the deficit. Miller and Worob would examine employee contracts, which are a large portion of the budget, they said.
Gema Maria Duarte can be reached at 215-949-4195 or gduarte@phillyBurbs.com. Follow Gema on Twitter at twitter.com/deadlineduarte.
February 17, 2011 02:12 AM
