Ortiz appointed to Seat 5 of Vallecitos school board

No candidate filed for one of the Vallecitos School District board seats which was to be decided in the Nov. 3 election, so the school district sought applicants and Maria Ortiz was selected to fill the seat.

The decision to select Ortiz as the Seat 5 trustee was approved by the school board Oct. 13. She will be sworn in for her four-year term at the Dec. 8 board meeting. The Seat 5 trustee area is the western part of the district.

“We’re excited to have a community member who is interested in being a part of our board,” Maritza Koeppen, superintendent of Vallecitos School District and princip...