Houston ISD board seeks applications for late Trustee Manuel Rodriguez' seat

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The Houston ISD board announced Monday it is seeking applications for anyone interested in serving out Trustee Manuel Rodriguez Jr.'s term until a special election in November.

The board hopes to fill the seat on or before it's Aug. 17 board meeting. The appointee will serve until the board can hold a special race as part of its trustee elections in November. Whoever is elected to the District III seat then will serve the remainder of Rodriguez's term, which expires in December 2019.

Only those who live within Houston ISD's District III, which is located primarily in southeast Houston, can apply. Click here to see a map of the district boundaries.

Resumes and letters of interest should be sent by email to Veronica Mabasa at vmabasa@houstonisd.org before 5 p.m. on Aug. 11.

Qualified candidates residing within District III should submit resumes/letters of interest by email to the HISD Board Services Office, Attention: Veronica Mabasa, or to Vmabasa@houstonisd.org no later than 5 p.m. on Aug. 11.

Click here to see eligibility requirements.

The District III seat will be the second filled by Board of Education appointment this year. Holly Flynn Vilaseca was appointed to the District VI seat in January after Trustee Greg Meyers resigned in December 2016.

District VII Trustee Anne Sung was elected to the board during a special election held in December after Trustee Harvin Moore resigned. Sung was sworn in during a January board meeting.

Houston ISD's board also voted earlier this month to name the board auditorium the Manuel Rodriguez Jr. Board Auditorium. Board members and others will officially unveil the new name at a 4 p.m. ceremony before the Aug. 10 board meeting.

Houston ISD officials asked those interested in attending to RSVP to ywences@HoustonISD.org by Aug. 8.

This story was updated after Houston ISD announced the appointee's term would only last until the November election, not the entire two years left in Rodriguez's term.