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Show 1 ' s II prt ; . ., troSing Woman Named To Board i By TOM BUSSELBERG FARMINGTON A Farmington woman who has held nearly every PTA post from the local to state level has been named to the Davis Board of Education. MA RD A DILLREE, 747 Moon Circle, Farmington, was installed as a part of the five-member five-member board Tuesday night, filling the vacancy created early ear-ly last week with the sudden death of Lucile C. Reading. Mrs. Reading had served as president of the board almost continuously since her election elec-tion in 1976. By state law, a board member mem-ber appointed to fill a vacancy can only serve until the next election. At that time, the member could run for a regular term. That means Mrs. Dillree will serve until Dec. 31 of this year and could seek a two year term in the fall election. CHOSEN from 23 applicants, appli-cants, six were interviewed by the board Monday afternoon in about a six hour session. Sheryl Allen, into her sixth year on the board, said of the decision, "There were some really excellent candidates. I think Mrs. Reading would have really been pleased. There were so many good candidates." can-didates." Speaking of the board's choice she went on to say, "Marda has had more experience experi-ence in the schools and on a district level" and noted her strong support of the voted leeway, lee-way, leading to "a lot of criticism" critic-ism" that "she weathered quite well." "She's been to many board meetings and can step right in." MRS. DILLREE and her husband, Steve L., are parents of three sons, an eight year old in elementary school; a 13 year old junior high age, and a 17 year old high school student. "That sort of gives me an awareness of the concerns on all three levels," she said. She's personally been in volved" in school-related volunteer help for 13 years. "From day one I served in about ab-out every PTA position." She has recently been teaching the "Great Books" program, as well. "I'VE ALWAYS enjoyed volunteer service I'm totally sold on it. I also feci my philosophy philo-sophy toward education in Davis County very much coincided coin-cided with the philosophy Lucile Reading had," she went on to say, noting she had frequently fre-quently discussed issues with the former board president "I reflected very much the same philosophy," she emphasized, noting importance import-ance she places on parental involvement in-volvement in "working together to achieve educational educa-tional goals. REALIZING she wasn't e ccted to the position Mrs Dill.ee added, "I ,hmk mam concern is getting (constituents) (con-stituents) ipU,. m I1C( b Pr ably my biggest concern Mi make sure I reach them. It's a J little scary it's awful numb- ' 1 ling." Asked what her major concerns con-cerns in education were she responded, re-sponded, "I really feel there isn't an area I'm not concerned about. " She has served on several sev-eral state committees, including includ-ing a two-year stint with th-' ? State Child Abuse Advisory Council. She was also in- :: volved in a PTA legislative j: committee, where she was in- P. volved with citizenship ii"d J: curriculum involvement but :: also lobbied for other areas, as ;: well. LOOKING TO other area v of concern she said, "1 th",k w hen it comes to capital outlay or any problem with students the more input we can get from 1 people it's their educational system. I feci strongly about system that will give parents; '"Put on cuiriculum" while working to create curriculum V to help ns many individual sin- 'ctfcsv. dents as possible. |