Applications Now Being Accepted For Kilgore College Board

Monday, Feb. 9, was the first day prospective candidates for the Kilgore College Board of Trustees could file for places on the ballot to fill upcoming expired terms of five KC board members. The application process will remain open through Monday, March 9.

KILGORE, TX, Feb. 10, 2009 -- Voters in the Kilgore College District will elect five to the nine-member board in an upcoming May 9 election. All five of the current members up for re-election have filed for a place on the ballot.

Current board members whose terms expire in May are: Will Roberson, Place 1, Voting Unit No. 1; James Walker, Place 2, Voting Unit No. 2; C. B. “Scooter” Griffin, Place 3, Voting Unit No. 3; Charles Hale for the two remaining years of Place 6, Voting Unit No. 3; and Scott Andrews for the two remaining years of Place 4 in Voting Unit No. 1.

Andrews was sworn in last night to fill the spot of Fred Parsons, who resigned Jan. 12 due to his move out of the district.

Voting Unit No. 1 consists of the Overton and Leveretts Chapel independent school districts and the West Rusk County Consolidated Independent School District; Voting Unit No. 2 consists of the Gladewater, White Oak and Sabine independent school districts; and Voting Unit No. 3 consists of the Kilgore Independent School District.


Forms for application for a place on the ballot, appointment of a campaign treasurer and declaration of write-in candidacy may be picked up in the Assistant to the President’s Office in room 105 of the McLaurin Administration Building on the KC campus.

Office hours are 8 a.m. to Noon and 1 - 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. To receive forms by mail, call (903) 983-8178.