Four people apply for 2017 appointment to Hoover school board

The Hoover City Council today received four applications for a spot on the Hoover school board.

The four applicants are:

• Calvin Briggs, director of the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics program at Lawson State Community College
• Shekinah Lee, lead key holder of the Plato’s Closet used clothing store in Hoover
• Susan Ogle, a retired teacher who worked 20 years for Hoover City Schools and now is serving as a consultant for the Alabama Math Science Technology Initiative through May
• Amy Tosney, vice president and office manager at Magic City Door

The deadline to apply was today at 5 p.m.

The Hoover City Council plans to interview the four applicants on March 20 and make a selection at the April 17 council meeting. Whoever is selected will replace Stephen Presley, whose five-year term ends May 31.

UPDATE: Briggs withdrew his name from consideration on Sunday, March 12.