On Thursday, the Gibraltar School Board was made whole again when it approved appointing Jeremy Schwab and Luca Fagundes to its two vacant seats.

Selected from a field of eight candidates, Schwab and Fagundes both live in the district and have children currently attending the school. Their current term will run until 2023 where they will run for a one-year term to finish out the term originally held by Angela Sherman and Amie Carriere. Last spring, Sherman and Carriere were elected to the school board but resigned from their respective posts within the last two months. Schwab is on the ballot for the February 15th school board primary. School Board President Stephen Seyfer says if Schwab were to win the election in April, he would have to decide on whether or not he wanted to keep his appointed position or accept the election results and serve out a three-year term.

The appointments come at an important time for the district as the school board begins the process of hiring a new superintendent. Current superintendent Tina Van Meer announced in December she would be retiring.