Oswego School Board president submits resignation

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Publication: Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL)

Date: 2009-01-16 00:00:00

The president of the Oswego School Board resigned Thursday, citing a conflict with his service in the U.S. Army Reserve.

Andrew Young is the second School Board member in three months to bid farewell to the district - and the school superintendent also has submitted his resignation. Young's resignation is effective immediately. Young, a mobilized Army reservist, joined the School Board in 2005. He said he became aware of a military regulation prohibiting him from serving as an elected official two years later. Young said the statute states that ...

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