FHSAA General Election

Important Information Below . . . Please Read!!!

Declarations of candidacy for election to seat on FHSAA Board of Directors, Representative Assembly, sectional appeals committees now available; due by Feb. 11

Dear FHSAA Member School Representative:

Welcome to the 2008 FHSAA Election. This year there are 33 total seats open on the Association’s Board of Directors, four Sectional Appeals Committees and Representative Assembly combined. Each one of these seats plays an important role in the management and operation of the state’s interscholastic athletic programs.

The election process is open only to those principals, assistant principals or athletic directors of full member schools who are the officially designated representatives of their schools to the FHSAA. Each member school principal was required to designate the official representative for his or her school on the application for membership that was filed for this school year. Only the principal in writing can change that designation. If you are not certain as to whether you are your school’s FHSAA representative, see your principal or contact Cristina Alvarez, Director of Membership Services, in the FHSAA Office at (352) 372-9551 ext. 400.

The first phase of the election process, which continues through February 11, 2008 is the filing of the declaration of candidacy.

Provided below is a link to an alphabetical listing of every full member school. To see the open seats for which an election will be conducted in your administrative section and legislative division, find the name of your school in the list and click on it. The page that follows will describe for you each open seat -- whether it is a public school or private school seat, and the length of the term of office. A link to download the declaration of candidacy form for that seat also will be provided.

To file a declaration of candidacy form(s), you must:

(1) Download the appropriate PDF form(s);
(2) Print out the form(s);
(3) Complete and sign the form(s);
(4) Obtain, if necessary, the signature of the principal on the form(s); and
(5) Fax the form(s) to the FHSAA Office (352.373.1528) by 5 p.m. Monday, February 11, 2008.

The following forms will be considered invalid and will not accepted:

(1) A form on which someone other than a member school’s official FHSAA representative, as listed on file in the FHSAA Office, declares his or her candidacy;
(2) An unsigned form and/or a form not bearing the signature of the principal, if necessary;
(3) An illegible form; and/or
(4) A form received after 5 p.m. Monday, February 11, 2008.

Once the 5 p.m. Monday, February 11, 2008 filing deadline has passed, the second phase of the election process – balloting – will begin. The FHSAA staff will validate the declaration of candidacy forms that have been received and generate an electronic ballot for each legislative division containing the names of the candidates in each race in that division. Voting will be conducted electronically on the FHSAA web site beginning not later than April 1, 2008. Each member school representative then will have until April 10, 2008 to log in to iFHSAA and vote. The FHSAA Office will announce on the FHSAA web site’s home page when the balloting phase has begun. Should a run-off election for one or seats be needed, the run-off election will be conducted in the same manner.

Should you have a question regarding the filing of a declaration of candidacy form(s) or the 2008 FHSAA Election in general, or you experience difficulty in downloading a declaration of candidacy form, please call the FHSAA Office at (352) 372-9551 ext. 170.

We encourage your participation in the election process. Thank you for the valuable role you play in the lives of our state’s students.

Sincerely,

John A. Stewart, Ed.D.
Executive Director

Jack E. Watford
Associate Executive Director



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