BOISE Gov. Cecil Andrus appointed Pocatello High School Principal Carole McWilliam to the state Board of Education, calling for the board use her expertise to get more involved with Idaho's public schools.
McWilliam succeeds 10-year Board of Educ
ation veteran Diane Bilyeu of Pocatello, whose term expired Tuesday.
Friday's appointment was Andrus' second to the Board of Education in four days. He named Coeur d'Alene businesswoman Judith Centa Meyer on Tuesday to succee
d Roberta Fields of New Meadows. She also had served 10 years.
Both appointments are subject to state Senate confirmation.
McWilliam, 54, has worked in public education for more than 30 years and has been principal at Pocatello High School since 1984. She previously was a junior high principal, an adjunct profes
sor at Idaho State
University, and a secondary-school teacher in Idaho, Utah, California a
nd Pennsylvania.
''Carole McWilliam brings a rich and balanced
understanding of the full system of education to her service on the board,'' Andrus said. ''She has demonstrated in her professional and personal life a commitment to achievement that can now be shared with all the citizens of Idaho.''
The governor said he had three finalists to succeed Bilyeu. The others were Pocatello High School English teacher Ronda Black, the wife of Democratic state Rep. Pete Black, and Bessie Katsilometes, an Idaho State University administrator and the wife of Bannock County Commission Chairman Tom
Katsilometes.
