FALCONER – The Falconer School Board has selected the resident who will fill a recently vacated seat.

Falconer resident Tracy Schrader will serve as the interim-board member for the remainder of the school year, ending in June. She will fill an empty position that was vacated early November.

Schrader was selected from three candidates who expressed interest in filling the seat. The board met with each of the candidates earlier this week and selected Schrader following an executive session.

She will be officially appointed to the Board and sworn in at the Dec. 18 regular meeting.

During Tuesday’s board meeting, board members and other school officials heard from the three women interested in filling the seat vacated last month by former Falconer board member Jennifer Olsen.

The three board prospects are Tracy Schrader, Laurie Reynolds and Marcella Centi. Each had submitted letters of interest for the open seat. Each candidate has some background in education and are residents of Falconer.

The school board will consider the candidates and open one of them to fill the open seat during the December or January board meeting. Once the seat is filled, that person will then serve until the next school board election in May.

Also during Tuesday’s meeting the school board approved the merger of Boys Varsity Football with Cassadaga Valley Central School for next year.