By JIM BUTLER

School Board member Linda Burgess has submitted her resignation, citing health concerns.

The board at its Tuesday afternoon meeting will consider accepting the resignation and discuss what happens next.

State law gives the board, which normally meets on the first Tuesday of the month, 20 days from the date of official vacancy to appoint a successor for the unexpired term. Should it not, the matter goes to the governor.

In this case the appointee will serve through the board elections this fall.

Burgess has held the seat since a special election in 2019. She won a full term in 2022. She is chair of the Education Committee and sits on the Executive and Personnel panels.

Her District F is a sprawling one, taking in about 13,350 residents in a stretch from Jackson Street between MacArthur Drive and Texas Avenue to Broadway Avenue at I49 to Hudson Boulevard to Red River to LA 457 near Poland to near Lecompte to US 71 to Gene Ball Drive to US 165 to MacArthur and back to Jackson.

When drawn after the 2020 Census the perfect district population number for the board’s districts was 15,000.