The Akron School Board held a special meeting Saturday to decide how to proceed with the open seat that was vacated by John Otterman, who resigned last week after a suspected opioid overdose in his car along East Cuyahoga Falls Avenue in Akron two weeks ago.

School Board President Patrick Bravo says that, opposed to appointing someone, they will be taking applications.

Bravo adds that those interested should send a letter of interest and a resume, and that there will be an online questionnaire that needs to be filled out after submitting an application. Bravo says that all materials are due no later than this Thursday, February 1st, at 5 p.m. 

Anyone who lives in the Akron school district cal apply. The selected candidate will finish out Otterman's term, which runs through 2019.