41 Escambia Citizens Have Applied for the 5 Remaining Seats on the Escambia Children's Trust

Five of the statutorily defined seats have been filled for the new Escambia Children's Trust, so the remaining 5 seats will be filled by five persons on this list of 41---on the right.

Here's how the process is going to go from here.....

At our next meeting on the 18th of this month---each commissioner will select two names from this list as their selectees.  

The total of 10 names produced by this process will be pulled from the list, and each commissioner will select five additional names from the reduced list of 31 names.  

The top five candidates from this secondary selection process will be added to the 10 names previously selected by the board members individually, for a total of 15 selectees which will then be sent to Governor DeSantis.

The Governor will then, for this final list of 15, select the final 5 members of what will be the inaugural Escambia Children's Trust.

I'm told my name will also be sent to the Governor for his consideration, although I am not sure if it will be in addition to the 15 selectees or one of the total of 15.  I guess I'll find out on the 18th.

The subsequent timeframe for the Governor to select his five appointees remains uncertain; it could take several months to a year or longer.

But this is where we are at in this process at the moment.

Read all about the Escambia Children's Trust here.