Caddo Parish School Board selected a interim board member

In a sparsely filled room the Caddo Parish School Board convened a special session meeting on Thursday, July 20.

During the meeting school board members interviewed and selected an interim board member for the recently vacant District 7 seat.

The board selected Darrin Dixon to serve as the interim board member. Dixon a former school board member said, "a little more than six months ago, I sat around this horseshoe with most of you and my desire to come back is the same reason I ran the first time, for the kids."

Dixon was up against Linda Rasberry Smith, but the board selected Dixon with eight in support.

The District 7 seat was vacant following the suit filed by Caddo Parish District Attorney James Stewart against Barbara Smith Iverson for having permanent residency in Bossier Parish.

The suit claimed Iverson lived in Lone Oak Oasis Apartments on Benton Road in Bossier City.

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Makenzie Boucher is a reporter with the Shreveport Times. Contact her at mboucher@gannett.com.

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