NIC board places President Swayne on immediate leave; votes to ask former interim president, Mike Sebaaly, to return
MAUREEN DOLAN | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 2 years, 1 month AGO
Swayne
COEUR d’ALENE — The North Idaho College board of trustees voted Thursday to place President Nick Swayne on immediate administrative leave and ask Michael Sebaaly, the former interim president, to return as acting president.
The actions were taken when the trustees returned to open session after 10 p.m., following a roughly three-hour executive session.
The motion to place Swayne on administrative leave was made by Trustee Todd Banducci and recommended by the college's new attorney Art Macomber, who clarified the motion.
Macomber said the motion would allow him to work with Greg McKenzie, the board chair, to "investigate things that have arisen of concern that impeded our accreditation success."
Trustee Tarie Zimmerman voted against both motions, which passed by a 3-1 vote. Trustee Brad Corkill was not present for the meeting.
Because the trustees remained in executive session until after The Press deadline for Friday’s print edition, the full story about what occurred in open session will initially be available online only, and it will be published in Saturday's print edition.
ARTICLES BY MAUREEN DOLAN
Daylight saving time begins today
If you arrived an hour early to everywhere you went today, you might have forgotten to move your clock back. Yep, it's daylight saving time. Daylight saving time officially ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 5, and returns on March 10, 2024, when clocks are moved an hour forward.
Time to 'fall back'
Daylight saving time officially ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 5 and returns March 10, 2024, when the vast majority of Americans will then “spring forward” as clocks are set an hour later.
Fires, smoke continue to affect region
Smoke from the region's wildfires continued to affect air quality Monday as firefighting response teams continued to battle multiple blazes throughout North Idaho and Eastern Washington.