A vacancy on the Wake County Board of Education will soon be filled.

Monday was the deadline for candidates to submit a their information to the Wake County Board of Education for the spot left open by the resignation of District 4 Representative Rosa Gill.

Gill resigned from the board on June 16, after being selected to serve in the North Carolina House of Representatives as the District 33 representative. She succeeds former Rep. Dan Blue, who was selected to serve out the remainder of the late Sen. Vernon Malone’s term in the N.C. Senate.

District 4 encompasses East Raleigh.

Wake officials said they have received four candidate applications. The board will discuss next steps during Tuesday’s board meeting and could take action in August.

RALEIGH, N.C. — The pending resignation of Wake Board of Education Chair Rosa Gill means change will come sooner than expected on the Wake County School Board.

Today is Gill’s last school board meeting. She will serve the remainder of the term for North Carolina state Rep. Dan Blue.

Blue gave up his House seat when he was asked to fill the unexpired term of the late state Sen. Vernon Malone.

Gov. Bev Perdue still must appoint Gill, but under state law she has to take the Democratic Party’s choice because Blue is also a Democrat.

Gill defeated Bernard Allen II in the party’s voting.

The 65-year-old Gill is a former teacher, administrator with the Department of Motor Vehicles and chair of the Wake County Democratic Party. She has been on the Wake County School Board since 1999.

Gill anticipates being approved by the Governor within days.

School board policy is that a successor is appointed by the board to serve the remainder of the term, which ends in 2011. Gill said there are no official nominees yet, but she expects her successor to be like-minded.

Gill anticipates the board will name her successor by the end of July.

One name being mentioned is Bernard Allen Jr., a leader in the Wake Democratic Party. He also was a candidate for the House seat. Venita Peyton, a longtime Raleigh political activist and Republican, also has expressed an interest in the board post.Four school board seats already will be on the ballot in the fall. District 2 Representative Howard Tart is the only board member running for re-election. Lori Millberg, Eleanor Goettee, and Patti Head have all said they will not run again.

RALEIGH, N.C.  – The leadership of the Wake County Democratic Party has picked a local school board member to replace North Carolina state Rep. Dan Blue.

The News & Observer of Raleigh reported that Rosa Gill was chosen Thursday to serve the rest of Blue’s term.

Blue gave up his seat in the House when he was asked to fill the unexpired term of the late state Sen. Vernon Malone.

Gov. Bev Perdue still must appoint Gill, but under state law she has to take the Democratic Party’s choice because Blue is also a Democrat.

Gill defeated Bernard Allen II in the party’s voting.

The 65-year-old Gill is a former teacher, administrator with the Department of Motor Vehicles and chair of the Wake County Democratic Party. She has been on the Wake County School Board since 1999.

Add Wake County school board chairwoman Rosa Gill as one of the candidates who want to fill the District 14 seat of state Senator Vernon Malone, the N&O reports.

According to the N&O, there’s speculation that Rosa Gill could be picked to replace the late state Senator Vernon Malone.