LAKE PLACID -- The Lake Placid School Board has gained a member and lost a member in recent weeks.

At Tuesday night's meeting, the School Board unanimously appointed a local hotelier to replace Bob Miller, who resigned in June after being elected to the North Elba Town Council.

At the same meeting, the board accepted the resignation of Bernie Roy, whose term expires in June 2010.

Jill Cardinale Segger, 41, who has owned the Pines Inn of Lake Placid for the past four years, said she was approached by board members to fill the remainder of Miller's three-year term, which expires next summer.

"I am fairly new to the community, though I vacationed here for years before I moved here," she said. "We'll see what the year brings, but I think it will be an interesting and exciting thing to be involved in."

With two children attending Lake Placid schools, Cardinale Segger says she has a stake in local education.

School Superintendent Jim Donnelly said the board intends to choose a successor for Roy, who was re-elected in June of last year.

"The board will need to work on an appointment."