Pam Shields elected board chair; Will Morin chosen vice chair

Pam Shields was elected chair of the Centennial School District Governing Board after a secret-ballot vote held at the board’s July 30 meeting. Shields received four votes; the other candidate, David Lynn, received three. The board then nominated and unanimously elected Will Morin as vice chair by roll call.

Board members nominated the two candidates and cast ballots that were signed and read aloud. Missy, a district staff member who handled the ballots, read votes into the record. The chair explained the voting procedure: if a nominee received four or more votes they would be appointed; otherwise nominations would repeat.

After the results were read, Shields and Morin were welcomed into their leadership roles. The outgoing chair said she would finish chairing the current meeting and then transition agendas and planning responsibilities to the new leadership team to work with Superintendent Owens going forward.

The election was carried out by the board during the retreat-style meeting; there were no motions or roll-call votes recorded beyond the announced results.

The leadership change was procedural and does not itself change stated district policy. Board members discussed briefly that new leadership would coordinate agendas and board-superintendent communication in the year ahead.

The meeting proceeded to other agenda items after the appointments were announced.