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Chesterfield board elects Anne Coker chair and Lisa Hudgins vice chair; approves consent agenda
Summary
At its Jan. 15, 2025 meeting the Chesterfield County School Board elected Anne Coker chair and Lisa Hudgins vice chair for the 2025 term and approved a consent agenda that included a USDA Farm to School grant application and the adoption of a Bellwood Elementary year-round calendar.
The Chesterfield County School Board elected Anne Coker as chair for the 2025 term and Lisa Hudgins as vice chair at its Jan. 15, 2025 business meeting.
Anne Coker was nominated from the floor and the board approved her nomination by roll-call vote (Anne Coker: Aye; Dot Heffron: Aye; Dominique Chatters: Aye; Steven Pronto: Aye; Lisa Hudgins: Aye). The board noted that the elected chair will serve until the board's January 2026 organizational meeting.
For vice chair, Lisa Hudgins and Dominique Chatters were nominated. The roll call on the nomination of Lisa Hudgins recorded the following votes: Anne Coker: Aye; Dot Heffron: Nay; Dominique Chatters: Nay; Steven Pronto: Aye; Lisa Hudgins: Aye. By that roll call Hudgins was elected vice chair to serve until the January 2026 organizational meeting.
The board then moved and approved the consent agenda. Items listed on the consent agenda included: approval of minutes from the Dec. 10, 2024 work session and business meeting; appointment of school board representatives to committees and regional programs; appointment of clerk and deputy clerks and bonding resolutions; authorization of signatures and absence procedures for the superintendent; approval of superintendent designees to attend meetings in the superintendent's absence; setting meetings, times, and places (memo 002-25); approval of a USDA Farm to School grant application (memo 003-25); adoption of the 2025–26 year-round school calendar for Bellwood Elementary School (memo 004-25); approval of the CCPS Special Education Procedure Manual, updated 2024 (memo 005-25); recommended personnel actions (memo 006-25); acceptance of new grants (memo 007-25); and FY2025 reallocation of available debt funds.
A motion to approve the consent agenda passed on roll call with recorded ayes from Anne Coker, Dot Heffron, Dominique Chatters, Steven Pronto and Lisa Hudgins.
The chair and vice chair will serve until the board’s January 2026 organizational meeting. Several items on the consent agenda (grant applications, the calendar and the special education manual) were approved as presented; the meeting record does not show separate debate or amendment to those items.
