The Dysart Unified District governing board elected a new president and clerk, approved the appointment of a director of career and technical education and accepted annual policy monitoring with no changes during its meeting.

The board elected John Desmort as board president after nominations and a motion to elect him. The board also elected Steven Scavera as board clerk; the clerk nomination was moved by Dawn Densmore and seconded by Jennifer Drake. Members approved the consent agenda and a recommendation to appoint Tom Luedeman as director of Career and Technical Education, CTE. The board voted to accept revisions to Section 2 policies (2101 and 2201) as presented; staff said there were no recommended changes to those policies.

The appointment for director of CTE was presented by district staff. Mr. Mattingly told the board the candidate, Tom Luedeman, has more than 16 years in administration, classroom experience in English instruction and “a master’s degree from Northern Arizona University.” Mattingly said the hiring process included a paper screening, an in-basket exercise and a 12-person committee that included parents, community members, administrators and teachers associated with the CTE program. After no substantive questions from the board, a motion to approve the appointment was made and the motion carried.

Board members handled the policy-monitoring item as a routine annual review. Dr. Crodo said the district’s monitoring covered section 2 policies and that there were no recommended edits; the motion to accept the monitoring report passed without amendment.

The meeting record shows the board approved the consent agenda as presented; the transcript does not list the individual items within the consent agenda.

Votes at a glance:
- Election of board president: Motion to elect John Desmort; outcome recorded as approved (motion carries). Vote tally not specified in the record.
- Election of board clerk: Motion to elect Steven Scavera; mover: Dawn Densmore; second: Jennifer Drake; outcome recorded as approved (motion carries). Vote tally not specified.
- Appointment of director of CTE: Motion to approve appointment of Tom Luedeman as director of Career and Technical Education; outcome recorded as approved (motion carries). Vote tally not specified.
- Policy monitoring (Section 2: policies 2101, 2201): Motion to approve revisions as presented (staff reported no recommended changes); outcome recorded as approved.
- Consent agenda: Motion to approve consent agenda items as presented; outcome recorded as approved.

Board members and staff used the meeting to welcome new board members and recognize student performers earlier in the agenda; the personnel and policy items were presented as standard action items and carried by voice vote as recorded in the meeting transcript.