Austintown board elects Greg Markham president, Kathy Mok vice president; adopts rules, funds and meeting schedule for 2025

The Austintown Local School District Board of Education elected Greg Markham president and Kathy Mok vice president at its Jan. 14 organizational meeting, each winning by 3–2 votes, and approved a package of governance and administrative measures to guide board operations through 2025.

The board opened nominations for president and nominated Greg Markham; in an individual roll call Markham, Board Member Kathy Mok and Board Member Porter voted yes, while Board Member Don Sherwood and Board Member Kim Smrek voted no, producing a 3–2 result. The board then administered the oath of office to the president. The board subsequently nominated and elected Kathy Mok as vice president by the same 3–2 tally.

The meeting adopted Robert’s Rules of Order to guide board and committee proceedings and approved administrative authorities for routine fiscal and personnel actions. The board authorized the treasurer to make payroll and accounts-payable disbursements when due, established a $4,000 service fund for reimbursable board expenses, and approved a provision reserving the board’s right of approval for purchases exceeding $15,000 with a mechanism to authorize the board…