Blaine County School District trustees elect 2025 chair, vice chair and officers

Doris Stone was elected chair of the Blaine County School District Board of Trustees on Jan. 14 during the board’s organizational session, and trustees also filled the board’s vice chair, clerk, substitute clerk, treasurer and assistant treasurer positions.

The board voted unanimously to elect Doris Stone as chair and to name Trustee Turner vice chair. The board also confirmed Nikky Gutierrez as clerk, Kristy O’Neil as substitute clerk, Mandy Crow as district treasurer and Nancy Sutton as assistant treasurer. Trustees approved the 2025 regular-meeting schedule and continued the current designated public places for posting public notices.

The organizational items were presented at the start of the meeting after the public-comment period. The board handled nominations, motions and seconding verbally and adopted each item through voice votes; in each instance the chair called the question and trustees responded “aye.”

The board did not attach conditions to any of the appointments during the session, and no abstentions or recorded no votes were announced during the organizational motions.

Trustees discussed the schedule and public-notice designations only briefly; no alternatives were proposed and no additional documents were requested. The actions finalize the board’s leadership and administrative roles for the 2025 calendar year and establish the basic procedural framework for posting notices and holding meetings.

The board moved from organizational business into the consent and action agendas after completing these votes.