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Lewiston school committee rescinds Jan. 6 chair vote, adopts nomination rules and elects Megan Parks 5-4
Summary
After a week of disputes over procedure, the Lewiston Public Schools School Committee unanimously rescinded its Jan. 6 chair vote, agreed on a nomination and voting process for future chair elections and elected Megan Parks as chair in a 5-4 roll-call vote.
The Lewiston Public Schools School Committee on Jan. 13 unanimously rescinded the committee’s Jan. 6 chair vote, agreed on a nomination-and-voting procedure for future officer elections and elected Megan Parks, at-large member, as chair in a 5-4 vote.
The committee’s workshop and discussion addressed disputed procedures used at the Jan. 6 meeting that prompted four members to leave in protest. Members debated nomination mechanics, whether to keep a vice chair, whether votes should be by roll call or secret ballot, and whether draft procedural rules should be reviewed by legal counsel before use.
The motion to rescind the Jan. 6 chair vote passed unanimously during the Jan. 13 meeting. After workshop discussion, committee members settled on a nomination process in which members may nominate candidates, nominees may accept or decline,…
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