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Alpine School District board approves three-person leadership and elects Julie King president
Summary
The Alpine School District Board expanded its leadership to one president and two vice presidents representing the newly reconfigured districts, then elected Julie King as board president and Stacy Bateman and Emily Peterson as vice presidents.
At a meeting of the Alpine School District Board of Education (date not specified), members voted to expand the board’s leadership to one president and two vice presidents, with each leadership post to be held by a representative from one of the newly reconfigured district boundaries. The board then elected Julie King as board president and selected Stacy Bateman and Emily Peterson as vice presidents.
Board members said the leadership change is intended to preserve institutional knowledge while giving each new geographic area a designated leader during the district reconfiguration. Board member Stacy Bateman moved the expansion, and JoLynn seconded the motion. The board chair read the motion aloud: “I move that we expand for the Board of Educational Leadership to 1 president and 2 vice presidents to be filled by 1 representative who resides in each of the boundaries of the newly reconfigured school districts.” The board approved the motion unanimously, according to the meeting record.
After approving the leadership structure, the board opened nominations for the two-year term of board president. Board member Ada Wilson nominated herself; other nominations included Julie King and Sarah Beeson. Each nominee made brief statements to the board. Julie King told members she had “advocated in the past where every voice to be heard, for there to be equitable, consideration of every area,” and said she accepted the results of the election and was “committed to moving forward with every area being considered.”
The board conducted a roll-call vote for president. The chair stated that the tally produced a majority in favor of Julie King (the chair summarized the count as a 4-2-1 split) and declared King elected as board president. The chair then opened nominations for vice presidents representing the central and south areas. For the central vice president seat, nominees included Stacy Bateman and Sarah Beeson; the board elected Stacy Bateman on a 4-3 vote. For the south-area vice president seat, Ada Wilson, Emily Peterson and Mark Clement were nominated; the board elected Emily Peterson.
The terms for president and vice presidents are two years and continue until successors are elected, the board stated. With leadership positions filled, the chair closed the agenda and the board adjourned.
Votes at a glance
- Motion to expand leadership to one president and two vice presidents (by-district seats): approved (unanimous). Motion by Stacy Bateman; second by JoLynn. Exact numeric roll call not provided in transcript; chair stated unanimous approval.
- Election of board president (two-year term): Julie King elected by majority vote; chair reported a 4-2-1 split in the roll call.
- Election of central-area vice president (two-year term): Stacy Bateman elected, 4-3 vote.
- Election of south-area vice president (two-year term): Emily Peterson elected; specific tally not stated in the transcript.
The meeting record shows nominations, candidate statements and roll-call procedures were followed; the board emphasized representation for each newly configured area during the transition to the new districts. The board adjourned after electing the new leadership.
