Canyons Board elects Amber Schill president and names two vice presidents in unanimous votes

SANDY, Utah — The Canyons School District Board of Education reorganized its leadership Jan. 7, re-electing Amber Schill as board president and approving a two-vice-president arrangement, with Amanda Oakes and Andrew Eddle chosen as co-vice presidents.

The board followed its written procedures for officer elections found in Policy 100.01 ("Election of board officers and duties") and Utah statute referenced in the policy. Leon Wilcox, the district's business administrator, presided over the organizational items at the start of the meeting.

The board first voted to allow two vice presidents rather than a single vice president, a change the board said would improve continuity and coverage for agenda planning and constituent correspondence. The motion to authorize two vice presidents passed by unanimous vote.

Nominations and roll-call votes followed the district policy. Jackson Lewis nominated Amber Schill for president; nominations were closed and the roll-call vote was unanimous in favor of Schill. Amanda Oakes and Andrew Eddle were subsequently nominated and elected as co-vice presidents by roll call; both elections were unanimous.

Why it matters: The board noted that two vice presidents provide additional coverage for constituent communications, agenda planning and temporary substitution when officers are unavailable. The board recorded the decisions in keeping with Policy 100.01, which requires elections to occur at the first business meeting in January after a general election and requires majority roll-call votes for officers.

Other formal actions at the start of the meeting: The board approved the Jan. 7 agenda and later approved a consent agenda (minutes, hires and terminations, student overnight travel and financial reports) by unanimous votes.

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