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Clark County board elects Ashley Ritchie chair, sets officers and committee rosters
Summary
At its Jan. 7 organizational meeting the Clark County Board of Education elected Ashley Ritchie as board chair for 2025, named Dora Hall vice chair and approved Alicia Ellis as board treasurer, adopted an adjusted 2025 meeting schedule and filled standing committee assignments.
Ashley Ritchie was elected chair of the Clark County Board of Education at the board’s Jan. 7 organizational meeting, the board decided its 2025 leadership and settled routine governance items.
The board voted to make Ritchie chair for 2025, with the motion carried unanimously. Dora Hall was selected vice chair and Alicia Ellis was approved as board treasurer; each position was confirmed by voice vote with the board recording a 5-0 outcome for the approvals.
The votes formalized an annual reorganization the board conducts at the start of each calendar year. Judge Yates administered the oath of office to newly sworn board member Paula Thomas earlier in the meeting.
The board also reviewed and adopted a revised meeting calendar and start time for 2025. Members agreed to move regular meetings to 6 p.m. (from 6:30 p.m.), keep most meetings at the central office, and hold the April meeting at GRC to permit recognition of students and programs there. The calendar as discussed — including a tentative July meeting moved to avoid a state conference and adjusted November/December dates to account for holidays — was approved by motion and a 5-0 vote.
Board members spent time assigning or confirming representatives to standing committees and recurring task forces. Among the assignments discussed or confirmed at the meeting: representatives for the safety/bullying task force, the local planning committee (LPC), the Partners in Education group, the equity coalition, the Governor’s Scholar (Governor’s School) reviewers and the school calendar committee. Several members volunteered or were named to those groups during the discussion; the assignments were described as voluntary and will be followed up administratively.
Superintendent remarks and staff comments framed the organizational decisions as routine steps to ensure the board can operate through the year and to align dates with school calendars and state conferences. The board indicated it will post locations for any meeting that becomes a special meeting when moved from the central office.
The board adjourned ordinary business after completing the organizational items and restated that staff will circulate finalized calendar postings and committee rosters.
