Kyrene board adopts resolution to call November 2025 maintenance-and-operations override election

The Kyrene Elementary District Governing Board voted 5-0 April 29 to adopt a resolution ordering and calling a continuation of the district's maintenance-and-operations (M&O) override election for November 2025 and set a deadline of Aug. 8, 2025, at 5 p.m. for submitting arguments for and against the measure to the Maricopa County School Superintendent.

Winnie Davis, board member, moved to adopt the resolution as submitted; Trina Nelson, vice president, seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously, with five board members voting in favor.

The board's chief financial officer, Chris Herman, and a representative of the district's Long Range Planning Committee presented the recommendation in support of calling the election. "It is the recommendation of the 2025 Kyrene Long Range Planning Committee that the governing board call for a continuation of the maintenance and operation override election in November 2025," said Mr. Larson, the committee representative, adding that the committee reached a "resounding consensus" on the recommendation.

Board President Kevin Walsh presided over the special meeting, which the board convened by a separate special-meeting notice a week after discussing the override at a prior public meeting. Herman told the board there was no new slide presentation for the special meeting and that staff stood ready to answer questions and to coordinate logistics with district staff, including Nancy Mosier.

Board documents available to the public include a certification form for the election and the form of resolution the board adopted. The board record identifies the Maricopa County School Superintendent as the recipient for pro/con arguments and sets Aug. 8, 2025, at 5 p.m. as the submission deadline.

The board scheduled its next regular meeting for May 13, 2025. The special meeting lasted about eight minutes and was held virtually and streamed for the public.