Lenoir County board elects Anderson chair and Dr. Asimov Stark vice chair
Summary
At its Dec. 8 meeting the Lenoir County Board of Education elected Mr. Anderson as chair and Dr. Asimov Stark as vice chair after a multi-nomination ballot process under board policy 2200; both were reported elected with four affirmative votes.
The Lenoir County Board of Education elected a new chair and vice chair during its Dec. 8, 2025 meeting.
After the nomination period opened under the board’s officer-election rules, several members nominated candidates for chair. Ballots were distributed and signed according to board policy 2200. Adam Mitchell, the board’s attorney, tallied the votes and announced that Mr. Anderson received four votes and was elected chair. The board then proceeded with nominations for vice chair and, following the same process, announced that Dr. Asimov Stark received four votes and was elected vice chair.
Board policy 2200, cited by staff during the meeting, instructs the board to elect officers at the first meeting in December and specifies that nominations do not require a second and that an elected officer must receive a majority of members present. The meeting record shows the board followed that procedure: when more than one nominee was presented, members completed ballots that were collected and tallied by the attorney.
The nominations included several members putting forward candidates by name; the transcript records nominators such as Mr. Wiggins, Mr. Woods and Miss Davis, and the attorney’s announcement of the vote totals. The board moved on to routine business after the new officers assumed their roles.
What happens next: the newly elected chair took the gavel and will preside over upcoming agenda items; the vice chair will serve through November 2026 as outlined in policy 2200.
