Gateway School District board swears in members and elects McBride president, Warney vice president

The Gateway School District board opened its reorganization meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance and swore in newly elected members before holding leadership elections. The board’s temporary presiding officer called for nominations for president and vice president; the nominating committee reported candidates and paper ballots were distributed and read aloud.

After votes were read into the public record, Missus McBride was declared board president by a 5–4 tally; Missus Warney was declared vice president with a 6–3 tally. The board then approved the 2026 school board meeting calendar following a brief discussion about scheduling around a Jewish holiday and whether to move a meeting date; staff said the calendar will remain on Mondays except in cases where a change is required.

On personnel matters the board approved items listed in section 6 of the agenda: two employment-related recommendations under 6.1, 19 recommended spring supplemental positions under 6.2, and a request under 6.3 for district attendance at the Tazewell Conference in Pittsburgh in March. Staff noted several supplemental positions remain open, including high school coed track head coach, varsity softball head coach and assistants, and a varsity baseball assistant; candidates are being recruited for January recommendations.

The board announced it would hold a short executive session immediately after the public meeting and solicited a motion to adjourn. The meeting included routine roll-call voting and public-record reading of ballots as required for open meetings.

Provenance: The oath and swearing-in occur at the start of the reorganization segment; nominations, ballot distribution, vote readings and tallies are reported in the meeting record and were read into the public record by meeting staff and the nominating committee.