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Carlsbad Unified trustees elect Michelle Ward president in 3–2 vote at organizational meeting
Summary
At its Dec. 10 organizational meeting the Carlsbad Unified School District Board elected Trustee Michelle Ward president and Allison Emery vice president, approved clerk Laura Ciosi and adopted organizational items including a revised 2026 meeting schedule.
At its Dec. 10 organizational meeting the Carlsbad Unified School District Board of Trustees elected Trustee Michelle Ward as board president in a 3–2 roll‑call vote and chose Trustee Allison Emery as vice president by the same margin.
The board opened nominations for president and first considered a motion to appoint Gretchen Verbeck; that proposal failed 2–3. The board then voted to appoint Ward, and took a brief recess so the newly elected president could assume the dais and begin remarks about focusing…
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