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Randy Scammerhorn elected chair; board amends and approves 2026 meeting calendar with retreat TBD
Summary
At a reorganization meeting, members elected Randy Scammerhorn chair by a 4–3 raised‑hand vote and approved the 2026 meeting calendar after amending it to include a board retreat with the date to be determined. The calendar was presented by Superintendent Ragsdale and passed unanimously as amended.
Randy Scammerhorn was elected chair and the board approved its 2026 meeting calendar, amending the schedule to include a board retreat whose date will be set later.
At the reorganization meeting, the presiding chair opened nominations for board officers. Members put forward two candidates for chair; after members raised their hands, Scammerhorn received four raised hands and another candidate, Hutchins, received three. The presiding chair declared Scammerhorn the board chair for the coming year.
Superintendent Mr. Ragsdale presented the proposed 2026 calendar, saying it keeps the same regular meeting schedule while placing certain months on specific dates to meet budget‑related deadlines and that executive cabinet members had reviewed the schedule. “I think you guys got it a while back,” Ragsdale said as he described the recommendation to the board.
Board member Ms. Taylor thanked staff for delivering the calendar earlier than in prior years and urged the board to keep that practice. “I wanted to first thank you that we were able to get these dates a lot earlier than we have in previous years,” Ms. Taylor said, and she moved to add a board retreat to the calendar with a date to be determined.
A fellow board member suggested leaving the retreat as an open, to‑be‑determined item rather than fixing a date now, saying that the board could set a specific date as the year develops. “Rather than trying to put it somewhere on the calendar, could we not leave it an open item so that depending on as the year develops that we could set it,” the board member said.
The amendment to add a board retreat with a TBD date was put to a raised‑hand vote and passed in the recorded count, 7–0. The board then voted on the calendar as amended; the chair announced that the motion passed with all members in favor.
The meeting concluded after the board completed its reorganization business and adopted the calendar as amended; the chair adjourned the meeting and wished attendees a happy new year.
What happens next: the calendar will stand as adopted, and the board will set a specific retreat date later in the year; no date or additional scheduling details were provided in the recorded segments.
