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Merced City Elementary board holds organizational meeting, elects officers and leaves committee rosters unchanged
Summary
At a Dec. 11 special organizational meeting, the Merced City Elementary Board of Education opened nominations and elected officers for the 2025 term, selecting Trustee Brooks as board clerk; the board left multiple standing committee assignments at status quo.
The Merced City Elementary Board of Education met in a special organizational session on Dec. 11 to open nominations and elect officers for its 2025 term and to confirm committee assignments.
Deputy Superintendent Francisco Romo presided over nominations and roll-call votes. A trustee nominated a candidate for board president (the nomination language in the record referred to the candidate as "Priya back ready"); the nomination was seconded and the roll-call vote passed with four yes votes and one absence. The transcript announces the board president as recorded in the meeting minutes.
The board then moved to elect a board clerk. After a brief procedural confusion over a second that was retracted and re-offered, Trustees voted to appoint Trustee Brooks as board clerk. Trustee Brooks thanked colleagues, saying, "I am honored and pleased to be in the position that I am. I really appreciate, my colleagues, having trust in me. Thank you."
The board recognized, under Bylaw 9,100, the deputy superintendent as secretary to the board for record-keeping and administrative purposes. The meeting proceeded to review standing committee assignments. For each committee announced — including the Board Policy Subcommittee (current members listed as Clark Delgado and the president), the Budget Committee (the president and Trustee Zhang), the East Merced County Public Facilities Financing Authority Committee (Trustee McCutchen and the president), the Facilities Committee (Clerk Delgado referenced), the Health and Wellness Committee (Clerk Delgado and the president), the Merced County School Boards Association (MCSBA) (Clark Delgado with the president as alternate), the Safety Committee (Trustee Burks and Trustee Zhang) and the MC Public Finance Authority committee (Trustee Burks and the president) — the board elected to keep the status quo.
Trustees discussed how best to receive updates from committee meetings. One trustee suggested using a roundtable at the end of full-board meetings so members can report back on outside committee work.
Voting at a glance: the roll-call votes recorded in the transcript for the two officer elections show four affirmative votes and one absence on each item; the transcript records an absent member (Doug Delgado) during the roll calls and lists Trustees Jean, McCutchen and Brooks among the affirmative votes. The meeting returned at 5:57 p.m.
The board did not advance new policy or alter committee memberships beyond confirming current rosters; the organizational actions define leadership and procedural roles for the coming year.
