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Iredell-Statesville board deadlocks again over District 2 appointment and chair election
Summary
Board members repeatedly split on whether to seat GOP appointees and whether to hold an internal chair election; motions to add a chair vote and to appoint two different nominees both failed after 3–3 ties and an abstention left another motion short of a threshold.
The Iredell-Statesville Schools Board of Education returned repeatedly to the unresolved District 2 vacancy at its May 11 meeting, but board split along the same lines that have stalled the seat since January.
Vice Chair presided as the board considered motions to add an immediate election for a new chair and to resolve the District 2 appointment. A motion to amend the agenda so the board would elect a new chair (moved on the floor as required by policy) resulted in a 3–3 tie and failed. “We continue to operate in violation of this policy,” a board member said when urging an immediate…
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