Centerville-Abington Com Schs swears in Michael Todd Duke and elects officers for the year

The Centerville-Abington Com Schs board opened its meeting by swearing in Michael Todd Duke to his office and then moved to organize the board for the calendar year.

During the swearing-in, Michael Todd Duke repeated the oath of office, saying, "I, Michael Todd Duke," as part of the ceremonial oath to support the U.S. and Indiana Constitutions and to faithfully execute the duties of the office. After the oath was administered, members signed the oath documents.

Board members then nominated and voted on officers for the year. A motion to nominate Todd Duke as board president passed (recorded in the meeting as "four to zero"). The board subsequently nominated Brad Lambrite as vice president and Renee Westover as secretary; those motions were seconded and the votes recorded as passing with the roll calls noted during the meeting.

The board also reviewed member compensation for the year. The current schedule shown in the packet was $2,000 per year with per‑meeting stipends; members noted the board is authorized to increase compensation up to the higher cap shown in policy but voted to leave compensation unchanged for the year.

The meeting closed the organizational business by retaining the treasurer and deputy treasurer as they had been for 2025 and appointing board members to the board of finance. The motion to retain treasury positions passed 5-0 and the board of finance appointments passed 5-0. The board of finance was scheduled to meet next on the 28th at 6:45 p.m.

The items adopted were procedural and organizational; there was no controversial debate recorded and the board moved through the votes as part of its annual reorganization.