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Board elects chair, begins vice-chair balloting at Warrenton-Hammond SD 30 organizational meeting
Summary
At the organizational meeting, the board conducted leadership elections for 2025–26: members nominated Neil and Crystal Green for chair and ultimately voted to keep Neil in the chair role while balloting for vice chair resulted in a tie and further rounds or tabling were discussed.
The Chair opened the meeting and asked for nominations to reorganize the board for 2025–26, including chair and vice chair. "So I need a motion and we need nominations for board chair," the Chair said, then moved the process forward. Board members nominated Neil and Crystal Green for chair and proceeded with a round-robin roll-call vote.
Board members debated the timing of electing leadership on the same night as being sworn in. A committee member said it felt awkward to vote immediately after swearing-in and urged caution; another member replied, "You have the opportunity to vote right now to not vote for Neil again," framing the choice as immediate rather than deferred. After voting around the table, the board selected Neil to remain as chair for the coming year.
Nominations for vice chair followed. Tabitha and Crystal were among those nominated, and several members self-nominated. The first round produced a tie, prompting discussion about continuing ballots versus tabling. One board member noted that state rules require a quorum and that repeated balloting may continue "again and again" until resolved. Members agreed to either continue voting or to send the question to a future meeting if administrators needed time to assess scheduling and logistics.
The board said it would address any unresolved vice-chair balloting at a future session if necessary, and moved on to assign bargaining-team volunteers and standing duties. The meeting record shows the board undertook the reorganization consistent with routine annual practices and left the vice-chair selection process open to additional rounds or a subsequent meeting.
