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Vice-President urges extending trustee terms; board asks staff for implementation details
Summary
During the pre-meeting briefing, Board Vice-President Russ Garner urged consideration of extending trustee terms from three to four years to increase continuity; President Courtney Biasatti requested additional information on how the change could be implemented. No formal motion or vote occurred in the briefing.
Board Vice-President Russ Garner raised questions about Item 6.G, the order calling the general election of trustees, and suggested the board consider changing elected trustee terms from three years to four to improve continuity for district leadership. Garner said the change would not affect the two single-member district seats up for election this May (SMD3 and SMD4) but would provide what he described as added stability for the superintendent and executive cabinet.
President Courtney Biasatti asked staff to provide additional information on procedures and possible implementation steps for changing term lengths. The pre-meeting briefing recorded the exchange as a request for further information; no motion, formal action, or timetable for any change was recorded in the transcript.
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