200.1 ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Wapello Community School District board is authorized by and derives its organization from Iowa law. The board will consist of five (5) board members. Board members are elected at large.

The board is organized for the purpose of setting policy and providing general direction for the school district. The board will hold its organizational meeting at or before the first regular meeting following the canvass of votes. The retiring board will transfer materials, including the board policy manual, and responsibility to the new board.

The organizational meeting allows the outgoing board to approve minutes of its previous meetings, complete unfinished business and review the school election results. The retiring board will adjourn and the new board will then begin. The Board Secretary will administer the oath of office to the newly elected board members. The Superintendent of Schools will preside while the new board elects the president and vice-president of the new board.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Legal Reference:  Iowa Code 274.2; 275.23A; 277.23, .28,. 31; 279.1, .5, .7, .8, .33

                              281 I.A.C. 12.3(2)

Cross Reference:  202  Board of Directors Members

                               206.1 President

                               206.2 Vice-President

                               210 Board of Directors' Meetings

 

Approved: 7/18/1995

Reviewed:9/18/2003; 11/9/11; 10/14/15; 7/8/2020

Revised: 7/13/2006; 2/12/2009

200.1R1 Organizational Meeting Procedures

Code No. 200.1R1

ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING PROCEDURES

 

The board will hold its organizational meeting in odd-numbered years at or before the first regular meeting following the canvass of votes.  Notice of the meeting’s place and time will be given by the board secretary to each member, member-elect and the public.

The purpose of the meeting is to transfer material and responsibility from the outgoing board to the new board.  At the meeting, the board will elect a president and a vice president who will hold office for one year.  Once elected, the president and vice president will be entitled to vote on all matters before the board.

Meeting Procedure

The organizational meeting of the board will be held in two parts:  the final meeting of the outgoing board and the organizational meeting off the new board.

  1.  Final Meeting of the Retiring Board
    1. Call to order
    2. Roll call
    3. Approval of minutes of previous meeting(s).
    4. Visitors
    5. Unfinished business
      1. Current claims and accounts (for the retiring board to authorize)
    6. Examine and settle the books for the previous year
    7. Review of election results.  The board secretary will present the county auditor’s official report on the latest elections.  Official results are recorded in the minutes.
  2. Organizational Meeting of the New Board
    1. The superintendent, as president pro-tem, will preside over the meeting until a new board president is elected
    2. Call to order
    3. Roll call
    4. Oath of office.  The board secretary will administer the oath to new members
    5. Election of a president of the board.  The president pro-tem calls for nominations; nominations need not be seconded.  The board will then vote on the nominations.  The secretary will announce the result of the vote and the board secretary will administer the oath of office to the newly elected president and the newly elected president will assume the chair.
    6. Election of the vice president.  The president of the board will call for nominations; the nominations need not be seconded.  The board will then vote on the nominations.  The president will announce the results and administer the oath of office to the vice president.
    7. Board resolution of appreciation recognizing t he public service rendered by retiring board members.
    8. Determination of dates, times, and places for regular meetings of the board.
    9. Board resolution to define the operating rules and practices that will be followed by the new board
    10. Board resolution to authorize the interim payment of bills
    11. Visitors
    12. Superintendent’s report
    13. Adjournment