CorpusRecord 210168

Board of Education Organizational Meeting - April 15, 2026

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Source
YouTube / Parkway Streaming
Date
2026-04-15
Location
St. Louis County, MO
Material
Transcript
Extent
557 words · about 4 min
Collected
2026-06-24

Transcript

Verbatim source text

001Okay. All right. Uh if you all all join us in the pledge of allegiance, we will begin the organizational meeting. Uh Nikki, would you please call roll? Mrs. Hopper? Here. Mr. Kilburg? Here. Mrs. Matt Franklin? >> Here. Here. Mr. Schindler? >> Yes. Mr. Seltzer? Here. Mr. Spector? >> Here. Mr. Todd? I'm here. May I have a motion and a second that the Board of Education approve the agenda as presented for the organizational meeting of Wednesday, April 15th, 2026? So moved. I second. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries 7-0. Three candidates filed for the three open positions on the Parkway Board of Education. Incumbents, Jeff Todd, Debbie Hopper, and Tiffany Matt Franklin filed for re-election. Because three candidates filed for the three open director positions, Parkway Schools qualified for a non-election this year. Therefore,

002the school board candidates' names did not appear on the April ballot. Each of the director positions is for a three-year term. Uh next, uh would Mrs. Matt Franklin and Mrs. Hopper, would you join me at the podium for our re-swearing in? Who's doing that? Oh, Nikki. >> [applause] >> Next, it's your turn. >> [clears throat] >> We will now proceed with the election of board officers for the coming year. Do I have a nomination for president of the Parkway Board of Education? Yes, I would like to nominate Jeff Todd to continue his reign at the top of the ladder here. Do I have a second? I second. Any other nominations? Hearing none, may I have a motion and a second the Board of Education motion to approve? I'll second. Second. To elect Jeff Todd as

003president of the Parkway Board of Education for a one-year term commencing April 15th, 2026 until the next organizational meeting in April 2027. All in favor? Aye. >> [clears throat] >> Opposed? Motion carries 7-0. Congratulations, Mr. Jeff Todd. How many years? Do I have a nomination for vice president of the Parkway Board of Education? Yes, I nominate Deborah Hopper as vice president. Do I have a second? Uh yes, second. Any other nominations? Hearing none, may I have a motion and a second the Board of Education Second. elect [snorts] Mrs. Debbie Hopper as vice president of the Parkway Board of Education for a one-year term commencing April 15th, 2026 until the next organizational meeting in April 2027. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries 7-0. Congratulations, Mrs. All right, thank you all. Debbie and I, thank

004you all. Uh We thank you. Next >> [laughter] >> Next, next we get to uh nominate some other people, appoint some other people. Uh may I have a motion and a second that the Board of Education appoint Nikki Stover as secretary of the Board of Education commencing April 15th, 2026 until the next organizational meeting in April 2027. So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries 7-0. >> [snorts] >> Next, may I have a motion and a second that the Board of Education appoint Carrie Nunn as treasurer of the Board of Education commencing April 15th, 2026 until the next organizational meeting in April 2027. So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries 7-0. Thank you, Carrie. Uh And uh for this next uh item on the agenda, 6.05, appointment of

005MSBA delegate, I have been the MSBA delegate for the past year and would be happy to continue serving as the MSBA delegate. Uh Matt has agreed to serve as the alternate. Is there any discussion? Anybody I'd like to do that. It's a great candidate. I will be out of town in the June >> [laughter] >> Uh may I have a motion and a second that the Board of Education appoint Jeff Todd as the MSBA delegate and Matthew Schindler as the MSBA alternate delegate from April 15th, 2026 until the next organizational meeting in April 2027. So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries 7-0. Uh and then next up, may I have a motion and a second that the Board of Education appoint Lisa Tomich as the custodian of records commencing April 15th,

0062026 until the next organizational meeting in April 2027. So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries 7-0. >> [laughter] >> Thank you, Carrie and Nikki. Uh next, may I have a motion and a second to adjourn the organizational meeting? >> So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries 7-0. Thank you all for your participation.

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