Perhaps the best approach is for the board to meet in December to conduct any necessary business and name a person who will be a member in January to preside initially at the organizational meeting. This eliminates the awkward situation at that meeting of having no one to call the meeting to order and to preside until a new president is elected. It cannot be the treasurer or the superintendent. A board of education is legally an ongoing entity regardless of any changes in membership. The organizational meeting By statute, city, local, exempted village and joint vocational boards may organize any time within the first 15 days of January.
County boards have until the end of the month.
Prudence would dictate that the meeting be held at the earliest possible time since the operation of the district must continue. It is helpful if the county, city, local and exempted village board organizational meetings precede the JVS organizational meeting. If so, the JVS board can be at full strength for important duties such as the election of officers. Once all members are officially seated in compliance with law, the treasurer should call the roll and the election of officers should take place. The president pro tem continues to preside over the meeting at this point.