The Board of School Trustees of the Warsaw Community School Corporation has adopted the following Resolution to amend its Plan of School Organization. Any registered voter residing within the Warsaw Community School Corporation has the right to file a petition for alternative plans or a petition protesting the adoption of the plan.
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Indiana Code 20-23-8 provides that a school corporation may amend its governing plan; and
WHEREAS, the statute provides that amendment of the governing plan may be initiated by a resolution of the governing body.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it Resolved by the Board of School Trustees of the Warsaw Community School Corporation that the Plan of School Organization of the Warsaw Community School Corporation adopted by appropriate resolution on October 15, 1990, and approved and certified by the Indiana State Board of Education on July 11, 1991, amended August 12, 1991, amended May 20, 2002, amended May 23, 2012, is hereby amended and restated as follows:
(1) The Board of School Trustees of Warsaw Community School Corporation shall be composed of seven (7) members, and each member of said Board as it is now constituted shall continue as a member until his or her respective term of office expires.
(2) The Board of School Trustees of the Warsaw Community School Corporation shall be elected in conformance with the provisions of I.C. 20-23-4 as follows:
a) The members of the Board of School Trustees representing District 1 through District 7 shall be elected by the registered voters residing in each electoral district defined herein.
b) There shall be one (1) member elected from each electoral district.
c) The election of members of the Board of School Trustees shall be held at the time of the general election at which County Officials are elected.
d) The election of members of the Board of School Trustees shall be a non-partisan ballot.
e) Filings for election to the Board of School Trustees shall be by petition method with each petition to bear the signatures of the candidate and at least ten (10) other registered voters residing within the boundaries of the Community School Corporation.
f) Vacancies occurring on the Board of School Trustees shall be filed by appointment, which appointment shall be by the majority vote of the remaining members of the Board of School Trustees. The appointed member shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term until his successor is elected to that office. If there is a tie vote or if such appointment is not made within thirty (30) days it shall be made by the Judge of the Circuit Court in accordance with present law.
(3) The terms of office of the members of said Board of School Trustees shall be on a staggered basis to insure continuity in the conduct of the business and affairs of said Board. The member elected from District 3, District 4, and District 6 shall be elected in the general election held in November, 2020, for a term of four (4) years, such term of office to commence on January 1, 2021, and to expire and terminate on December 31, 2024.
The member elected from District 1, District 2, District 5, and District 7 shall be elected in the general election held in November 2018, for a term of four years, such term of office to commence on January 1, 2019, and to expire and terminate on December 31, 2022.
In each subsequent election all members elected to said Board of School Trustees shall be for a four (4) year term, such term to begin and commence on January 1st next following their election to said Board of School Trustees.
(4) For purposes of election to the Board of School Trustees, the said School Corporation shall be divided into seven (7) School Board member electoral districts as follows:
District 1: Wayne Township Precincts 6, 7, 9
City of Warsaw, Ward 4, Precincts 2 and 3
District 2: Plain Township Precincts 1, 2, 4, 6 and 7
District 3: Prairie Township Precincts 1 and 2
Plain Township Precinct 3
Plain Township (City of Warsaw) Precinct 5
City of Warsaw, Ward 1 Precincts 2 and 4
City of Warsaw, Ward 5, Precinct 1
District 4: Wayne Township, Precincts 1, 2, 5 and 11
District 5: Wayne Township, Precincts 3, 4, 10
City of Warsaw, Ward 1, Precinct 1
City of Warsaw, Ward 2, Precinct 1
District 6: City of Warsaw, Ward 2, Precinct 2
City of Warsaw, Ward 3, Precinct 2 and 3
City of Warsaw, Ward 4, Precinct 1
City of Warsaw, Ward 5, Precincts 2 and 3
District 7: Clay Township, Precincts 1 and 2
Lake Township, Precincts 1 and 2
Wayne Township, Precinct 8
City of Warsaw, Ward 3, Precinct 1
(5) The limitations and qualifications of members of the Board of School Trustees are as follows:
a) Residential Qualifications:
(1) A registered voter and twenty-one (21) years of age.
(2) A resident of the School Board member electoral district in which he/she resides within the Warsaw Community School Corporation for a minimum period of two (2) years immediately prior to taking office.
b) Term of Office:
(1) Each member of the Board of School Trustees shall be elected for a term of four (4) full years other than as set forth herein.
(2) No member of the Board of School Trustees shall serve more than four (4) consecutive four (4) year terms as an elected member.
c) No member of the Board of School Trustees shall be an employee of the school corporation. Any employee elected to serve as a member of the Board of School Trustees shall resign their employment with the school corporation the day following the election.
d) No member of the Board of School Trustees shall hold any other public elective office.
(7) The Board of School Trustees shall organize itself at its first regular meeting in January of each year by electing the following officers:
a) A president
b) A vice-president
c) A secretary
The election of the aforesaid officers shall be in accordance with the laws of the State of Indiana as may be promulgated for such purpose from time to time.
(8) The Board of School Trustees of said Warsaw Community School Corporation shall have the rights, powers, duties, and liabilities vested in the governing body of a School Corporation under the laws of the State of Indiana.
(9) Each member of said Board of School Trustees shall receive such remuneration and compensation for serving on said Board of School Trustees as set by said Board annually, and within the limits provided by law.
(10) The Plan of School Board Organization set forth herein shall hereafter constitute and be the Plan of the Board of School Trustees of said Warsaw Community School Corporation, and all prior Plans are repealed upon the adoption of this Plan.
(11) This Resolution and the Plan set forth herein shall be in full force and effect upon its adoption pursuant to I.C. 20-23-8.
Duly passed and adopted at a duly constituted meeting of the Board of School Trustees of Warsaw Community School Corporation this 13th day of December, 2017.
