Hello to all parents and staff of Legacy Academy. The time is fast approaching when you get to elect directors to the Legacy Academy Board of Directors. There are two open seats this year. Each seat is for a three year term.
We are asking anyone interested in running for the board to submit a one page biography. In that biography, we would like you to address the following questions:
• Family Background – please give a brief description of your family background, occupation and interests.
• Education Philosophy – please describe your educational philosophy and how you see it fulfilling the vision of Legacy Academy.
• Mission Statement Interpretation – please describe your interpretation of Legacy Academy’s Mission Statement and how you envision a board member’s responsibility for implementing it.
• Commitment to Legacy Academy – please describe your understanding and commitment to Legacy Academy.
All submissions are due by Wednesday, April 4th and should be submitted to Starla Cordova at starla.cordova@legacyk8.org.
Rules of the Legacy Academy Election
Candidates: The deadline for candidate applications is Wednesday, April 4, 2012. Each candidate must submit a one-page campaign statement, which will run in the Legacy Ledger on April 9.
Campaigning: Candidates may not campaign inside the school building. However, the candidates are strongly encouraged to campaign appropriately outside of the school building. Absolutely NO negative campaigning will be permitted.
Time and location: The election for two board members will be held on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at Legacy from 7am to 7pm. Voting ballots will not be accepted after 7pm on April 17, 2012.
Voter eligibility: Eligible voters shall include parents or guardians of all children currently attending Legacy Academy (no more than two votes per household); teachers currently employed at the school, and paid employees of Legacy. Each person may vote only once.
Voting procedures:
Voting from 7am to 7pm at Legacy will commence as follows:
• Voter will sign official voting roster confirming their eligibility to vote.
• Voter will present Voting Official with valid I.D.
• Voter will follow instructions on ballot, vote as he/she determines, and place the ballot into the collection box.
• If a person is unable to vote at the school on April 17th, absentee ballots will be available at the Legacy office April 13– April 16. These ballots must be returned to the school office no later than 7 p.m. on April 17th to be counted.
Pre-voting and proxy voting will not be permitted.
Counting of votes: At 7pm, all eligible votes will be counted. The three candidates with the most votes will be determined. The candidate with the most votes will fill the longest term. In the case of a tie, a run-off election will be held at a later date to be determined and will comply with the election procedures listed above.
If the election scheduled on April 17th has to be cancelled for any reason, it will be held on the 24th of April, 2012.
The results of the election should be known the night of April 17, 2012 (unless there is a need for a run-off or a cancellation). A report will be made to the candidates and current board members after the counting of the votes is concluded. An announcement to the entire school population concerning the results of the election will be made on the following morning.
Thank you very much,
Legacy Academy Election Committee
