Fractures are beginning to show among members of the Hamilton Southeastern School Board Wednesday night in its first official action of 2025, electing officers to serve during the year.  Bottom line, Juanita Albright will serve a second consecutive year as board president.

Albright attempted to have Vice President Ben Orr offer a slate of candidates for officers, but Sarah Parks-Reese offered a motion first, with Dawn Lang serving as president, Suzanne Thomas Vice President and Sarah Parks-Reese Secretary.  The new board member, Latrica Schooley, seconded that motion.  It was defeated by a vote of 4-3, with Thomas, Schooley and Parks-Reese voting yes, the remaining board members casting a no vote.

Orr then offered a different slate of officers, keeping Juanita Albright as President, Tiffany Pascoe Vice President and Dawn Lang Secretary.  That motion passed on a vote of 4-3, with Albright, Orr, Pascoe and Lang voting yes.

That means Juanita Albright will serve as board president in 2025.