§ 21-6-215 — Appointment and terms of trustees for new districts

(a) Whenever a new district is created under the
provisions of this article, the district boundary board shall
appoint a board of trustees for the new district from the
combined membership of all the original boards of trustees of
the districts involved based upon at-large appointments or
through established trustee residence areas in accordance with
W.S. 21-3-111(b)(ii). The district boundary board shall make
provision for staggering terms so that a proportion of the
membership, as nearly equal as possible, will be elected every
two (2) years in the manner provided for the regular election of
school board members. The appointed board shall consist of five
(5), seven (7) or nine (9) members, who shall serve for not less
than two (2) years following the effective date of the plan and
until December 1 following the first or second regularly
scheduled school election following the effective date of the
plan. Thereafter, all trustees shall be elected for four (4)
year terms, except those who may fill unexpired terms.
(b) All trustees shall be elected by the electorate of the
entire school district. According to the approved proposal and
except those districts for which membership is based upon at-
large appointments pursuant to W.S. 21-3-111(b)(i), each trustee
residence area shall be entitled to one (1) or more
representatives on the board and the candidate nominated from
each trustee residence area receiving the largest number of
votes shall be elected. If a member of the board of trustees
shall become a nonresident of the district or the trustee
residence area from which elected during his term of office, as
applicable, he shall be deemed thereby to vacate his office. Any
vacancy which for any reason occurs on the board shall be filled
by a majority vote of the remaining members by the appointment
of a resident of the district or the trustee residence area in
which the vacancy occurs, as appropriate, and the appointee
shall hold his office until the next annual election, at which a
trustee shall be duly elected and qualified for the remainder of
the unexpired term.