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Poudre School District board appoints candidate to temporarily fill board vacancy
The Poudre School District Board of Education has appointed a temporary board member to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of board member Carolyn Reed. Reed resigned in May after 11 years on the board and with six months remaining in her final four-year term. Andrew Spain was appointed during the board's special meeting June 17 to temporarily represent District E, according to a Poudre School District news release. Spain will serve on the board representing District E through the next regular school board election on Nov. 4, when voters will elect a representative to serve a full term. Spain is also running for a long-term seat on the board and is the only candidate for the District E seat as of June 25. District E includes northern and western Larimer County, including Wellington, Red Feather Lakes and Poudre Canyon. Spain served as a parent representative last year on the Facilities Planning Steering Committee that was tasked with recommending school consolidations and closures to address declining enrollment. He has a doctorate in educational leadership and policy analysis from the University of Missouri and works as the associate executive director for the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, Spain previously told the Coloradoan. Spain "brings leadership experience in education, healthcare, and nonprofit sectors" to the board, according to the district news release. He lives in Wellington with his wife, and they are both Poudre School District graduates. They have seven children ages 16 to 32. Spain is the only person running for District E as of June 25, but others have announced their candidacy to represent District C and District D. Candidates running for District C (representing northeast Fort Collins) include Sabrina Herrick and Kayla Baise, who filed paperwork to run with the Colorado Secretary of State's Office on June 11. The District C seat is currently held by Kristen Draper, the board's president, but Draper is term-limited and cannot run for reelection. Candidates running for District D (representing northwest Fort Collins) include Tom Griggs, Coronda Ziegler and Mike Thomas. Jim Brokish currently holds this seat but does not plan to run for reelection. Candidates must live in the geographic district they represent but are elected by all voters in the school district, which spans more than 1,800 square miles. The volunteer directors serve four-year terms. This article originally appeared on Fort Collins Coloradoan: Poudre School District Board of Education fills District E vacancy
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22-05-2025
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Longest-serving member of Poudre School District Board of Education announces resignation
Carolyn Reed, the longest-serving member of the Poudre School District Board of Education, is resigning May 27 after 11 years and with six months remaining in her current four-year term. Reed notified the school district of her resignation May 20 and confirmed it May 22 in an interview with the Coloradoan. The Board of Education scheduled a special meeting May 27, before it's regularly scheduled meeting that night, to formally accept the resignation. The school board can then begin accepting applications to fill the position on a temporary basis until the November 2025 election. 'I feel like the district is in good hands,' Reed told the Coloradoan. 'If I thought that things were going to go sideways, I would hang in there. Improvement in reading, mental health and on-time graduation rates, opening of a new (integrated learning services) center, a move toward the trades and (career and technical education) being better supported — those were all things that were important to me when I got on the board.' On May 20, 2024, the school board approved moving its integrated learning services Transition Pathways programs for adults ages 18 to 21 with special needs into a portion of the building at Prospect Road and Stover Street that houses Poudre Global Academy beginning with the 2025-26 school year. Reed, 65, said she wants to spend more time with her family, including some trips this summer. She and her husband, David Johnson, have five adult children and seven grandchildren. 'I think it's time to start focusing on my family,' Reed said. 'I lost a son two years ago, and I was sitting in a board meeting one year ago when a brother died. I have a sick sister now, too. The last two years, as far as loss goes in my family, has been hard.' The legal settlement the district reached May 13 with the victims of former bus attendant Tyler Zanella and their families, in which the district agreed to pay $16.2 million, also played a big role in her decision, Reed said. 'I've been thinking about this for a while,' Reed said. 'I thought that I needed to stay on the board until we settled the Zanella case, because I felt that started under my leadership, and I should stay until it was finished.' Reed was originally appointed to the District E seat on the Board of Education in May of 2014 to fill a vacancy created when another member, Nicholas Holian, resigned to accept a job in Florida. Reed was elected to a two-year term in November 2015 and to four-year terms in November 2017 and November 2021. Term limits would prevent her from running for reelection in November 2025, when her current term expires. One candidate, Andrew Spain, has already announced plans to run for the District E seat in the November 2025 election, and Reed expects others to come forward, as well, as news of her resignation spreads. PSD's seven board members must reside in the district they represent but are elected by a voters throughout the district. Reed grew up in Wellington, where she still lives, and graduated from Poudre High School. 'It feels strange to be leaving,' Reed said. "My finger hovered over the 'send' key for quite a while. I had tears coming to my eyes and had to walk outside afterward and had to really clear my head. After you've done something for 11 years and really poured yourself into it, it's difficult to leave. But like I said earlier, I know the district's in good hands.' Reporter Kelly Lyell covers education, breaking news, some sports and other topics of interest for the Coloradoan. Contact him at kellylyell@ and This article originally appeared on Fort Collins Coloradoan: PSD school board member announces resignation
