The Mayflower School District currently has a school board vacancy for Zone 4. To be eligible for consideration, you must be a registered voter who currently resides in Zone 4 in the Mayflower School District. You can check to see which zone you reside in at this link: https://gis.arkansas.gov/findmydistricts/viewer.php.
A qualified elector who resides in the school district zone affected by a school district board of directors' vacancy who wishes to be considered to fill the vacancy shall submit a petition to the school district board of directors at achisum@mayflowerschools.org no later than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting specified in the notice of the vacancy that:
Is signed by at least twenty (20) qualified electors from the vacant school district zone position; and
States their intention to be considered for the appointment to fill the vacancy.
A blank petition can be found at this link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IC-6CCIyhiyQrfmMvZZ96URJPHbYnToi
The school district board of directors shall:
Acknowledge in writing the receipt of a petition; and
Promptly inform a candidate if their petition is insufficient or invalid:
That their petition is insufficient or invalid; and
What the candidate is required to do to cure the petition before the deadline.
A school district board of directors may fill a vacancy only with a candidate who has submitted a timely, valid, and sufficient petition under this section.
An elector who submits a sufficient and valid petition under this section shall be given at least five (5) minutes to present his or her candidacy in a public meeting of the remaining members of the school district board of directors before the school district board of directors votes to fill the vacancy.
A school district board of directors may request reasonable information from a candidate to fill a vacancy under this section, including, without limitation, a request for written answers to questions before a public meeting is held.
A school district board of directors may vote to decline to fill the vacancy.
If a school district board of directors votes to decline to fill a vacancy, the appointment shall pass immediately to the quorum court of the county in which a majority of the residents represented by the vacant position reside.
All matters regarding the filling of a vacancy on a school district board of directors shall be discussed and acted upon by the board of directors in an open public meeting, not in an executive session.
The Mayflower School District Board of Education intends to fill the vacancy at the August 18, 2026, board meeting.