By JIM BUTLER

Rapides Parish School Board members elected officers Tuesday afternoon, each member evidently coming independently to the same conclusions.

Dr. Stephen Chapman was re-elected president (third consecutive one-year term) and Mark Dryden, District C, was elected vice president.  Both nominations were offered by Steve Berry. The vote for each was unanimous, without discussion.

The board then adopted committee chairperson and membership appointments, with no changes from the 2023 rosters.

The rest of the meeting was an example of government at work – mundane but necessary resolutions, appropriations, explanations, discussions, each important in its own way.