Oakwood school board member resigning seat, appointment expected next month

The resignation was accepted Monday night by the Oakwood school board, who will choose a successor, according to the district’s bylaws.

The one-sentence letter to district Treasurer Dan Schall and board President Todd Duwel “is to officially notify you that I am resigning from the Oakwood City School District Board of Education effective Sunday, August 15, 2021.”

Quigley, 45, is a graduate of Oakwood High School and earned a bachelor’s degree from Miami University, according to the district.

She began her term in January 2016 and was elected in November 2019, going unopposed along with Duwel for two seats, Montgomery County elections records show. Her term expires in December 2023.

“For the better part of the past six years, Meredith was a trusted and measured voice,” Duwel said in a released statement. “She provided well-reasoned and multi-layered assessment of the myriad of complex issues that confronted the district.”

He also credited Quigley’s support of the Oakwood Schools Foundation and district’s alumni association.

The board of education “shall fill the vacancy at its next regular or special meeting but not earlier” than 10 days after, district records state.

If the board fails to appoint a new member within 30 days after the vacancy, the Montgomery County probate court has that authority, according to the district.

Oakwood officials said they plan to choose a successor by Sept. 13.

The timing of the resignation eliminates any special election, the district’s bylaws state. Oakwood guidelines say the appointee should serve the shorter of the following:

•Until the end of the unexpired term;

•Until Jan. 1 “immediately following the next regular board of education election taking place more than 90 days after a person is selected to fill the vacancy.”

In this case, that election would be in November 2023. But “no such special election shall be held if the unexpired term ends on or before” Jan. 1 after the next regular board election.

Signed candidate letters can be sent from 8:30 a.m. Sunday and must be received by 4:30 p.m. Aug. 25, according to the district.

They can be emailed to Schall at schall.dan@oakwoodschools.org, mailed to Schall ℅ Sandi Branham, Oakwood Board of Education, 20 Rubicon Road, Oakwood, OH 45409 or hand delivered to the BOE offices.