The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education approved the appointment of Lisa Kaylie to its ranks on Thursday.

The board chose from 12 applicants to the vacant seat, with Kaylie winning in a coin flip against candidate Carmen Huerta-Bapat. The coin flip method was selected after three straight rounds of 3-3 tied vote between board members.

The CHCCS board approved of using a coin flip method with a 4-2 vote, choosing the method instead of voting a fourth round or tabling the measure. The four board members who voted for the coin toss method, Jillian La Serna, Ashton Powell, Rani Dasi and Deon Temne, said they felt comfortable doing the process due to the quality of both candidates to serve, as well as the continuing split decision between the board.

“I know the entire board felt like we couldn’t lose in this situation,” said La Serna, who chairs the Board of Education.

Lisa Kaylie is set to join the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education in March. (Photo via Lisa Kaylie/CHCCS.)

Huerta-Bapat and Kaylie were chosen among four nominated candidates on Thursday night. The district held two specially-called meetings held on January 28 and February 2 to interview the 12 community candidates.

Kaylie will finish the ten months left on the seat’s term. Dr. Amy Fowler, who was elected to the CHCCS school board in 2017, left in December after winning election to the Orange County Board of Commissioners in the 2020 primaries.

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will swear Kaylie into its Board of Education during its meeting on Thursday, March 4.

 

Photo via the Town of Chapel Hill.

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