{
  "region": "Iron County",
  "updated": "2026-10-31",
  "coverage": "We check every Iron County body on the Utah Public Notice Website for vacancy and application notices. Cities and towns sometimes post openings on volunteer boards only on their own websites, and those aren't covered yet.",
  "seats": [
    {
      "id": "icsd-board-district-1-2026",
      "title": "School board member, District 1",
      "body": "Iron County School District Board of Education",
      "entity": "iron-county-school-district",
      "kind": "Normally elected; this time the board appoints someone to finish the term",
      "what": "The board sets district policy, adopts the budget and tax rate, and hires and oversees the superintendent. This appointment fills the seat formerly held by John Taylor.",
      "how_filled": "The board picks someone at a public meeting. Utah law has the board itself fill a seat that opens mid-term (Utah Code 20A-1-511).",
      "who_can": [
        "You've lived in school board District 1 for at least one year before Nov 17, 2026",
        "You're a registered voter, and stay one"
      ],
      "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?ll=37.73289238689484%2C-112.77611536124886&z=9&mid=1kyYnD_s_J1MrHMrIhRfSTjsVebnd1s4",
      "map_note": "Board districts are much smaller than the school district. Check your address above, or see the district's own map.",
      "apply": [
        "Fill out the district's application (Google Docs makes you a copy)",
        "Send it to Superintendent Lance Hatch, lance.hatch@ironmail.org, or 2077 W Royal Hunte Dr, Cedar City, UT 84720"
      ],
      "apply_url": "https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-5BCXE7IBRa_ZK8rkwORR3y80GGZJXEZncczhOlEhI8/copy",
      "deadline": "2026-11-13T23:00:00-07:00",
      "deadline_note": "Fri, Nov 13 (end of day; no time given)",
      "decided": {
        "when": "2026-11-17T16:00:00-07:00",
        "where": "Iron County School District Board Room, 2077 W Royal Hunte Dr, Cedar City",
        "note": "The district asks applicants to attend in person. A Zoom option is available on request. Anyone may attend."
      },
      "unknown": "The notice doesn't say how long the term runs or what the seat pays. Ask the superintendent's office.",
      "contact": "Superintendent Lance Hatch, lance.hatch@ironmail.org. District office: (435) 586-2804.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "text": "Public notice of vacancy, Oct 30",
          "url": "https://www.utah.gov/pmn/sitemap/notice/1119255.html"
        }
      ],
      "where": {
        "kind": "board district",
        "reach": "School board district 1: western Iron County, including Newcastle, Beryl, and the Escalante Valley, plus the Three Peaks area and part of Enoch",
        "shape": "icsd-board-district-1.geojson",
        "context": "iron-county.geojson",
        "snapshot": "icsd-board-district-1.svg",
        "drawn_from": "Iron County School District's own board district map (2023 lines), the map its vacancy notice links to.",
        "reviewed": "Drawn Nov 1 from the district's map.",
        "facts": [
          {
            "value": "3",
            "label": "schools inside: Escalante Valley, Enoch Elementary, Three Peaks Elementary"
          }
        ]
      },
      "board_district": 1
    }
  ]
}