Iron County School District seeks applicants for vacant District 1 board seat
Applications are due Nov. 13; the board plans to make the appointment at a Nov. 17 meeting.
CEDAR CITY - The Iron County School District Board of Education has a vacancy in its District 1 seat and is asking residents of that district to apply, according to a notice the district posted Friday on the state's public notice website.
The seat was formerly held by John Taylor, the notice says. It does not say why the seat came open.
Under state law, the board will fill the seat through an appointment process. Applicants must have lived in District 1 for at least a year before Nov. 17, 2026, and must be and stay registered voters. The notice links to a district boundary map; boundaries are also on the Iron County website.
The application is linked from the notice and will also be on the district's homepage, irondistrict.org. Applications go to Superintendent Lance Hatch at lance.hatch@ironmail.org or 2077 W. Royal Hunte Drive in Cedar City and are due Friday, Nov. 13.
The board plans to make the appointment at a meeting at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, in the district board room at 2077 W. Royal Hunte Drive. The district prefers that applicants attend in person, though a Zoom option is available on request.
Source: Iron County School District Board of Education, Public Notice of Vacancy, posted Oct. 30, 2026.