The Vanguard School Board of Directors serves to:

• Uphold the mission and vision of The Vanguard School.
• Provide financial oversight ensuring the maintenance of adequate resources.
• Ensure the school is operating legally and ethically.
• Enhance the school’s public standing.
• Monitor and strengthen programs and services.
• Support and evaluate the school’s executive director.

Monthly public board meetings are normally scheduled for 6:00 P.M. on the third Wednesday of each month (subject to change), in the library of The Vanguard School high school building, 1605 S. Corona Avenue Building D, Colorado Springs, CO 80905. Members of our school community are welcome to attend.

To view the minutes from previous Vanguard School board meetings, click on the link to the right labeled “Board Meeting Minutes.”

Working sessions of the board are held at 5:00 P.M. on the evening of the public session and on the first Wednesday of each month from 5:00 – 7:30 P.M. in the Vanguard high school conference room.  These meetings are used to plan, review policies, facility issues, staffing, etc.  

Because the Board desires to hear the viewpoints of all members of the school, public participation is desired.  Because the Board needs to conduct its business in an orderly and efficient manner and to ensure time is available for all viewpoints to be heard, the Board guidelines for public comment at public Board meetings are outlined in Policy BEDH: Public Participation at School Board Meetings.

All issues concerning school policy should first be worked through the building principal and administration prior to coming to the Board. 

You may access the complete policy (Policy BEDH: Public Participation at School Board Meetings) on our website by clicking here.  

To contact the Board, please click on the Board email link below:
[email protected]

The Vanguard School Board of Directors is a governing board consisting of five voting members. The members for the 2025-2026 school year are:

• Kurt Peters (through May 2026)
• Eric Koppisch (through May 2027)
• Eric Katzung (through May 2028)
• Alisha Bond (through May 2029)
• Austyn Callahan (through May 2030)

You may view board member biographies by clicking HERE.

All candidates for the governing board must have attended the entire public session of at least three board meetings in the twelve months preceding the election prior to the April date of candidate verification for eligibility.  Individuals interested in running for the Board of Directors for the 2026-2027 school year should adhere to the Board Election Schedule for 2026-2027 found HERE.

 The board seat of Kurt Peters is up for election in May 2026.

• The six parents listed below have notified the Board of their intent to run for office this year.  Their eligibility to run will be verified by the Board at the April 15, 2026, public board meeting.  Click here to view bios and photos.
  • Nicole Hinton
  • Matthew Maloney
  • Sheila Schaefer
  • Mike Sheley
  • Carrie Wieger
  • Sarah Woolfenden

• Eligible candidates will participate in a “Meet the Candidates Forum” after the public board meeting on April 15, 2026.
  •  The Forum will be livestreamed and also posted on this site during the election timeframe, May 5-12, 2026.
• Voting will begin on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, via online questionnaire.  Up to two parents or legal guardians of a child enrolled at The Vanguard School are entitled to one vote each for the open Board position.
• Voting will end at 4:00 P.M. on Tuesday, May 12, 2026.
• Results will be announced at the regular board meeting on Wednesday, May 20, 2026.

The board encourages those interested in running for a board seat to familiarize themselves with the following materials:

• Why Johnny Can’t Tell Right from Wrong by William Kilpatrick
• The Schools We Need: And Why We Don’t Have Them by E. D. Hirsch
• Waiting for Superman (movie)
• The Great Conversation – Volume I, Robert M. Hutchins, Editor