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.

Board Elections 2026-27

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.

NOTE:  Individuals who are 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.

Annual elections are held during May of each school year.  Governing board members are elected by a vote of the parents for staggered five-year terms.  The seat of Kurt Peters will be up for election in May 2026.

For more information about the Board, including its governing documents and resources, please see the Board Bylaws HERE and the Board of Directors Agreement HERE.

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