Same board. No one removed.
If the petition passes, the change is gradual and mechanical. No board member is removed and no term is shortened. Each seat simply comes up at its normal three-year mark — and the person holding it decides whether to run again, just like today. Voters still elect every seat.
Every Area keeps one guaranteed anchor seat. An Area's extra seats convert to open in the order their terms naturally end — the calendar decides, not any person. The last seat remaining in each Area is that Area's anchor. That's why Area II's and Area IV's earliest-expiring seats convert first.
| Area | Seats today | Stays anchored | Converts to open (district-wide) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area I | 1 | 1 anchor | No change — its single seat is the anchor |
| Area II | 2 | 1 anchor | 1 opensthe earlier-expiring extra seat converts in 2027 |
| Area III | 1 | 1 anchor | No change — its single seat is the anchor |
| Area IV | 4 | 1 anchor | 3 openextra seats convert as terms expire — one each in 2027, 2028, 2029 |
| Area V | 1 | 1 anchor | No change — its single seat is the anchor |
| All Areas | 9 | 5 anchors | 4 opensame nine-seat board |
Only Areas with more than one seat have an "extra" to convert — so the four open seats come from Area II (1) and Area IV (3). The single-seat Areas (I, III, V) never change. No sitting member is removed, and which physical seat becomes the anchor is simply the last one remaining as terms expire.
The first extra seat in Area II and the first in Area IV reach term end → both convert to open seats.
The next Area IV extra seat converts. The Area I and Area III seats come up and stay anchored.
The last Area IV extra seat converts. Whoever's term is ending chooses whether to run for the anchor or the open seat.
One anchor per Area (I–V) plus four district-wide open seats. Still 9 total.
Because it's the only way to keep the promise: no one is ever forced out and no term is ever cut short. Syncing the conversions into one big year would mean shortening a sitting member's term. The trade-off is deliberate — we protect every incumbent's full term, and the timing simply follows the existing election calendar.