Teaneck Board reorganizes, elects president and vice president and adopts several governance changes

Teaneck — The Teaneck Board of Education on Jan. 7 held its annual reorganization meeting, swore in newly elected trustees and voted to elect board officers, adopt several consent items and professional-service contracts, and change meeting procedures for 2025.

The board administered oaths to newly elected members and accepted certificate totals from the county clerk. The board then moved to officer elections. After nominations for president and vice president and two rounds of roll-call voting, the board elected Ed Hoff as president and Cassandra Reyes as vice president.

The votes and subsequent decisions followed a wider package of procedural and administrative actions. The board approved a set of consent-agenda items after trustees removed several entries for separate discussion. Trustees voted to amend the district’s public-notice language to explicitly add an online/digital publication option while retaining print publication for now; a board attorney prepared the amended language before the roll-call vote. The board also amended its 2025 calendar — including moving a June meeting and consolidating October meetings — to avoid conflicts with religious observances and the New Jersey School Boards Association conference.

The board addressed governance and decorum during the meeting. Trustees voted unanimously to adopt the board’s code-of-ethics item and referred a proposed decorum policy to the policy committee, with direction that the committee draft language…