Hazlet board appoints Laura Goluski to fill vacant seat; she is sworn in
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After interviewing six finalists in public, the Hazlet Township Board of Education reconvened from executive session and appointed Laura Goluski to serve the unexpired term through Dec. 31, 2025; a roll-call vote recorded affirmative votes from present members.
The Hazlet Township Public School District Board of Education on Monday voted to fill a board vacancy by appointing Laura Goluski to serve the unexpired term ending Dec. 31, 2025.
Board members interviewed six candidates in public before adjourning to executive session to discuss the interviews. When the board returned it voted to "approve and accept Laura Goluski, effective 02/24/2025, to fill the board member vacancy due to resignation for an unexpired term ending 12/31/2025, as recommended by the superintendent of schools." The motion was approved by roll call.
The transcript records affirmative roll-call responses from the following members: Mr. Perry, Miss Brown, Miss Kagan, Mr. Grossman, Miss O'Hara, Miss Moreno and Mr. Aynelli. After the vote Goluski was administered the oath of office and assumed her duties as a board member.
The appointment followed a public process in which candidates answered a standard set of questions from board members. Board leadership said all applicants were asked the same seven questions and that interviews were conducted in alphabetical order; the transcript shows the board then discussed interviews in executive session before making the appointment. No formal motions or policy changes related to the appointment were recorded beyond the selection and swearing-in.
The board indicated the winner would be sworn in immediately and serve through the remainder of the resigning member's term. No members recorded a nay or abstention on the appointment in the transcript.