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West Milford Board of Education administers oaths, re-elects Claire Lockwood as president
Summary
At its 2025 reorganization meeting the West Milford Board of Education administered oaths to newly elected trustees and selected Claire Lockwood to serve another year as board president; Tara O'Connor was chosen as vice president and routine reorganization resolutions were approved.
WEST MILFORD, N.J. — At its 2025 reorganization meeting, the West Milford Board of Education administered oaths to newly elected trustees and completed its annual leadership votes, re-electing Claire Lockwood as board president and selecting Tara O'Connor as vice president.
The meeting opened with election results read into the record: Theresa Dwyer received 6,640 votes for a three-year term, Claire Lockwood received 5,473 votes and Raymond Moreno received 325 write-in votes; the transcript recorded 915 total write-in votes. The board then administered the oath of office to newly elected members, with a board member identified as Mr. Cuddibi conducting the ceremony.
The leadership votes followed. Board members nominated Claire Lockwood for president; the nomination closed and a roll-call vote recorded unanimous "yes" responses from members present. Shortly after, Tara O'Connor was nominated and elected vice president by roll-call vote.
Claire Lockwood, after her election, told colleagues she would continue to work collaboratively. "I promise to listen," Lockwood said, adding she would "push and not to push when we need to." Tara O'Connor thanked fellow trustees for their support and said, "I feel like we've built a great team here," after her selection as vice president.
The board moved and approved the meeting agenda as presented and adopted a package of reorganization resolutions (several grouped as items 1–12 on the agenda). Board members noted a typographical error on the agenda under a recognition item and clarified an end date on a resolution that should read 12/31/2025.
There was little extended debate during the reorganization portion of the meeting; motions for routine organizational items were called, seconded and approved by roll call. The meeting record shows members answering "here" or "yes" when roll call votes were taken on appointments and organizational resolutions.
The reorganization meeting focused on internal board business — seating of trustees, leadership selection and routine procedural items — and concluded after approvals and the customary acknowledgments.
