Hudsonville board swears in two new members and elects Chansky as president

The Hudsonville Public School District Board of Education on Jan. 27 administered the oath of office to two newly elected board members and completed its annual election of officers for 2025, selecting Greg Chansky as president.

Two new members, identified in the meeting transcript only by their first names—Andrew and Joy—were sworn in at the start of the board's regular meeting. A board member administered the oath that includes supporting the U.S. and state constitutions and discharging the duties of a member of the Board of Education of Hudsonville Public Schools in Ottawa and Allegan counties, Michigan.

The board then opened nominations for officers. The board received nominations for president and, after a motion to close nominations, conducted a roll-call vote. Greg Chansky was named board president. The meeting record shows nominations and roll-call votes for other officer positions: Barb Hubert was nominated and elected vice president; Don Snead was nominated and elected board secretary; Anne DeWitt was nominated and elected treasurer; and Ken Hall was nominated and elected assistant secretary/treasurer. The transcript records motions to close nominations and roll-call voting but does not provide a full, explicit tally for each position in a single summarized line in the record.

Board members and district administrators present exchanged brief remarks congratulating the newly sworn members and the newly elected officers before moving to the remainder of the agenda.

The board recessed briefly to reconfigure the room for a work session and to take a group photograph before the evening's scheduled work session and public comment period.

Looking ahead, the board proceeded to consider consent items, resolutions, policy readings and course proposals later in the meeting.