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Colonial School District board elects officers at Dec. 2 reorganization; authorizes signature-plate continuation
Summary
At its annual reorganization meeting Dec. 2, the Colonial School District Board of Education elected Beth Petruno president for a one-year term, selected Gail Plant as temporary president and vice president, and authorized continued use of existing signature plates while new plates are prepared.
At a Dec. 2 reorganization meeting required by the Pennsylvania School Code, the Colonial School District Board of Education selected board officers for a one-year term and approved a motion to continue using existing signature plates until replacements reflecting the new officers can be prepared.
The board recorded eight members as present. In order, the board elected Gail Plant to serve as temporary president to chair the meeting, then elected Beth Petruno as president for a one-year term and elected Gail Plant as vice president for a one-year term. Nominations were made from the floor and members signaled their approval by a show of hands; the transcript records that nominations were closed by motion and the officer selections were approved but does not record a roll-call tally or identify who moved and seconded each closing motion.
The board also approved a motion authorizing the financial manager to arrange preparation of new signature plates reflecting the new officer appointments and to continue the use of existing signature plates until new plates are ready. The motion was made and seconded and approved by voice/hand vote; no roll-call count or individual votes are recorded in the transcript.
The Pennsylvania School Code requires public school boards to hold an annual reorganization meeting during the first week of December to select officers and complete other organizational business. The board’s reorganization actions were procedural and were presented without extended debate in the transcript.
Present and named on the record as attending were board members Rick Carpenter, Chris Epstein, Sharon Marino, Mark Marcico, Beth Petruno, Gail Plant, Rashida Randall and Jeremy Schwartz. The meeting record shows the procedural steps (nominations, closing nominations, and members raising hands in favor) but does not attach individual vote tallies to the officer elections or the signature-plate motion.
After completing the reorganization business, the board moved on to student recognitions later in the meeting.
