Hazel Park Board of Education swears in trustees and elects officers

The Hazel Park Board of Education on Jan. 6 administered oaths to newly elected and re-elected trustees and elected its 2025 officers at the district's reorganizational meeting.

Board members present conducted the oath of office for members of the Hazel Park School District of the City of Hazel Park and then moved into nominations for board officers. After nominations and discussion, the board selected its officers for the coming year and confirmed appointments by voice vote. A motion to approve the agenda and to move certain business items to individual action items preceded the reorganizational votes.

The meeting included the ceremonial swearing-in ceremony in which trustees repeated the standard oath to uphold the U.S. Constitution and the state constitution and to “faithfully discharge the duties of the office of member of the school district of the city of Hazel Park.” The board then proceeded to nominations for president, vice president, treasurer and secretary. Following nominations and a short round of discussion, the board voted on each office.

During the secretary vote the board recorded a 4–3 result. Other officer votes were decided by voice vote; the minutes and roll call recorded each motion as carried. The board then moved on to committee appointments and business organizational items.

The reorganizational decisions were procedural and part of the board’s annual organizational duties. No substantive policy changes were adopted as part of the officer selections; the board’s subsequent agenda items covered committee appointments, financial authorizations and policy reviews.

The board scheduled follow-up discussion of committee descriptions and placements at an upcoming committee-of-the-whole meeting so trustees can review duties before finalizing committee assignments.