Following a short caucus, the Ellington School District Board of Education reorganized its executive leadership and addressed personnel process issues in a public statement.

Board members moved and voted unanimously to appoint Carrie Scioscia as board chair. The board later elected Miriam Underwood as vice chair and Jen Mullen as secretary following separate nominations and roll‑call votes.

In remarks after the reorganization, the chair told the meeting that Superintendent Scott Nichols is on FMLA leave and that there is a pending investigation. The chair emphasized that the board will follow rules established by the state legislature and board policy, that personnel and health information are private under law, and that the integrity of any investigative process must be protected. She said the board will use executive session when appropriate to discuss sensitive personnel matters.

The board took no disciplinary action at the meeting and limited its public remarks to procedural statements about the leave and the investigation. Several members reiterated a commitment to civility and to proceeding in accordance with legal and policy requirements.