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Byram Hills board elects new officers, approves superintendent contract and routine plans
Summary
At its July 8, 2025 reorganizational meeting the Byram Hills Board of Education elected Lara Stein as president and Mia Capitrio as vice president, approved Jen Lamia’s superintendent appointment and contract, and adopted safety, professional development and counseling plans.
The Byram Hills Central School District Board of Education on July 8 elected Lara Stein to serve as board president and Mia Capitrio as vice president, approved the superintendent’s employment contract and adopted several routine district plans.
Board members nominated and confirmed Stein and Capitrio for one-year leadership terms. After the nominations were seconded, the board approved each by voice vote. “Thank you, Lara, for stepping up to that big responsibility,” one board member said after the vote.
The board added action item 21 to the agenda and then voted to approve it; the item covered approval of the superintendent’s contract and employment beginning July 8, 2025. The agenda and annual organizational appointments were revised to replace references to “district superintendent” with the name Jen Lamia, and the board approved an appointment naming Lamia district superintendent effective July 8, 2025.
Jen Lamia participated in the oath for the superintendent office, and in remarks afterward thanked district staff and the board. Lamia said the opening-of-year work could not happen without broad staff effort, noting that the district’s start-of-year events and curriculum work reflected that support.
The board also approved several district plans and routine items on the new-business and consent agendas. Motions, each moved and seconded and approved by voice vote, adopted the district’s safety and emergency-management plan; the 2025–26 professional-development recertification plan; and the school counseling plan. The revised consent agenda approved personnel and business items, including a per-diem employment agreement described in the agenda.
The board approved minutes from its June 10 and June 26, 2025 meetings and then adjourned.
Votes and formal motions recorded in the meeting were taken by voice; the transcript records motions, seconds and unanimous "all in favor" calls but does not include a roll-call tally of yes/no votes.
