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Pleasantville Board of Education reads election totals, distributes ethics forms at reorganization meeting
Summary
At its Jan. 6, 2026 reorganization meeting, the Pleasantville Board of Education read certified election totals, distributed the board's code of ethics for signatures and heard public comment urging careful voting; a speaker also raised concerns that board grievance procedures were not followed. No formal votes are recorded in the transcript.
The Board of Education of the City of Pleasantville convened its reorganization meeting on Jan. 6, 2026, opening with legal notice and a reading of certified election totals. An unnamed meeting official said notice of the meeting was given on Dec. 20, 2025, as required by law and then read several names and vote totals from the election report.
Why it matters: The reorganization meeting sets the board's annual procedural steps and confirms newly elected members. Board members were provided the district's code of ethics to sign, a routine but legally required step to document members' obligations.
An official announced, "I will now read the report of the election results, the grand totals," and then recited multiple names and numbers as recorded in the meeting transcript, including entries rendered in the transcript as "TriNet, Oregon, 1585," "Elise Sanchez, 1790," "Alexandra Alberto, 711," "Patricia, 995," and "Linda Henderson, 484." The transcript contains some garbled numeric lines; the board's official election certification should be consulted for authoritative totals.
During the meeting the chair said the board's "pool of ethics" had been distributed and that each member is required to sign the document. Roll call named several members as present, including Mister Gibson, Miss Harris, Miss Morgan, Mister Rodriguez, Miss Roel, Miss Sanchez, Miss Silver, Miss Akins and Mister Logan.
Public comment was limited to agenda items. Speakers urged deliberation before voting; one attendee told the board members to "be mindful when you vote, you shouldn't just vote 1, 2, 3," advising that members should deliberate before casting votes. Later in the meeting an unidentified speaker raised concerns about internal process, saying, "This board member did this? This board member did that? We did not follow the process right," and urged strict adherence to grievance procedures when complaints come to the board.
No motions or formal roll-call votes appear in the transcript provided. The meeting record in the transcript concludes after attendance confirmations and the grievances/process concern; next procedural steps or any follow-up reports were not specified in the excerpt provided.
Board: The meeting was held by the Board of Education of the City of Pleasantville (Pleasantville Public School District). The transcript references the County of Atlantic and the administration building as places where notices were posted.
What's next: The transcript does not record any formal actions or votes on appointments or policy; for official outcomes and certified election totals, consult the district's certified minutes and the election certification filed with the clerk.
