Annette Giordano, the Middlesex Borough Board of Education business administrator and board secretary, certified the results of the Nov. 4, 2025 school election and administered oaths of office to the newly elected members during the board's organizational meeting.

Giordano announced the certified vote totals included in the record: Jeremiah Carnes (1,853 votes), Martin Quinn (1,812 votes) and Justine Decker (1,764 votes). She said the certification will be included in the meeting minutes and then administered the oath of office to the newly elected members. The oath was recited in open session, including the pledge: “I will bear true faith and allegiance…,” as recorded in the meeting transcript.

Board members then conducted officer elections under board policy 0152. After nominations and written ballots, the board announced that Danielle Parenti received the votes for president. Sharon Schueller was elected vice president following nominations that included Sharon Shore and Tom Jordan.

The board adopted a resolution to accept the New Jersey School Boards Association code of ethics and recited the code aloud during the meeting. The resolution, as read in the transcript, cites board policy and NJSA 18 a:12-24.1 and includes pledges to uphold state laws and court orders, act in the educational welfare of children, confine board action to policy-making and planning, and hold certain matters confidential when disclosure would needlessly injure individuals or the schools.

The board approved its 2026 annual meeting schedule and related organizational items. The schedule approved in the record sets regular meetings for the third Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m. in the media center of Middlesex High School, 300 John F. Kennedy Drive, Middlesex, N.J. 08846. The board also approved routine organizational items, including bylaws, policies, official newspapers and custodians of funds.

The board moved and seconded approval of action items 3.06–3.08 "as presented." The board secretary recorded roll-call responses of "Yes" from the members called; the transcript logs affirmative votes by the members present and the motion carried.

During public comment, Lauren Thomas asked whether the ethics training meeting date had changed, asking: “Was the date changed on February 23?” The board responded that the Feb. 23 special meeting is scheduled for ethics training when the field representative is available.

The meeting closed the public comment period and a motion to return (resume/adjourn) was made and seconded; members responded ‘Aye’ and the meeting proceeded to the next items on the agenda.

The organizational actions taken at the meeting — election certification and swearing-in, selection of officers, adoption of an ethics code, approval of the 2026 schedule, and passage of consent items — were recorded for the official minutes.