Mount Olive board installs Dr. Giordano as president; Figueroa elected vice president
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At the Mount Olive Township School District reorganizational meeting the board administered oaths to newly elected members, nominated and confirmed Dr. Giordano as board president and Miss Figueroa as vice president, and approved the consent agenda with recorded yes votes and abstentions on minutes.
The Mount Olive Township School District Board of Education began its reorganizational meeting by administering oaths to newly elected members and then moving to leadership elections, installing Dr. Giordano as board president and Miss Figueroa as vice president.
The board announced that the Morris County clerk certified the election of John C. Petri, Luisa Melendez, Canedo and Lisa Brett to three-year terms, after which the board attorney administered the oath of office to the newly elected members. Nominations for president opened; an unnamed board member nominated Dr. Giordano and a second was recorded. Dr. Giordano thanked colleagues for their support, saying, “I’d like to thank everyone on the board for their support. It means a lot to me.”
The board then opened nominations for vice president; an unnamed member nominated Miss Figueroa and the motion was seconded. The board confirmed both leadership positions before proceeding with other business.
On the consent agenda, a motion was made on behalf of the superintendent to approve action items 7.1 through 10.1 and was seconded. The board clerk called the roll; multiple members were recorded as voting in favor. The minutes contained a later clarification that some members who were not on the board at the time of the minutes (items 8.1 and 8.2) should abstain from those specific votes. The record reflects that members voted yes on the consent agenda items overall and that abstentions were entered for minutes items where appropriate.
The meeting’s next procedural step was a motion to move into a confidential session for personnel and attorney-client matters; the resolution noted that no action would be taken in closed session and that matters would be disclosed when confidentiality no longer applied.
The board’s reorganization concluded with brief remarks from members welcoming newly elected colleagues and outlining committee assignment logistics expected to be finalized in coming days.