Vernon board elects Jennifer Pallett president, approves routine organizational resolutions
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At its organization meeting the Vernon Township School District Board of Education elected Jennifer Pallett president and John Krause vice president, approved the annual calendar, financial depositories, official newspapers and designated warrant signer, and readopted bylaws. An executive session on legal matters was announced.
The Vernon Township School District Board of Education on the organization agenda elected Jennifer Pallett as board president and John Krause as vice president, approved routine organizational resolutions and scheduled an executive session to discuss legal matters.
The session opened with roll call and confirmation of a quorum. Jennifer Pallett was nominated and approved by roll call to serve as president; after the vote the chair said, "So I just want to say thank you to everybody for their support," and welcomed new board members Alice Nichols and Sarah Petak. Later, John Krause was nominated and approved as vice president in a separate roll-call vote.
The board approved a slate of standard organizational items on the superintendent's recommendation, including the public meeting calendar for January 2026 through January 2027, depositories for school funds under cited New Jersey statutes, designation of Raymond Slam as an authorized warrant signer, and designation of the New Jersey Herald, New Jersey Sunday Herald and the Star-Ledger as official district newspapers. The board also read and confirmed adoption of its code of ethics for board members.
A motion to approve resolutions 1 through 7 (calendar, depositories, warrant signer, official newspapers, bylaws) was made and seconded and carried on a roll-call vote with affirmative responses recorded from present members. No substantive policy changes were adopted; the items reflect annual organizational housekeeping required by district practice and state law.
Before adjournment the board moved to enter an executive session to discuss legal matters; the chair stated that nothing would be voted on during the executive session and the board voted in favor of closing the public meeting and moving into executive session.
Minutes: the board recorded votes by roll call during the elections and the organizational resolutions; the formal vote outcomes were announced at the meeting and recorded in the minutes.