Hunterdon Central board elects Dee Kellogg president, Sandra Gong vice president; adopts amended organizational calendar

Dee Kellogg was elected president of the Hunterdon Central Regional High School Board of Education by a ballot of board members during the organizational meeting; Sandra Gong was elected vice president. The board then voted on a package of organizational items, approving an amendment to convert the Jan. 12 retreat into a Committee of the Whole to be held in the IMC and directing staff to find a consolidated date for May and June meetings.

The president opened nominations and, after ballots were collected, announced Kellogg had the majority. The vice president ballot likewise produced a majority for Gong. Later in the meeting the board took a single roll-call vote on organizational items H1–H8 as amended; the motions carried with a majority vote and committee assignments were read into the record.

Committee chairs announced included Dr. Halpern as chair of the Student Life and Program committee, Reverend Williams as chair of Operations and Transportation, Sandra Gong as chair of Personnel and Nicole Bryce as chair of Policy. The board president said she will chair a new strategic-planning ad hoc committee with Gong and Santangelo serving on that team.

Board members debated retreat timing, committee assignments and whether all members had adequate opportunity to provide input before assignments were announced. Some members asked that dates be polled and that the portions of the calendar involving superintendent review be scheduled to avoid conflicts. The superintendent noted a grants timeline relevant to later discussion and said the district would coordinate with sending-district superintendents on articulation matters.

The organizational decisions take effect immediately; committee membership and dates announced at the meeting will be circulated in written form after the session.