West Windsor-Plainsboro board elects Graylyn McEwen president, approves reorganization consent items

The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District board of education held its annual reorganization meeting in early January and swore in newly elected members before selecting its leadership and approving routine business.

Graylyn McEwen — who the chair reported received 8,171 votes in the November election — was sworn into office and was elected board president by roll call. Sharon DeSebastian, who the chair reported received 8,573 votes, and Paul O'Brien, who received 3,503 votes, were also sworn in at the meeting.

A board member nominated Pooja Bansal for vice president; the board recorded a second and elected Bansal by roll call. The transcript notes Bansal was absent from the meeting but had accepted the nomination in advance.

After reorganizational leadership votes, the board moved to adopt the reorganization consent block (agenda items 7 through 34) and carried the motion by roll call with all voting members present recorded as voting yes. Later in the meeting the board also approved administration items, finance items (including a blue addendum) and personnel items (including a green addendum) by roll call votes with no recorded dissent.

During the meeting the superintendent read a resolution recognizing January as school board recognition month in New Jersey and the district thanked outgoing board member Luiza for her service. The board also announced and recognized retirements approved during the meeting: Michael Alberto, High School South counselor, retiring after 25 years, and Lori Silvers, Community Middle School language arts teacher, retiring after 33 years.

The public comment periods produced no speakers. The meeting concluded after the board completed its votes and adjourned.

Notes: All vote outcomes reported in this article are taken from the meeting roll-call recordings; the transcript records unanimous recorded yes votes on the items described but does not provide a consolidated numerical tally for each roll call beyond the individual yes responses during roll calls.