Upper Darby School Board elects officers, receives clean audit and hears neighborhood complaint about student behavior

Neil Desnoiers was elected president of the Upper Darby School District Board of School Directors and Desiree Murphy Morrissey was chosen vice president during the board's organizational meeting, which also included a presentation of a clean audit for the 2023–24 fiscal year and a public complaint about student behavior in a neighborhood alley.

The board opened with statutory notices under Section 401 of the School Code of 1949 and proceeded to elect a temporary president, then to roll-call votes for officers. In the vote for president, board member Britney Williams recorded an abstention; the remaining recorded members voted in the affirmative and the chair announced Desnoiers as president for the coming year. By vocal tally and cast-name votes, Murphy Morrissey was declared vice president.

Caroline Hippel, partner at audit firm Baker Tilly, presented the annual financial statement audit for the year ending June 30, 2024. Hippel said the auditors issued "an unmodified" opinion on the financial statements,…