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Verona Board swears in two reelected members and elects 2025 leadership
Summary
At its reorganization meeting, the Verona Board of Education swore in Pamela Prisco and Christopher Waka to three-year terms, elected Denise Verzala president and Pamela Prisco vice president, and approved routine consent items; one athletics item (C4) was tabled.
The Verona Board of Education on the evening of its reorganization meeting formally swore in two reelected members and selected its 2025 leadership.
Christopher Waka and Pamela Prisco each took the oath of office after the chair announced the official results of the Nov. 5, 2024 school election: Prisco received 5,330 votes and Waka received 4,163 votes. Mayor Tamborrow administered the oaths and praised the board’s service, saying the role is “a difficult and oftentimes a thankless job.”
After the swearing-in, board members nominated Denise Verzala for president and carried the motion on a roll-call vote. Pamela Prisco was later nominated and approved as vice president. The board voted to consolidate routine appointments and approved committee appointments and chairpersons as presented; one member was marked absent for that vote.
The board approved a series of consent agenda items and resolutions without discussion, including housekeeping and governance items. During the athletics and co-curricular portion of the meeting, the board tabled item C4 after a brief procedural question and approved the remaining athletics items (C1–C3, C5–C6) by roll call.
The meeting closed after a motion to adjourn passed; the chair announced the next meeting is scheduled for Jan. 21 with an executive session at 6 p.m. and a public session at 7 p.m. in the Verona High School Learning Commons.
The transcript shows variants in spelling of some member names (the nomination used the form "Denise Verzala" while the roll call later listed a similar name as "Verzella"); the article reports names as they were introduced in the meeting and notes the inconsistent spellings in the record.
