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Nancy Salgado Cowan elected president as Piscataway Board reorganizes and adopts code of ethics
Summary
At its Jan. 8 reorganizational meeting the Piscataway Township Board of Education elected Nancy Salgado Cowan president and Chantel Cherry vice president, reestablished standing committees, adopted the New Jersey School Boards Association code of ethics and approved routine personnel, fiscal and curriculum motions by unanimous roll call.
Nancy Salgado Cowan was elected president of the Piscataway Township Board of Education at the boards Jan. 8 reorganizational meeting after members opened nominations and held a roll-call vote. Chantel Cherry was elected vice president in a subsequent roll-call vote.
The board certified results of the Nov. 4, 2025 school election before reorganizing. The secretary reported 35,994 registered voters and 18,268 votes cast; the vote totals read into the record were Habiba Hawk 9,960; Courtney King 10,847; Nancy Salgado Cowan 11,324; and Cetna Sha 4,180.
After the leadership elections, the new president proposed reestablishing standing committees. The board named chairs to serve prior to the first committee meetings: Loretta Rivers for policy, Chantel Cherry for curriculum, Nancy Salgado Cowan for culture, climate and community relations, and Dr. Tom Connors for finance; members approved the motion to establish committees by roll call.
The board then considered a set of reorganization resolutions (items A through D) and readopted the New Jersey School Boards Association code of ethics; each member recited portions of the code and the measures were approved by roll-call vote. Personnel, fiscal planning and curriculum motions appearing on the agenda were presented in committee blocks and approved by roll call with the members recorded as voting yes on the record.
The board also voted to adjourn to executive session for personnel, litigation and other matters, citing N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b) for the closed-session authority, and stated it would return to public session at 7:30 p.m.
The reorganization establishes committee leadership and confirms routine approvals that let administrators proceed with hiring, contract and program work already reviewed in committee. The board indicated committee membership and any minor adjustments will be finalized before the first committee meetings.
Next steps: standing committees will meet under the chair assignments announced and the board will schedule the first committee meetings prior to the next public meeting; executive-session matters will remain confidential as required by state law.
