Board elects Dr. Isaiah Null Gendrono III president; Jason Anderson chosen vice president, adopts ethics code

At the Denellum Board of Education’s organization meeting on Jan. 6, trustees completed officer elections and approved several routine organizational items.

In the vote for board president, two candidates were nominated. The first nominee, Shondaanda Shyf, received three yes votes and four no votes in a verbal roll call. The second nominee, Dr. Isaiah Null Gendrono III, received four yes votes and three no votes; under the board’s interpretation of the bylaw about majority of members voting, the presiding officer declared Dr. Gendrono the new president. “Dr. Gendrono, you’re now the president of the board of education,” the presiding officer said after the tally.

Jason Anderson was elected vice president after a separate roll call in which he received four yes votes and three no votes. Board members who participated in the roll calls included Anderson, Condit, Gendrono, Moore, Senoi, Shyf and Shep.

The board also voted unanimously to adopt the New Jersey School Boards Association’s code of ethics, the document the board read aloud and approved during the meeting. The board approved its regular meeting dates for 2026 and voted to table board appointments to allow additional time for matching names to committee titles.

The meeting packet and board votes were handled via verbal roll calls managed by the board clerk. The board recessed into further business and announced the next regular meeting for Jan. 27, 2026.

Actions at the meeting were procedural and organizational; no substantive policy changes were adopted in this session.