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Rochelle Park board elects Scott Kral president, names Elaine Rainone vice president and approves slate of annual appointments
Summary
At its Jan. 6 reorganization meeting the Rochelle Park Board of Education elected Scott Kral president and Elaine Rainone vice president, adopted the NJ School Boards Association Code of Ethics and approved routine organizational resolutions and appointments including the Business Administrator, board attorney and architects.
Scott Kral was elected president of the Rochelle Park Board of Education at the board’s annual reorganization meeting on Jan. 6, 2026. The board approved a resolution electing Kral for the term prescribed by law on a 7-0 roll-call vote.
Elaine Rainone was elected vice president; that resolution carried on a 5-2 roll-call vote. The motion to elect Kral as president was moved by Ms. Christina Holz; the motion electing Rainone as vice president was moved by Ms. Michele Jacob.
The board also adopted the New Jersey School Boards Association Code of Ethics (N.J.S.A. 18A:12-24.1), committing members to uphold state education laws, maintain confidentiality where appropriate and limit board action to policy-making rather than administration. That resolution passed unanimously.
In a single consolidated vote the board approved routine organizational resolutions (R1–R13). Those actions included adopting Robert’s Rules of Order as the official parliamentary procedure (Policy 0164), designating The Record and Our Town as official newspapers for legal notices, readopting bylaws and job descriptions, approving the district organizational chart and readopting curriculum materials for PreK–8 until the next organization meeting. The board also appointed LAN Associates as architect of record for the period January 6, 2026 through the next reorganization meeting. The consolidated motion carried 7-0.
The board approved its annual slate of appointments (P1–P12). Key appointments include Michele Rainere as School Business Administrator and Board Secretary and as the district’s Qualified Purchasing Agent (with a bid threshold set at $44,000); Ellen Kobylarz as Board Recording Secretary; Cleary Giacobbe Alfieri Jacobs, LLC as board attorney; Mark Jacobus as Treasurer of School Monies; Nisivoccia, LLP as auditors; and Dr. Basil Bruno as school physician. The board also confirmed representatives to regional cooperatives such as NESBIG and the South Bergen Jointure Commission and designated Phoenix Advisors, LLC as financial advisor. The board authorized Interim Superintendent Giovanni Giancaspro to hire certain statutorily required personnel subject to later ratification by the board.
All listed appointments and organizational resolutions were approved by roll-call votes, with most items passing unanimously.
The meeting closed with the scheduling of future executive sessions and regular meetings; the Jan. 27, 2026 executive meeting and regular meeting were announced as next events.
