##VIDEO ID:CR5oARamKZk## e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e good evening and happy 2025 to everyone welcome to the West Orange Board of Education January 6 2025 reorganization meeting please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance FL uned stes stand notice of meeting the New Jersey open public meetings law was enacted to ensure the right of the public to have advanced notice and to attend the meetings of public bodies at which any business affecting their interest is discussed or acted upon in accordance with the provisions of the ACT a written notice was sent from the office of the secretary of the board on January 8th 2024 that said notice was sent by regular mail to the West Orange Township Clerk and the editors of the West Orange Chronicle and the Star Ledger that set notice was posted in the lobby of the administration building of the Board of Education and post it on the district website please be advised that this this meeting is being recorded and may be broadcasted on local TV and a District's website at a future date I will Ann now announce the official results of the annual school election held on November 5th 20124 two candidates ran for two three-year terms Brian Rock received 7,497 total votes Eric Stevenson received 7,565 total votes one candidate ran for one unexpired term Dia Bryant received 9,217 total votes next we will have the administration of the oath of office starting with Mr Rock Mr Rock please raise your right hand and read the oath of office all Brian Rock do solemnly swear or affirm that I will support the Constitution of the United States the Constitution of the state of New Jersey and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and to the governments established in the United States and this state under the authority of the people so help me God I Brian Rock do solemnly swear that I possess the qualifications prescribed by law for the office of member of a board of education and that I will Faithfully imp partially and justly perform all the duties of that office according to the best of my ability so help me God thank you very much Mr Rock Mr Stevenson please raise your right hand and read the oath of office I Eric ke Stevenson do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and to the governments established in the United States and this state under the authority of the people so help me God I Eric E Stevenson do solemnly swear that I possess the qualifications prescribed crib by law for the office of the member of Board of Education that I will faithfully and partially and justly perform all the duties of that office according to the best of my ability so help me God thank you Mr Stevenson Dr Bryant please raise your right hand and read the O of office please I Dia Bryant do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the the same and to the governments established in the United States and this state under the authority of the people so help me God I Dia Bryant do solemnly swear that I possess the qualifications prescribed by law for the office of member of of a board of education and that I will faithfully impartially and justly perform all the duties of that office according to the best of my ability so help me God thank you Dr Bryant please help me congr congratulate our returning members of the board I will now take roll call Dr Bryant here Mr ifer here Mr Rock here Mr Stevenson here miss Vera yes thank you very much next we will have the election of the president following which the president will assume the chair the floor will now be open for for nominations for president of the Board of Education any member of the board May place any member's name for nomination I will be asking for a second even though one is not required are there any nominations for president Madam chair I nominate The Honorable Brian Rock for president of the board of education is there a second second thank you Mr Stevenson thank you Miss Vera okay are there any other nominations for the office of presidency okay he a't none I will now take a roll call for Mr Rock for president of the Board of Education Dr Bryant yes Mr ifer yes Mr Rock yes Mr Stevenson yes Miss Vera yes thank you congratulations Mr Rock president of the Board of Education thank you Miss flowers next we are going to open the floor for nominations for the office of vice president or vice president of the Board of Education are there any nominations I nominate for vice president of the board of educ Board of Education Dr Robert ier thank you Dr Robert ier is nominated is there a second second thank you Dr ifer are there any other nominations hearing none uh Miss Flowers would you please take the roll call Dr Bryant yes Mr ifer yes Mr Rock yes Mr Stevenson yes Miss Vera yes thank you congratulations Mr ifer all right next we will move on to our resolutions for the evening I'd like to call attention to item K the code of ethics for the school board members all Bo members of the board have read and received a copy of the code of ethics and will provide a signed copy to the board secretary to be kept on file oh we had sorry more musical chairs yes come on down you got the theme song Yes is the trible is I think these are our new assigned seats for the year now that we all have found our place may I have a motion to approve the reorganization resolutions D through R motion thank you Dr bran is there a second second thank you Mr ifer is there any discussion seeing none Miss flowers please oh Miss V did you have a no okay sorry Miss flowers please take the roll call Dr Bryant yes vice president ifar yes Mr Stevenson yes Miss Vera yes president Rock yes thank you all right uh thank you very much to my board colleagues for that long agenda next up we have petitions and hearings of citizens agenda or non-agenda item that you wish to discuss you will have three minutes to speak uh please approach the podium at this time and state your name and address for the rec record seeing none public comment is closed before we close just want to take a moment to thank my board colleagues for their support and for re-electing me president for this year uh congratulations to minister ier on his election to vice president and congratulations Dr Bryant on her reelection to the Board of Ed and Mr Stevenson uh look forward to a positive and productive year uh that we can all work together anyone else have comments before we close uh I just wanted to to say that I appreciate everyone's support and I want to mention that uh vice president Vera to me she's still vice president Vera she came in under difficult circumstances did an excellent job and I appreciate her friendship thank you Mr Dr all right seeing no other comments from the board thank you very much our next regular board meeting is on January 27th 2025 at 6:30 p.m. this meeting will be held in the West Orange High School library media center we will not be going into executive session after the close of this meeting there will be no further business discussed and no additional action will be taken may I have a motion to adjourn so move thank you Mr Stevenson is there a second second thank you everyone uh all in favor I thank you