Manchester School Board Reorganizes For 2015

(PHOTOS: Manchester Township Board of Education Attorney Thomas Monihan swears in Jennifer Hudak, Jacqueline Paolillo and Mary Walter. Paolillo was joined at the swearing-in by her family. The full board for 2015: Front row: James Kenneth Pate, Donald Webster, Jr., Superintendent David Trethaway, Business Administrator Craig Lorentzen; Back row: Board Attorney Thomas Monihan, Mary Walter, James Griffin, Jackie Bermudez, Jennifer Hudak, Jacqueline Paolillo, Kevin Oliver (Lakehurst representative). Photos courtesy Lee Bruzaitis, Manchester Schools)

Board members Mary Walter and Jennifer Hudak were sworn in to new, three-year terms and Jacqueline Paolillo was sworn in for the first time as the Manchester Township Board of Education held its reorganization meeting Wednesday night.

Paolillo was the third-highest vote-getter in the November 2014 election, unseating incumbent Steve Placido. Hudak was the top vote-getter with 4,479, Walter was second with 4,415, and Paolillo received 3,700, according to results certified at the board meeting last night.

The new board then voted to reappoint Donald Webster Jr. as its president and James Kenneth Pate was reappointed vice president.

It approved meeting dates for 2015, with a 7 p.m. executive session followed by a 7:30 p.m. regular session.

Those dates are Jan. 21, Feb. 18, March 18, April 22, May 13, June 10, July 22, Aug. 19, Sept. 16, Oct. 21. Nov. 18, and Dec. 16.

All of the meetings except July and August will be held in the media center at Ridgeway Elementary School. The July and August meetings will be held at the Board of Education office at 121 Route 539, Whiting.