Ocean City BOE Re-Elects President, VP During Reorganization Meeting

Ocean City, NJ -- Joe Clark and Tom Oves Jr. were re-elected as Ocean City Board of Education President and Vice President, respectively, during the board’s reorganization meeting Wednesday night, the Ocean City Gazette reports.

Oves, James Bauer, Jacqueline McAlister, Greg Whelan and Tiffany Prettyman were all sworn in during the meeting, according to the report.

Oves, Bauer and McAlister will each serve three-year terms following their re-elections in November.

Gregory Whelan and Tiffany Prettyman were each elected in special elections in November.

Whelan was appointed in 2014 to fill the unexpired term of Peter Madden after he was elected to council. He ran unopposed in November.

Prettyman was appointed to fill the seat left vacant when Ray Clark resigned in 2015.

Three representatives from Upper Township were also sworn in, according to the report.

Kristie Brown-Chisholm, Bill Holmes, and Fran Newman will continue to represent Upper Township on the Ocean City Board of Education. They also did so last year.

Upper Township has asked for a declaratory judgement from State Commissioner of Education David Hespe over claims that the Ocean City Board of Education is excluding Upper Township representatives from committee meetings, a claim Ocean City has denied.