Mordecai Named Board of Education President

Sandra Mordecai was chosen as president by other board members at the board of education reorganization meeting Monday, according to a report from the Alternative Press.


The report states Mordecai was voted unanimously by other members of the board to assume the role of president.


Mordecai has been a member of the board since April 2010, according to the school district website. Mordecai was sworn in for another term on the board at Monday's meeting, along with new board member Mark Robertson, and was then voted president.


This will be Mordecai's second term on the board.


The report further states that board member Laura Lab was unanimously voted vice-president by other members of the board.


Lab has been a member of the board since 2008 and was a past president from April 2011 to December 2012, according to the West Orange School District website.


Megan Brill, who had served on the board of education since 2007, did not seek re-election this past November election and was honored for her time with the board at the meeting, according to the report.


Brill had been serving as vice-president on the board before her term expired.