WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Orange Board of Education held its annual Reorganization Meeting on Jan. 6, swearing in new board members Jennifer Dagna Tunnicliffe and Gary Rothstein.
Ken Alper was elected as Board President and Terry Trigg-Scales as Vice-President for the 2020 school year.
The following board assignments were approved:
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Association/Committee |
Delegate(s)/Chairperson(s) |
Alternate |
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NJ School Boards Association |
Tunnicliffe/Rothstein |
|
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Essex County School Boards Association |
Trigg-Scales/Alper |
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|
Legislative Chairpersons |
Trigg-Scales/Tunnicliffe |
|
|
Negotiations Committee |
Trigg-Scales/Alper |
N/A |
|
Policy Chairperson |
Trigg-Scales/Merklinger |
N/A |
|
Board/Township Liaisons |
Alper/Merklinger |
N/A |
|
Public Relations Committee |
Merklinger/Rothstein |
N/A |
Moving forward, the Board of Education meetings will now begin at 7:30 pm. The next board meeting will be held in the Library Media Center at West Orange High School on Jan. 27.
2020 West Orange Board of Education (L-R) Superintendent Dr. Scott Cascone, Jennifer Dagna Tunnicliffe, VP Terry Trigg-Scales, President Ken Alper, Cheryl Merklinger, Gary Rothstein.
(L-R) Gary Rothstein, daughter Abby, and spouse Sheena Kitchen.
(L-R) Spouse James Tunnicliffe, son Peter, and Jennifer Dagna Tunnicliffe. (Not present: daughter Zoe Mastromonaco (WOHS Class of 2012) and Liam Tunnicliffe.
