The Port Washington trustees voted Tuesday to keep Karen Sloan as board president and Nora Johnson as vice president at the board’s reorganizational meeting.
Sloan, who has been on the board for 10 years — eight as the board’s president — received 2,022 votes back in May, securing another three-year term.
“I’m looking forward to another wonderful year serving Port Washington,” Sloan said. “We just had a wonderful school year and many wonderful moving up ceremonies.”
Johnson will continue to serve as the board’s vice president, a position she has held since the 2014 election. The board voted 7-0 for both Sloan and Johnson’s election.
Board Trustee Christine Nadolne was also sworn in; she was also re-elected in May, receiving 1,651 votes for a one-year term.
Newly elected Emily Beys was the third trustee sworn in on Tuesday, having won a three-year term in May, tallying 2,032 votes, the most of any candidate vying for the position.
“It feels great to be elected. I’m excited to be working with the board of education,” Beys said. “I look forward to being able to do more communicating with the community.”
Beys’ unsuccessful run for a town council seat last year allowed her to take time and interact with the community, further training her to become an effective school board trustee, she said.
“Now that both of my children have completed their education in the Port Washington schools and having spent most of my time volunteering with the parent organizations while they were in the schools, I feel can offer an objective opinion and voice on the school board,” Beys said.
Sloan welcomed Beys and thanked the community and board for her re-election, and then proceeded to speak about preparing for next school year.
“There’s so much work to be done and so many changes being made, so we have a busy school year ahead of us,” Sloan said. “We have to do more work with the bonds, there’s changes to the curriculum and new staff, so we’re busy.”
Although Sloan said there’s much to be done, she also said that there are many people helping out and many wonderful volunteers.
“We have great volunteers who do such good work,” Sloan said.
