Board of Education Trustees Begin New Terms

Cathy Kazan was sworn into a one-term term and Mitchell Badiner, Robert Ceberio, and Allan Mordkoff were sworn into new three-year terms at the Board of Education's first regular meeting Thursday.
Laura Stiziano will appointed board President for 2014.
"I really looking forward to working together," Stiziano said. "Together I know we can achieve great things and I'm looking forward to that."
Ceberio was appointed to be first vice president. Kim Essen was appointed to the the second vice president.
Kazan was not sure she was going to be sworn in. She fought with the state for weeks following her winning the seat in November.
Per state law, she had to be fingerprinted and submit to a criminal background check, all newly-elected board of education trustees and members do. The independent agency responsible for processing her fingerprints did not do so in a timely manner because of "technical difficulties" state officials said. She had to be refingerprinted Tuesday.
Kazan and more than 150 other elected board members throughout New Jersey were allowed to be sworn in pending the results of the background check pending the outcome of the criminal background check, state education officials ruled earlier this week.