Members Sworn In, Laurie Lachs Reelected East Brunswick BOE President

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ — The East Brunswick Board of Education held its reorganization meeting on Thursday.

One newcomer – Laurie Herrick, and two returning members, Laurie Lachs and Tim Cummins, were sworn in for their terms.

Lachs was once again reelected President. She was nominated by Barbara Reiss. This will be Lachs’ second term as president. She was up against Mark Csizmar, who nominated himself.

In her nomination, Reiss said Lachs exemplified all that is good in the East Brunswick Board of Education.

“During her many years of dedicated service, we have seen her serve honorably on every board committee there is,” Reiss said. “Her breadth of knowledge of community and educational issues has helped guide the board during many challenging times.”

Csizmar on the other hand said he was nominating himself as there were issues that the current BOE leadership “failed to address correctly.”

He cited better communication with the local leadership, local redevelopment, school funding, delays in the referendum and other reasons for nominating himself.

“The vote that you are about to cast should be for me – a true, proven transformational leader. Change the status quo for better results,” he told BOE members.

After the final vote tally, Lachs emerged as the winner with 7 votes to 1.

Meanwhile, Heather Guas was nominated for reelection as BOE Vice-President by Vicki Becker. Jeffery Winston nominated Csizmar for the role. Guas won 7-2.

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