{"id":2895,"date":"2015-01-09T05:29:25","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T10:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=2895"},"modified":"2015-01-08T21:30:03","modified_gmt":"2015-01-09T02:30:03","slug":"cantillo-sworn-in-as-brick-boe-president-barton-takes-seat-as-boe-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2015\/01\/cantillo-sworn-in-as-brick-boe-president-barton-takes-seat-as-boe-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Cantillo Sworn in As Brick BOE President; Barton Takes Seat As BOE Member"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sharon Cantillo is sworn in by Business Administrator James Edwards as Brick BOE President. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

Sharon Cantillo will continue to lead the Brick Township Board of Education in 2015 following a unanimous vote Thursday night at the board\u2019s reorganization meeting.<\/p>\n

At the same meeting, John Barton, elected in November, was sworn in as a new board member and took his seat for the first time.<\/p>\n

The reorganization ceremony and a number of annual resolutions were the only items the board handled at Thursday\u2019s meeting, which lasted about 20 minutes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have run for a few years, and I\u2019ve run against every person on this board,\u201d said Barton. \u201cIt\u2019s really a miracle that I\u2019m here. It was the hands of God that pushed the buttons for me. I\u2019m confident that I can do this and serve well as a board member.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barton, who ran unsuccessfully in the last several school board races, defeated incumbent Larry Reid in November.<\/p>\n

Cantillo will continue on as board president, a role she has held since 2011. She was nominated as president by board member Karyn Cusanelli, who said Cantillo\u2019s \u201cexperience and expertise is invaluable.\u201d<\/p>\n

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John Barton is sworn in by Business Administrator James Edwards as a Brick BOE member. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI\u2019d like to thank my fellow board members for having the trust and belief in me to do this job,\u201d Cantillo said, who also took a moment to extend a welcome to Barton. \u201cWe do everything we can to help each other out, and I want to extend that to you as a new board member.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully I can be an elevator, you can take me up with you or you can take me down,\u201d said Barton, who added that he looked forward to \u201creaching a consensus\u201d with the other board members on district issues.<\/p>\n

Superintendent Dr. Walter Uszenski said he was looking forward to working with the new board.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs superintendent, it\u2019s always a pleasure and an honor to work with people who volunteer their services for the betterment of our school district and our students,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

While board members exchanged pleasantries and pledged to work together, the board may run into some complications this year. With the addition of Barton, four out of the board\u2019s seven members will have conflicts of interest on certain matters pertaining to district contracts and personnel matters, meaning the board will be forced to invoke what is known as the Doctrine of Necessity. The concept was discussed as part of a previous article on Brick Shorebeat<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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