Trustees Elect Mr. Patel Board of Education President

Board of Education Stated Meeting WebCast

(June 16, 2010) The Trustees of the Yonkers Board of Education elected Mr. Paresh Patel to serve as President. The Trustees had re-elected Mr. Marlin Wiggins Vice President. Both will serve one-year terms in their leadership posts.

The Yonkers Board of Education is the official policy making body of the School District.The Trustees are appointed by the Mayor and serve without pay. Their time, energy and expertise are voluntary.

The Trustees are:

• Mr. Paresh Patel
  President

• Mr. Marlin Wiggins
  Vice President

• Mr. Andrew A. Api

• Ms. Christine A. Balko

• Mr. Trevor H. Bennett

• Dr. Michael E. Carey

• Ms. Debra Martinez

• Ms. Nydia D. Perez

• Rev. Gerald Sudick

The First Board

The Yonkers Board of Education was formed in May 1880 when the New York State legislature approved consolidating the schools.  The following year, the Trustees of the Board met to hold an organizational meeting, and to elect officers and adopt a code of by-laws.

In the 130 years since then, the Board of Education has held an Annual Meeting to elect officers from the Trustees and to adopt what is now known as the Policy Manual.

The first officers of the Board of Education were elected from among the Trustees in 1881. Duncan Smith was elected president and Matthew H. Ellis was elected vice president.

The other Trustees of the Board, all of whom were appointed by Mayor Norton P. Otis, were:

• Rudolph Eickemeyer
• William F. Cochran
• Thomas B. Caulfield
• Frederic Shonnard
• Rufus Dutton
• Peter Mitchell
• F.C. Oakley
• William H. Thrall
• Etheibert Belknap
• Frederick A. Back
• Charles Lockwood
• Michael Mooney
• John Thurton