Dotty Porcaro Named President of Manalapan-Englishtown BOE

Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education member Dotty Porcaro was appointed President of the Board for 2014 at Tuesday’s reorganization meeting. 

Porcaro was nominated for the position by Joanne Schecter and she was unanimously approved, according to Business Administrator and Board Secretary Veronica Wolf. 

Porcaro was elected to the Board of Education in 2011, but has previously served on the board for five years before this current term. She has lived in Manalapan for 20 years and has two children who graduated from the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District. 

Additionally, Briane Graime was appointed Vice President for the year. Graime was nominated by Ralph Cafaro and he, too, was unanimously voted in, Wolf said.

Graime was elected to the board in 2010 and reelected to his position in November 2013. He currently has two children in the district and has been a resident of Manalapan for 11 years. 

Along with Graime being sworn into office, newly elected Gerald Bruno and Christine Parisi took their oaths and joined the Board to begin their three year terms.