Robin Nelson was unanimously elected chair of the Darien Board of Education during the opening minutes of the board’s Nov. 11 meeting. A board member nominated Nelson, a second was received and the presiding officer announced the vote as unanimous.

Greg Grambling was elected vice chair and Katie Loveland was elected secretary in subsequent separate nominations and voice votes that the presiding officer also declared unanimous.

The brief officer-election process followed the board’s stated policy of taking nominations and separate votes for chairperson, vice chairperson and secretary. Outgoing leadership vacated the chair and Nelson then called the board’s regular meeting to order and moved to the agenda items scheduled for the evening.

The elections were procedural and unopposed. The board moved on to its superintendent and committee reports and to a fall update on the district strategic plan.