Board of Education


Mohonasen’s seven school board members are elected to serve three-year, unpaid terms. The Board of Education election is held annually on the third Tuesday of May, alongside the district’s annual budget vote.

The district now shares Board of Education meeting agendas, minutes and other documents with the school community through BoardDocs, a cloud-based school board management software. Meeting agendas are posted on the system prior to each meeting.

Board of education members gathered for a photo

(Top left to right) Patrick Ryan, Wade Abbott, Ericka Montagino, Chad McFarland (Bottom left to right) Danielle Ciampino, Julie Power, Melissa Laudano

Mohonasen’s Board of Education Members

Wade Abbott, President
Term expires June 30, 2024
wabbott@mohonasen.org

Ericka Montagino, Vice President
Term expires June 30, 2024
emontagino@mohonasen.org

Melissa Laudano
Term expires June 30, 2025
mlaudano@mohonasen.org

Julie Power
Term expires June 30, 2024
jpower@mohonasen.org

Chad McFarland
Term expires June 30, 2025
cmcfarland@mohonasen.org

Patrick Ryan
Term expires June 30, 2026
pryan@mohonasen.org

Danielle Ciampino
Term expires June 30, 2026
dciampino@mohonasen.org

More information

Meetings Directions

Most Board of Education meetings are held in the Farnsworth Technology Center in Mohonasen High School. This room is also sometimes called the “LGI” (short for Large Group Instruction hall). From the main lobby of the high school, turn RIGHT and proceed down the hall. At the library lobby take a LEFT and proceed down that hall. At the end of the hall take a RIGHT after the cafeteria (Cafe “B”) and the Farnsworth Technology Center will be on your left.

Member Experience

The New York State School Boards Association has created this webpage entitled The School Board Member Experience to answer questions of new and potential school board members.