Joseph Fiorentino of Nesquehoning, who serves as president of the Panther Valley School District Board of Education, last night was retained as chairman of the Operating Committee of the Carbon County Vocational-Technical School during a reorganizational session.

Elmer Hinkle, a member of the Weatherly Area School Board, was re-elected vice chairman,

Other members of the committee are Oscar Blynn, Palmerton Area School Board member who was elected secretary; George Hiller, a Jim Thorpe Area School District board member who was named treasurer; and Ernest Christman, who represents the Lehighton Area School Board.