The choice is yours and every race matters for many reasons. What happens in your town, school district, county and state can stay the status quo or change depending on who gets voted in.
Candidates looking to win school board seats have until July 29 to file their nominating petitions at the Ocean County Clerks Office in order to have your name placed on the general election ballot in November.
Anyone who is a candidate interested in a school board position had until Monday July 30 to file their nominating petitions at the Ocean County Clerks Office.
Very close margins decide the composition of school boards in nearly a dozen contested races throughout Ocean County, and Lacey Township board of ed voting stays in November.
Berkeley Township - Central Regional Board of Education (Two 3-year terms): George Dohn; Denise Pavone-Wilson;
Brick Township Board of Education (Three 3-year terms): John Lamela; Stephanie Wolrab; Victoria Pakala
Brick Towns
Marlboro voters shoot down a $46 million dollar referendum to bring full-day kindergarten to the district and upgrade its elementaries, as school boards throughout Monmouth reorganize. The winners:
Asbury Park Board of Education (Three seats): Angela Anderson; Kenneth Saunders; Barbara Lesinski
Atlantic Highlands, Henry Hudson Regional Board (One seat): Thomas Hayden
Avon Board of Education (Two s