Five people file petitions by today’s deadline
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor
Hillsborough’s top two school board leaders opted not to file today for another three-year term. The filing deadline was 4 p.m.
Board President Steve Paget and Vice President Marc Rosenberg are completing six years on the board.
Five people did file petitions, including incumbent Dana Boguszewski and Aldo Martinez, who last fall ran for Township Committee.
Others who filed Deena Centofanti, 16 Runyon St.; Lorraine E. Soisson, 6 Van Fleet Court, and Allen Zdroik, 823 Atkinson Circle.
Board President Steve Paget said in an email that he was looking forward to pursuing other interests, including volunteering with the Boy Scouts and dedicating more time to his job and family.
”My main goal has been provide a better education for the students of the district,” he said. “What I have also seen is a district that operates much more efficiently than the state in general. Outside of Hillsborough people can complain about too much administration, out of control spending and intractable unions but that is not what we have here in Hillsborough.
Also in an email, Dr. Rosenberg cited three reasons. He said he believed in term limits for elected officials and “so, for me, six years seems about right.”
He said he was edging toward retirement, and “could not say for certain” that he could commit to another three-year term.
”Finally, I am considering volunteering for the president’s re-election campaign, which might not be appropriate if I remained an elected official,” he wrote.
Both men looked with pride at the school system.
”Over and over, by the state’s analysis, by looking at the data we are high achieving and low spending,” Dr. Paget said. “I am proud of both aspects of the district but especially proud of what our students achieve every day.”
The school election will be held from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, April 17.
Ms. Boguszewski will seek her own three-year term, after being selected to fill a vacancy last May.
The drawing for position on the ballot will be Friday, March 2, at 10 a.m. in the Board of Education office.
The board will hold the public hearing on the 2012-13 budget on Monday, March 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Auten Road Intermediate School cafeteria. It intends to adopt the budget that night.

