Contest will be on the November general election ballot
Seven people filed for three seats on the Hillsborough/Millstone School District Board of Education by today’s deadline.
The field includes the three incumbents — Judith C. Haas of Titus Court, Jennifer D. Haley of Mulford Lane, and Christopher P. Pulsifer of Ditmars Circle.
Two residents who are members of the township Planning Board also filed with the county clerk. They are Steve Cohen of Oak Terrace, and Shawn Lipani of Lindstrom Drive.
Also in the running are Vinay Agarwal of Campbell Road and Reena Parekh of Lawrence Court.
This will be only the second year Hillsborough will elect school board members at the fall general election. The board opted in 2013 to bypass the April vote for the first time. The contests will appear on the fall ballot separate from partisan positions, such as Township Committee, freeholder or Congress.
To become a member of a local board of education, a person must be a citizen, be able to read and write, have lived for one year in the school district, be registered to vote in the district before filing the petition, not be a member of the Township Committee and have no interest in any contract with, or claim against, the board, or be disqualified from membership because of the conviction of certain crimes.

