By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor
CRANBURY — Five township residents have filed to run for the three open seats on the Cranbury Township Board of Education, according to Middlesex County officials.
Up for grabs are the seats currently held by Lynne Schwarz, Karen Callahan and Dominique Jones. Their terms expire January 2016. All three seats are full three-year terms.
Ms. Schwarz did not file to run again but Ms. Callahan and Ms. Jones did as did Brian Barry, Michael C. Franke and Laurel S. Quinn.
Prospective candidates had to file a nominating petition signed by at least 10 registered voters who live in Cranbury Township at the Middlesex County Clerk’s Office by 4 p.m. on July 27.
The school board election was moved to coincide with the Nov. 4 general election in 2013. School board candidates run on a non-partisan basis — not as Democrats or Republicans — even though they will be listed on the same ballot as political party candidates for municipal, county, state and federal elected offices.
The change in the school election date will remain in effect at least through November 2018, after which the community has the option of changing it back to April.
