4 School Board Candidates File To Run For 3 Seats In Hoboken

HOBOKEN, NJ — Four candidates filed by the Monday afternoon deadline to run for three school board slots in Hoboken.

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The four candidates will be on the ballot along with the presidential candidates running in the Nov. 5 General Election. (See the election schedule, including deadlines to register, here)

School board races in Hoboken are non-partisan.

By Monday at 4 p.m., these candidates filed:

• Patricia Waiters, a longtime Hoboken resident who often speaks out at town meetings, filed under the slogan "Support All Children."
• Incumbents Malani Cademartori, Ailene McGuirk, and Thomas Kluepfel, filed on the same slate. They are using the Slogan "Building Futures Together."

McGuirk is the current board president. See the incumbents and find out more about the board here.

Positions on school boards in towns in New Jersey are unpaid, but you have the chance to influence thousands of students' education.

You also help determine how your tax dollars are spent. The school board votes on the school budget each spring. Along with budgets from the county and city, the school budget is factored into the quarterly property taxes a Hoboken resident pays.

There will be a drawing for ballot positions on Aug. 12 at 3 p.m.

See Hudson County school election information here.

For additional information, visit the NJ School Board website.