Schools
Here's Who's Running For The Parsippany Board Of Education
It will be a contested race in November, with 12 candidates vying for open seats on the Parsippany-Troy Hills Township Board of Education.
PARSIPPANY, NJ — It will be a contested race this November with 12 candidates vying for open seats on the Parsippany-Troy Hills Township Board of Education.
The deadline for candidates to file petitions to run for school board seats in the November general election in New Jersey was Monday, July 31.
This year, three three-year seats are up for grabs.
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The candidates who filed for these seats are:
- Matthew DeVitto
- Kendra Von Achen
- Balakrishna "Bala" Samaga
- Nilesh Bagdai
- Falgun Bakhtarwala
- Cassandra Cogan
- Wendy Wright
- Nicole Dellafave
- Lily Benavides
- Deitria Smith-Snead
- Timothy P. Berrios
- Andrew Choffo
Von Achen and DeVitto are both incumbents on the Board.
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The school board makes important community decisions such as hiring administrators and handling property tax money. Until 2012, all school boards held elections in April, when a state law was passed allowing districts to switch to the November general election.
New Jersey's general election will be held on Nov. 7.
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