2022 Scotch Plains-Fanwood School Board Elections: See Who's Running

SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD, NJ — A total of five candidates have filed to run for school board positions in the Scotch Plains-Fanwood district, according to the Union County Clerk.

Two seats are open on the Scotch Plains board, and one seat is open on the Fanwood board for the election this November.

Incumbents Nancy Bauer and Stephanie Suriani are both running for re-election to maintain their current seats on the board. Resident John Greenblatt has also filed to run for the Scotch Plains board.

Bauer has been a Scotch Plains resident for more than 28 years. She also worked as a kindergarten teacher, directed a health education museum and works in the College of Education at William Paterson University.

Read more: Nancy Norris-Bauer: Scotch Plains BOE Candidate Profile

Suriani is also a longtime Scotch Plains resident with two kids in the district. She is a licensed clinical social worker, with six years in the child welfare system in New York City and 12 years as a social worker/supervisor in the New Jersey Children’s System of Care.

Read more: Stephanie Suriani: Scotch Plains-Fanwood BOE Candidate Profile

Newcomer John Greenblatt has been a Scotch Plains resident for eight years. He has two daughters, aged seven and three.

Greenblatt has a B.A. in Sociology from Albany University and an MBA in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Baruch College in NYC. For the past 20 years, he has worked in various Human Resources roles across the IT consulting, financial services and retail industries.

He is currently the founder of a career consulting company in which he has delivered professional development and coaching to 2,000+ clients.

On Fanwood's board, current member Amy Winkler is running for re-election against newcomer Gary Morris. Winkler has been involved with the Board of Education since 2009.

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