South Orange Schools Will Choose New Board Member Monday

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange and Maplewood School District’s Board of Education will hold a special public meeting on Monday to select a new member.

The board will interview five candidates and appoint a member to fill the vacant board position that was left open due to the resignation of a board member at the end of May.

The meeting will happen both online via video conference and in-person in the District Meeting Room, at 525 Academy Street, in Maplewood. It starts at 6:30 p.m.

The five candidates submitted materials including a letter of interest, resume and other supporting documents to be considered for appointment. Each of them will be allowed to make a five-minute statement that elaborates on the letter and resume, reasons for wanting to serve, qualifications and areas of priority.

The board will then follow up with any questions and, after all statements and questions are concluded, will adjourn to executive session to deliberate.

After returning from executive session, the board will make nominations to fill the position and then vote to appoint one of the candidates, who will immediately take the oath of office and be seated. That person will become a full member of the board and serve in that position until the next reorganization meeting in Jan. 2022.

These are the five candidates:

• Anthony Mazzocchi
• Chris Sabin
• Qawi Telesford
• Arun Vadlamani
• Kaitlin Wittleder

Information including the agenda and ways to join the meeting can be found here.