West Orange School Board Candidate Profile: Adam Kraemer

WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange has a big choice to make in 2024: who will serve on the local school board?

There are four candidates competing for two open seats on the West Orange Board of Education. The candidates are: Adam Kraemer, Jeffrey Lichtman, Brian Rock and Eric Stevenson.

Patch reached out to each candidate with the same set of questions. Adam Kraemer’s replies follow below.

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PATCH: What are your qualifications to run for office?

AK: “I have worked in education and the business world. I hold two masters degrees in education from Teachers College - Columbia University, and in conjunction with my wife, I have raised a set of triplets to be successful, 21-year-old young adults.”

PATCH: What is your campaign platform if elected?

AK: “Controlling spending outside the classroom, [and] holding administrators, teachers and students accountable for learning. Changing how we run the buses, merit pay for employees, building a pre-school by convincing the town to sell the golf course to a developer with a small carveout to put the school on.”

PATCH: What is one thing that always makes you smile about the West Orange school district?

AK: “The marching band is really good.”

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