Candidates File To Run For School Board In Wyckoff, Ramapo-Indian Hills: See List

WYCKOFF, NJ — In some towns, school board elections are dull. Not so in the Wyckoff area.

The Wyckoff school board has jurisdiction over the local district schools. Residents of the town also elect representatives to serve on the board of the Ramapo-Indian Hills School District, which oversees the two high schools that serve kids in Wyckoff, Oakland, and Franklin Lakes.

This year, residents can choose two candidates to serve on the town school board, and one for a seat on the regional Ramapo-Indian Hills board.

Folks running for board had to file their forms and signatures by this past Monday, July 29 at 4 p.m.

They'll be on the ballot along with the presidential and other candidates running in the Nov. 5 General Election. (See the election schedule, including deadlines to register, here)

Ramapo-Indian Hills Board Has Seen Controversy

The Ramapo-Indian Hills school board has seen a lot of controversy in the past year, after a new board majority took over.

The board recently rescinded a contract for a superintendent they had hired, following several other heated issues.

The board had also overturned some of the previous superintendent's recommendations in Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying cases, and disagreed with him on counseling programs in the schools. READ MORE: Ramapo-Indian Hills Superintendent To Head To Another District

READ MORE: Ramapo-Indian Hills School Board Rescinds Contract For New Superintendent, Meeting Planned

Needless to say, some in the district may be wishing for less "interesting" times.

Who's Running?

Eight people filed on Monday to run for the Wyckoff or the Ramapo-Indian Hills school boards.

If you are among the candidates to represent Wyckoff, please email a bio to Wyckoff Patch for possible inclusion in future election coverage.

Also, if you have a letter, release, or something else to post on Patch, you can do it for free any time. Here are the instructions.

Who's Running

For the Wyckoff Board of Education:

• Incumbents Georgina Nico and Kathleen M. Greaney are currently running unopposed as a slate, Moving Children Forward.

For the Ramapo-Indian Hills Board of Education, Wyckoff residents can vote for ONE of these two candidates for a board spot:

• Marianna Emmolo is running to represent Wyckoff, with the slogan Leadership With Integrity.
• John P. Kinney Jr. is running to represent Wyckoff, with the slogan Supporting Our Students. There are also candidates running in Franklin Lakes and Oakland with that slogan.

If you live in Oakland or Franklin Lakes, you can vote for one of following for Ramapo-Indian Hills:

Helen Koulikourdis, on the slate Supporting Our Students, for Franklin Lakes
Caryn Nash, on the slate Academics, Not Activism, for Franklin Lakes
Aaron Lorenz, Supporting Our Students, Oakland.
Joseph P. Valeni, Academic Excellence Leadership, Oakland.

To learn more about the Ramapo-Indian Hills board, click here.

Again, if you have a letter, release, or something else to post on Wyckoff or Oakland Patch, you can do it for free any time. Here are the instructions.

For additional details, visit the NJ School Board website.