Six In the Running for Three BOE Seats

The deadline for filing petitions to run for Barnegat Township Board of Education has passed, and this spring's election will be a contested one.

Three incumbents are running to keep their seats – one an appointed volunteer who has been filling out the term of a Board member who had to leave his post late last year – and three newcomers are challenging them.

School board elections will be held Wednesday, April 27; voters will also decide whether to approve the shool tax levy at that time.

The Board has scheduled a special public hearing for Tuesday, March 22, when Board Administrator Dean Allison said he will offer a budget presentation.

The candidates for the Board are as follows:

• Lisa Becker, 741 West Bay Ave. (incumbent and current Board President)
• Denise Pilovsky, 26 Aphrodite Drive (incumbent)
• Armando Quiroz IV, 135 Schooner Ave. (incumbent)
• Jarrell Oden, 5 Herkimer Court
• Alice Olker, 9 Chatham St.
• Shannon Sarno, 27 Nautilus Drive