Schools
No Contested Races In The Chathams 2022 School Board Election
This fall, none of the three seats up for grabs on the Chathams Board of Education's grades PreK-12 School District will be contested.
CHATHAM, NJ — This November, none of the three seats up for grabs on the Chathams Board of Education's grades PreK-12 School District will be contested.
The deadline for candidates to file petitions to run for school board seats in the November general election in New Jersey was Monday, July 25.
There is one three-year seat with one candidate running from the borough and two three-year seats with two candidates running from the township.
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Three incumbents filed for three, three-year terms.
The candidates who filed for these seats are:
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- Christopher Delsandro (Borough)
- Susan Ross (Township)
- Yinglu Zhang (Township)
The local school board elections have heated up in recent years, becoming much more politicized last year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The school board makes important community decisions such as hiring administrators and handling property tax money. Until 2012, all school boards held elections in April, when a state law was passed allowing districts to switch to the November general election.
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