Seven Candidates Seek Seats on the Board of Education

Five candidates are vying for three 3-year terms available on the board of education and two are vying for one 2-year term in the 2011 school board election.

The deadline to file for candidacy was 4 p.m. Tuesday. Out of three current board members whose three-year terms are up only Lisa Hodulik is seeking re-election. Both Richard Parodi and Jack DeLorenzo have decided not to seek re-election.

DeLorenzo is coming to the end of his third term and after nine years has decided it’s time to give someone else a chance.

He said it’s become a busy time for him and if “I can’t do it right I do not want to do it all.”

Challengers who face Hodulik in the race for the three 3-year terms includes Debra Bruno, Robert Salerno, Joseph Samperi and Ronald Kistner.

Samperi, who has lived in the borough for about four-and-a-half years said education has always been a huge part of his life as his wife is a teacher and his mother was a teacher for 37 years.

Joann Garifalos will seek re-election to her two-year term. She is challenged by Lillian Romano, who after a year absence from serving on the board is seeking a return.