Schools
School Board Candidates Introduce Themselves
First in a series about the school board candidates who are running for three seats on the Board of Education.
On April 27, Hobokenites will cast their votes for . The seats are for three-year terms.
Among the candidates are Jean Marie Mitchell——and newcomers Steven Feinstein and Clifford Godfrey, who make up this year's Kids First slate.
Kids First has the support of Mayor Dawn Zimmer.
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Feinstein and Mitchell both have children in the school system, while Godfrey plans to send his 1-year-old daughter to Hoboken's public schools in a few years. All three attended public schools, but not in Hoboken.
Hoboken Patch caught up with the candidates during a recent meet and greet in Columbus Park and asked—among other things—the candidates about their plans, what they think of the governor and what their own grade point average was in high school.
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Attached to this story are the video interviews with the candidates.
This story is part of a series, video interviews with the other candidates will follow later this week.
Video by David Jolkovski, interview by Claire Moses.
