All The Q&As With Middletown Board Of Education Candidates

MIDDLETOWN, NJ — In the Middletown school board race this fall, Patch did Q&As with all the candidates on the ballot. Here are all the interviews in one place.

• Current BOE member Deborah Wright seeks re-election
• Current BOE president Joan Minnuies seek re-election. Minnuies has been endorsed by current Board members Frank Capone and Jackie Tobacco.
• Newcomers Kate Farley and Jaime Sanacore are running as a slate. Brian Mason was running as well, but he dropped out and threw his support behind Farley/Sanacore. Farley and Sanacore have also been endorsed by Capone and Tobacco.
• Lauren Anderson is a write-in candidate

Middletown BOE Race: Q&A With Deborah Wright

Middletown BOE Race: Q&A With Candidate Joan Minnuies

Middletown BOE Race: Q&A With Kate Farley And Jaime Sanacore

The deadline to collect 10 signatures to run was in the summer, but Anderson said she just decided to run last week.

Statement from Anderson: "I have a deep love of Middletown and I’m really disappointed with the way some adults on the board and in town have been handling themselves. I think we can all do better and I think if we want our children to be the best they can be we need to model that behavior for them. Our schools need help and we need reasonable voices on the board who understand that it cannot always be just one side or the other. If we’re all a little more willing to make some concessions we can come to find a compromise and make decisions and take actions that will be of the most benefit to the greatest number of students."

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