Schools
8 From Millburn Wanted School Board Seat; 1 Was Chosen
Eight people gave statements Monday to the Millburn school board to fill the 1-year seat left vacant by James Serruto. One was chosen.
MILLBURN, NJ — It's only a one-year seat on the Board of Education, but eight Millburn residents competed on Monday night to fill it.
After board member James Serruto announced last month that he was leaving to study in Italy post college, the board announced that residents could submit a statement if interested in joining the nine-member board.
Statements were presented by Scott Barishaw, Robert Chang, Asaf Farashuddin, Cynthia Longley Richards, Jack Merimee, Ward Myers, Sara Singer and Nidhi Thakur.
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Each candidate shared biographical information and their reasons for wanting to join the Board of Education.
At the end of the meeting, the board went into executive session to discuss the candidates, and they returned to the public session with nominations for Merimee and Farashuddin, according to the district spokesperson.
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Merimee received enough votes on the first round of voting to appoint him to the seat.
Board President Louie Shen thanked all of the candidates for their interest and encouraged those who were not selected to continue volunteering in the schools and to run for a 3-year term in November.
The deadline for candidate petitions to be on the ballot for the 2023 Board election is July 31, 2023.
Merimee will be formally sworn in as a member of the board at the Jan. 23 meeting.
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