Politics & Government

Parsippany School Board Election: Candidates Set To Debate

7 candidates are running for 3 available school board seats. Here's what to know before the debate.

Candidates for the Parsippany Board of Education will debate
Candidates for the Parsippany Board of Education will debate (Kristin Borden/Patch)

PARSIPPANY, NJ — Candidates for the Board of Education in the Parsippany-Troy Hills Township Schools will debate before November's election.

The debate will take place Sept. 27 at Parsippany High School (309 Baldwin Rd.). The Morristown Area chapter of the League of Women Voters will run and livestream the debate on its YouTube page.

Seven candidates are running for three available seats:

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  • Falgun Bakhtarwala
  • Kendra Von Achen
  • Michelle Shappell
  • Jack S. Raia
  • Andrew Choffo
  • Alison C. Cogan
  • Yvonne Ferise

Parsippany doesn't have municipal elections this year. But the township will vote in races for the Morris County Board of Commissioners and for Congress in New Jersey's 11th Congressional District.

Election Day is Nov. 8.

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