New Member to South Brunswick Board of Education

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - Martin Abschutz has been named as the newest South Brunswick Board of Education member, TAP Into South Brunswick reported. But Abschutz is not exactly new: He has served on the BOE in the past. Board President Steven Parker said they chose Abschutz because of his experience; the board is currently getting ready to interview for a new South Brunswick schools superintendent as Dr. Gary McCartney is only interim.

Abschutz was named to fill the empty board seat created by Lisa Rodgers. Rodgers ran for a seat on the board this past fall, but then she abruptly withdrew her name from the race. Rodgers was a popular candidate, and she never publicly said why she changed her mind.

However, it was too late to remove her name from the ballot on the Nov. 8 election, and Rodgers, along with incumbents Azra Baig and Harry Delgado, won. After she withdrew, the seat was opened up to the public and six people filed applications by the Dec. 2 deadline: Anil Patel and Laszlo Nyitrai (who also ran in the Nov. 8 election and lost), and Jignasha “Joyce” Mehta, Sabuha Qureshi-Din and Prashant Joshi, TAP Into reported.

Last Thursday night, all were interviewed and then the Board went into a closed-doors session and chose Abschutz.

Interviews for the superintendent job are scheduled to begin in January, and they hope to have a hire in place by June. Almost 40 people applied for the superintendent job, Dr. McCartney said. Read the original article here on TAP Into.

Past coverage of the South Brunswick School Board:

Lisa Rodgers Ends Run For South Brunswick Board of Ed

South Brunswick Board of Education: Meet the Candidates

2016 Patch file photo of the South Brunswick Board of Education