Schools

Deadline Later This Month To Run For Wyckoff School Board Seats

Want to run for a spot on the five-member Wyckoff Board of Education? Get the details below.

Want to run for a seat on your local Board of Education? Why not? The deadline for towns with November school elections is in late July. Find out more below.
Want to run for a seat on your local Board of Education? Why not? The deadline for towns with November school elections is in late July. Find out more below. (Caren Lissner/Patch)

WYCKOFF, NJ — Positions on school boards in towns in New Jersey are unpaid, but you have the chance to influence young minds. You also help determine how educational resources and taxes are allocated and spent.

For the towns in New Jersey who have school board elections this Nov. 7 — the same day as the general election — the deadline to file the appropriate paperwork with your local county officials is July 31.

Wyckoff will have seats up for election on its five-member board. See more details here.

Find out what's happening in Wyckofffor free with the latest updates from Patch.

The Ramapo Indian Hills Regional School District also has four Wyckoff representatives on its nine-member board.

Want to run? Get Bergen County election forms here.

Find out what's happening in Wyckofffor free with the latest updates from Patch.

The New Jersey School Boards Association provides a "kit" with resources on how and why to run, as well as duties of a board member. Access it here.

Mail-in ballots for the November general election will be sent out in late September. Find out more about how to vote in New Jersey this year here.

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