Bridgewater-Raritan Schools Seek to Fill Board Seat

Anda Cytroen at 5/3/11 Board Mtg. (Dick Bergeron Image)

With the recent resignation of Bridgewater-Raritan School Board member, Anda Cytroen, the position needs to be filled by an appointment to that post. 

New Jersey law requires that the B-R School Board solicit candidates, interview them, and appoint a person from their ranks to take Cytroen’s place on the Board until the end of her 3-year term of office.

The person selected to fill this vacant spot will occupy it for the remainder of that term which expires in April, 2012, at which time the appointee and two other incumbents – if they so chose to run again – will be up for re-election by voters for another 3-years of service.  There is no number of term limitations on school board positions.

(Each year, on or about April 17, three of nine school board seats come up in rotation for approval by voters together with the school budget.)

The deadline for filing applications for this opening and for submitting them to the Business Administrator at the Wade Building is no later than 4:00 p.m. on November 9^th, 2011. 

Following that, the School Board will hold a special meeting open to the public at 7:30 p.m. on November 15, 2011, at the Wade Administration Building on Newman’s Lane in Martinsville, at which time each candidate will be separately interviewed by the Board in open session.

The main legal requirements for this open seat are that he or she must be a U.S. citizen; be at least 18 years old; be a Bridgewater resident for at least one year; be registered to vote in Bridgewater; and (gee-whiz!!!) must be able to read and write.

The application itself is a simple one-page form that can be downloaded in PDF format from the website and completed in about 5 minutes.

Any interest?  Think about it.

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