The list of 2021 Mercer County candidates for school boards in local school districts

The deadline to file a petition to run for a school board in the Nov. 2 general election was the last Monday in July. Following are the candidates from Mercer County who filed petitions.

East Windsor Regional

East Windsor Township –Member of the board of education (3-year term) (vote for two)

Jagruti Patel (Accountability Accessible Achievements)

Colleen Murphy

Member of the board of education (2-year term) (vote for one)

Robert Laverty

Hightstown Borough –  Members of the board of education (3-year term) (vote for one)

Jennifer Drake

Christina “Tina” Lands (All Students Matter)

Ewing Township – Members of the board of education (3-year term) (vote for three)

Anthony Messina (Ewing Kids First)

Lisa Hall McConnell

Crystal Fedeli (Advocate for Children)

Deborah Delutis (Honesty and Integrity)

Hamilton Township – Members of the board of education (3-year term) (vote for three)

Richard Kanka

Susan Ferrara

Stephanie Williams (Better Together)

Anthony “Tony” Celentano (Question Everything)

Jeffery Hewitson (Save Our Schools)

Joseph Novembre (Question Transparency)

Angelo Hall

Hopewell Valley Regional

Hopewell Borough – no open seats

Hopewell Township – Members of the board of education (3-year term) (vote for two)

Jacqueline Genovesi

Deborah Linthorst

Kimberly Stolow (Responsible, Transparent, Effective)

Pennington Borough – Member of the board of education (3-year term) (vote for one)

Alexander Reznik

Lawrence Township – Members of the board of education (3-year term) (vote for three)

*/**bracketed candidates

*Jo Ann Groeger (Dedicated, Experience, Passionate)

*Kevin VanHise (Dedicated, Experience, Passionate)

Drue Stapleton

Drew Greenspan

Lauren Berger

**Robert Pluta (Achieving Academic Success)

**Falk Engel (Achieving Academic Success)

Amanda Santos 

Princeton Public Schools – Members of the board of education (3-year term) (vote for three)

Jeffrey Zhi Yang Liao

Adam Bierman (Excellent Affordable Schools)

Brian McDonald

Mara Franceschi

Elizabeth “Betsy” Kalber Baglio (Putting Students First)

Robbinsville Township – Members of the board of education (3-year term) (vote for three)

* bracketed candidates

*Vito Galluccio (Integrity. Opportunity. Accountability.)

*Tanya Lehmann (Integrity. Opportunity. Accountability.)

*Jai Gulati (Integrity. Opportunity. Accountability.)

Member of the board of education (1-year unexpired term) (vote for one)

*Lauren Paluzzi (integrity. opportunity. accountability.)

West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional – Members of the board of education (3-year term) (vote for one)

Elizabeth George-Cheniara