Daily Record to host Parsippany election forum Oct. 3 with League of Women Voters, Women's Club
The Daily Record is again partnering with the League of Women Voters Morristown Area and the Women’s Club of Parsippany-Troy Hills to cosponsor a virtual candidate forum this election season. The forum for Parsippany Board of Education candidates will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 3.
Twelve candidates have declared for three seats on the board in Morris County's largest municipality. The district includes two high schools, two middle schools and 10 elementary schools serving more than 7,000 students.
Parsippany enters the school year with a new acting superintendent, Robert Sutter, who was promoted from assistant superintendent in June.
The candidate field includes two incumbents, Kendra Von Achen and Matthew DeVitto. Debra Orme is not running for re-election.
Tim Berrios, who resigned from the board and its presidency in May, is back on the ballot. Berrios resigned to avoid conflict while his daughter was in the process of being hired by the district. Guided by legal advice counseling him the conflict is no longer relevant, Berrios is back on the ballot. He is running on a ticket with DeVitto and another former board member, Andrew Choffo.
The public is invited to submit forum questions for consideration online by Oct. 1.
The Daily Record, NAACP and League of Women Voters hosted a forum for Dover mayor and town board candidates last week.
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The Daily Record also is partnering with the League of Women Voters and the NAACP to cohost a virtual Dover Board of Education candidate forum on Thursday, Oct. 5. As of Thursday, only three of six candidates on the ballot had agreed to participate: incumbent Krista Seanor, Lorenna Garcia and Angela Ramos Gamo. Victoria Pinales, Washington Pro and Maria Solines will also appear on the ballot.
The public is invited to submit questions for consideration for that forum by Oct. 1. Visit the League of Women Voters Morristown Area website for details,
Both virtual candidate forums are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. and can be viewed online, live or archived, on the Morristown League website.
The league states its goal is "to promote informed voting in a nonpartisan setting."
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This article originally appeared on Morristown Daily Record: Parsippany NJ school board election forum scheduled for Oct. 3
