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School Board Candidates Square Off At Forum

October 9, 2025 2025 Election, Politics, School Board

SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES – School board candidates who attended the October 8 candidate forum. Clockwise from upper left: Jennifer Welch, Clara Wilson, Martin Czebotar, and Meher Rafiq.

Charter schools, the school district’s goals, and the expanding District budget were some of the topics covered October 8 in a Board of Education candidate forum, held at Franklin Middle School – Sampson G. Smith campus.

The forum was sponsored by the League of Women Voters of the Greater New Brunswick Area and the Central Jersey Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.

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