Candidates file for local school boards
BY LINDA DeNICOLA
Staff Writer

There are three Tinton Falls seats available on the Tinton Falls Board of Education, but only two candidates. In addition, there is one Shrewsbury Township seat open.

Incumbent Sandra Lopez of Neville Street is seeking to retain her seat representing Tinton Falls, and Kenneth Hager of Orla Court is running for the first time, also from Tinton Falls.

Tracey Johnson, Belshaw Avenue in Shrewsbury Township, is filling an unexpired one-year term and is running to retain her seat for a three-year term.

Four candidates are hoping to win one of four seats on the Shrewsbury Borough Board of Education on April 17. Three of the seats are for three-year terms and one is for a one-year term.

Of the four candidates seeking seats on the Shrewsbury Borough Elementary School Board of Education, three are incumbents and one is a first-time candidate.

The incumbents are Lisa Barnes of Sycamore Avenue, Peter J. Meyer of Beech Tree Lane, and James Halpern of Samara Drive. Kelly Kachinski of Beech Tree Lane is running for a seat on the board for the first time.

There is no contest for seats on the Monmouth Regional School District's Board of Education, which includes Tinton Falls, Eatontown and Shrewsbury Township.

There are three three-year seats and three candidates for the nine-member board, one Eatontown seat and two Tinton Falls seats.

The Monmouth Regional Board of Education includes four Eatontown seats, four Tinton Falls seats and one from Shrewsbury Township.

All the candidates are incumbents. John Schiels lives on Copperfield Court in Eatontown, Thomas Neff lives on Penn Court, and Tony Schaible lives on Rutgers Drive, both in Tinton Falls.