School budgets were passed in the Caldwell/West Caldwell School District, the North Caldwell School District and the West Essex Regional School District during Wednesday’s school elections. The budgets were all within the state-mandated 2% cap and did not include any cuts to programs or faculty. On the West Essex Board of Education, voters chose Frank Antonucci and Anthony Rubinich for the two open seats representing the sending district of Fairfield. The winning candidates received a total of 374 and 394 votes respectively, according to final unofficial returns Wednesday night. In a close …
After months of careful preparation by local school boards, the final decision on 2011-12 school budgets now lies with voters. As mandated by the state, all proposed school budgets for the districts of Caldwell-West Caldwell, North Caldwell, and West Essex Regional remain below the 2% spending cap, with the Caldwell-West Caldwell budget at a 0% increase to the tax levy. Caldwell-West Caldwell In this district, residents will vote on the proposed $40 million school budget. When introduced, this budget was called "historic" by the School Board for its 0% tax levy increase while still …
The West Essex Board of Education has three open seats in this spring’s election. Dawn M. Smith will run unopposed for a three-year term representing the sending district of Roseland. Three candidates will vie for two Fairfield seats, that held by incumbent Frank Antonucci and the seat being vacated by Council President Phyllis Helmstetter. Anthony Rubinich and David Zaccaria are both first time candidates vying for the two seats representing the sending district of Fairfield. Rubinich, 48, has lived in Fairfield for 12 years. He has three children who are all currently enrolled in West Essex…
The West Essex Board of Education has three open seats in this spring’s election. Dawn M. Smith will run unopposed for a three-year term representing the sending district of Roseland. Three candidates will vie for two Fairfield seats, that held by incumbent Frank Antonucci, and the seat being vacated by Council President Phyllis Helmstetter. Anthony Rubinich and David Zaccaria are first time candidates for the seat representing the sending district of Fairfield. Antonucci and his wife moved to Fairfield in 1977. They raised three children who went through the Fairfield and West Essex school …
The West Essex Board of Education has three open seats in this spring’s election. Dawn M. Smith will run unopposed for a three-year term representing the sending district of Roseland. Three candidates will vie for two Fairfield seats, that held by incumbent Frank Antonucci and the seat being vacated by Council President Phyllis Helmstetter. Anthony Rubinich and David Zaccaria are both first time candidates vying for the two seats representing the sending district of Fairfield. Zaccaria, 42, has lived in Fairfield for more than 5 years. He has three sons currently enrolled in Fairfield public …
The North Caldwell Board of Education has two open seats in this spring’s election. Current Board Member Robert Kessler is seeking a second three-year term. Valerie Z. Buccino will run uncontested for the other seat which is being vacated by Aggie Doolen. Buccino, 41, is a stay-at-home mom of three children, as well as a self-employed attorney. She moved to North Caldwell in October of 2004. Voters will go to the polls on Wednesday, April 27 for a chance to vote for Buccino. The public will also vote on the district's proposed $12.3 million school budget. Patch recently posed some questions …
The North Caldwell Board of Education has two open seats in this spring’s election. Current Board Member Robert Kessler is seeking a second three-year term. Kessler, 41, has lived in North Caldwell for 10 years. He and his wife have three children, ages 15, 13 and 8, who are all currently attending North Caldwell and West Essex Schools. Voters will go to the polls on Wednesday, April 27 for a chance to vote for Kessler, who is running unopposed. The public will also vote on the district's proposed $12.3 million school budget. Patch recently posed some questions to the incumbent candidate: …
The West Essex Regional Schools Board of Education has three open seats in this spring’s election. Dawn M. Smith will run unopposed for a three-year term representing the sending district of Roseland. Smith was appointed to the seat vacated by Carolann Aschoff in December 2010. Smith, 47, has lived in Roseland for 10 years. She is the mother of three children. One child attends Lester C. Noecker School in Roseland, the other two are enrolled in West Essex Regional Middle School. Voters will go to the polls on Wednesday, April 27 for a chance to vote for Smith. The public will also vote on the…
The Caldwell-West Caldwell School Board has one open seat this spring, that currently held by Board President Mary Davidson. Davidson, 54, is seeking re-election for a three-year term. A registered nurse, she has lived for 27 years in West Caldwell, where she raised four children, all of whom passed through Caldwell-West Caldwell Schools. Voters will go to the polls on Wednesday, April 27 for a chance to vote for Davidson, who is running unopposed. The public will also vote on the district's proposed $40 million school budget. Patch recently posed some questions to the incumbent candidate: …
With the deadline for filing petitions behind us, the local school board elections are officially under way. Only one of the three local districts – West Essex – will have a contested race when voters go to the polls on Wednesday, April 27. Here’s what local districts are reporting: In the West Essex Regional School District, which has a nine-member board, three, three-year seats are open. Current West Essex Board President Phyllis Helmstetter of Fairfiled has declined to run. Present board member Dawn M. Smith will seek re-election for another three-year term for Roseland. Three candidates …
