Gymnast Shriya Desai Is The Montgomery News October 2025 Athlete of the Month

The Montgomery News gave each school board candidate an opportunity to answer important questions "in their own words." Six candidates are running for three open seats on the Montgomery School Board, following a year of long, heated discussions at board meetings, some lasting until midnight. The current board of nine members could be described as fractured on multiple important issues.

Francine Pfeffer of Skillman, NJ, works for the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA). Pfeffer is a candidate for the Montgomery Township NJ Board of Education. Read her answers to her local newspaper's questions about her stances on important educational issues.

Julius Nunez, a Montgomery Township NJ School Board Candidate, says why she is running and answers The Montgomery News questionnaire.

Three Montgomery Township NJ school board candidates respond to the Montgomery News questionnaire: Jiying “Peter” Li, Joanna Filak, and Ania Wolecka-Jernigan.

Kathryn Worland of Rocky Hill, a Montgomery Township NJ School Board Candidate, says why she is running and answers The Montgomery News questionnaire.

Montgomery High School Principal Heather Pino-Beattie took to the podium at the Montgomery Board of Education on September 16 and was one of several educators who expressed concern about “toxic behavior” of some members on the board. “Montgomery High School is in the top two percent of public schools in the nation — top one percent of non application high schools,” she said. “We are a place families move to for excellence, stability, and integrity.