Montgomery School Board Election
Posted September 2019
The Montgomery / Rocky Hill School District Board of Education is made up of nine seats. Elected members serve three-year terms. Each January, the board elects a new board president and vice president.
As described by the board of education website, "the board’s responsibilities include: setting and evaluating policy; establishing goals; overseeing that the district schools are well run by the administrators they have hired; and adopting a fiscally sound operating budget for the school district. Board members act on the superintendent’s recommendations, meet with civic groups, and receive input from parents, students, and community members."
Eight candidates will appear on the November 3 ballot. Seven are running for three three-year terms. One is running unopposed for the one unexpired one-year term left open by Minkyo Chenette in January.
Candidates are listed below in alphabetical order.
Please click each link to read their profiles.
Vice President, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Belle Mead
Victoria "Cookie" Franco-Herman
Investments Coordinator, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Belle Mead
Stay-at-home mom
Belle Mead
Ranjana Rao (incumbent, vice president)
Senior Director, NIIT Technologies
Belle Mead
Physician, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Skillman
Patrick Todd (Running unopposed for one-year unexpired term)
Associate Director, Test Security, The College Board
Montgomery Township
Educator, Plainfield School District
Belle Mead
Physician, Saint Peter's University Hospital
Belle Mead
