MILFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION

7 Hillside Avenue*Milford, NJ 08848

 BECOMING A BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBER

2021

The annual school election will be held on Tuesday, November 2, 2021.   Each candidate for election, including incombents, must complete a nominating petition that includes the signatures of at least ten (10) qualified voters living within the district (one may be your own).  Nominating Petitions are available electronically by clicking on the link below or through the Hunterdon County Clerk's Office at 71 Main Street, Hall of Records Building, PO Box 2900, Flemington, NJ  08822-2900.  Nominating Petitions must be filed with the Hunterdon County Clerk by 4:00 PM on Monday, July 26, 2021.

To become a member of a local board of education in New Jersey, you must -

*Be able to read and write * Hold US citizenship & one year's residency in the school district * Be registered to vote in the district before filing the nominating petitions * Have not interest in any contract with or claim agains the board * Not hold office as mayor member of the municipal governing body or, in the case of county school districts, the county governing body * Not simutaneously hold two elective offices * Not be disqualified from membership to the board  (Within 30 days of election or appointment to the board, a member must undergo a criminal background investigation through the Department of Education)

Please contact Mary Melfi, County Clerk, at (908) 788-1214 or via email at countyclerk@co.hunterdon.nj.us if you have any questions

Hunterdon County Clerk's Office

You may also contact Michele McCann, School Business Administrator at (908) 996-2941 x 515 or via email at milfordsba@milfordpublicschool.com

NJSBA Becoming a School Board Member