The scene from April's school board election: missing names, incorrect polling locations, staff unaware of law

Mikie Sherrill holding on to a narrow lead over Jack Ciattarelli

Lower-turnout school board elections have significant impact on how schools are governed and how taxpayer money is spent

Sixteen- and 17-year-olds in Newark were newly eligible to vote for school board, a first for New Jersey

Newark students first to vote in school elections

More candidates signal their political leanings

Several districts sought increased funding for school construction, security

Lessons from home and abroad as Newark sets 16 as voting age for school board elections

Murphy, Democrats join student activists in push to lower voting age for school elections

Bill would allow 16- and 17-year-olds the vote in school races

The city council lowered the voting age to 16 but implementation will be delayed due to voter registration issues

The state’s largest city is enfranchising younger voters for school board elections

Mayor Ras Baraka supports the move

Advocates on both sides of the issue take stock — and prepare to go another round

The deadline to file for NJ school board elections was this week

‘Everyone is emotionally charged right now, regardless of what the topic is’

But some board members decide not to run again due to increasingly hostile atmosphere

More than 460 districts chose to move the school elections to November, but more than 70 held their elections Tuesday.