“What we have is people now fighting one another over what they feel is best for their children — in the name of politics,” says Toms River school board candidate Rachel Remelgado.
Anger and frustration at New Jersey school board meetings are often over issues that local board members can’t really control — like Gov. Phil Murphy’s mask mandate for school staffers and kids. But that’s now a focal point for many school board candidates. And more residents are running to join — and control — school boards across the state.
