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Vineland School Board

Three seats are up for election on the Vineland School Board this year. Thus far, two candidates—Makema Douglas and Luz Vasquez—have officially announced their campaigns directly to InformTheVoteNJ.com. Additionally, there is a circulating rumor that Bob DeSantos may also be entering the race, though that has not yet been confirmed.

To help frame the key issues facing the board, we recently conducted a podcast interview with sitting board member Rob Buono, covering a broad range of topics including school discipline policies, the Donaldson hearing process, academic performance challenges, and NJ Policy 5756. While this was a productive and insightful conversation, we believe more voices are needed.

To that end, InformTheVoteNJ.com is actively seeking interviews with other sitting board members, candidates, and informed community stakeholders to ensure that the public has a clear understanding of the current challenges and priorities facing Vineland’s schools. Our goal is to help define the election’s key issues so that candidates can address them directly and transparently.

Although some may still view the election season as being in its early stages, Vote-by-Mail ballots begin going out on September 20th. To give voters ample time to review candidate information and attend any potential forums or meet-and-greets, we are encouraging all candidate materials to be submitted by September 1st—now just a month and a half away.

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