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below indicates winning candidate team in the May 2018 mayoral and council election

Pallone Team flier for the mayoral and council election May 8, 2018
Pallone Team advertisement from Link News for the mayoral and council election May 8, 2018
Pallone Team advertisement from Link News for the mayoral and council election May 8, 2018
Link News article for the mayoral and council election May 8, 2018
Link News article for the mayoral and council election May 8, 2018
Long Branch Patch article on John Pallone Team To Challenge Schneider in 2018
Asbury Park Press article on John Pallone to challenge for Long Branch mayor 2018
WORD on the Shore article on John Pallone To Run For Mayor In Long Branch 2018


Schneider Team flier for the mayoral and council election May 8, 2018
Mayor Adam Schneider facebook page
Schneider Team advertisement from Link News for the mayoral and council election May 8, 2018
Link News article for the mayoral and council election May 8, 2018


Grant Team advertisement from Link News for the mayoral and council election May 8, 2018
Grant Team sign for the mayoral and council election May 8, 2018
Link News article for the mayoral and council election May 8, 2018


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Long Branch Board of Education full 3-year term - choose three candidates

from Vote411 Voter Guide: candidates for Long Branch Board of Education full 3-year term


Long Branch Board of Education unexpired 2-year term - choose one candidate

from Vote411 Voter Guide: candidates for Long Branch Board of Education unexpired 2-year term



Adam Ponsi is running for a 2-year term.
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The Link News: by Neil Schulman - Long Branch - Darlene Carfi, James Parnell and Lucille Perez are running together for the Board of Education. While not formally a team, the three say that they agree on many issues, and are asking voters to support them at the polls. Parnell and Carfi are each seeking a three-year term, and Perez is seeking a two-year term.
Darlene Carfi, born and raised in Long Branch, and whose daughter went through the Long Branch school system as well, says that she has been involved in the school in many ways, from PTAs to the Athletic Hall of Fame. "I have never been on the board. This is the only thing I have not done," she says. "This is the next step in giving back." Carfi has been president of the Gregory Middle School PTA, Vice President of the Middle School PTA, and served on the PTO/A council that oversees all the Parent Teacher groups in Long Branch. She is also chair for the Class of 1984 reunions (and is ready for the 35th in August 2019). She is a Long Branch High School Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, and when the schools made a video on the historic high school, she was one of the people selected to speak in it. Her motto is "keeping Long Branch pride alive." "I wear my high school ring. I have the Green Wave on my keychain." Carfi was selected for Shine: 100 Women of Long Branch, which profiled the important women in the city. She is a member of VFW 2140, and assembles baskets to give out to the needy during the holidays there. She says being elected to the board of education would let her serve the community in a new way. One of her goals on the board would be to foster a love of learning. I am a parent looking in, and I would like to see every child have a book in their hand," sbe said. She also says that she would like to help get more people involved. At the last Board meeting she attended, as soon as student presentations were over, the crowd thinned out to under 20 people.
Lucille Perez, who has been married 40 years, got involved in the school system as she put her child through the system. "When she entered, I became a PTO mom." While her daughter was in middle school, Perez was elected to the Board of Education, and served on it for 18 years. A retired social worker, Perez is a member of the St. Michael St. Vincent de Paul Society, helping people in crisis situations. Perez said that it is important for the board to be able to get along. "One of the reasons I am running is the board can only accomplish things as a group. When I say accomplished, it is not that I did it alone, she said. Some of the accomplishments of the board when she was on it in recent years include addressing a health care crisis and preserving the historic high school. As with much of the rest of the nation, health care costs were going up in the school system, and Superintendent Michael Salvatore was looking for a way to keep the burden from taxpayers. "Dr. Salvatore prepared a new method of insuring the employees," she said. An on-site health care clinic was built, drastically reducing expenses. And when the new high school on Indiana Avenue was being built, the state promised to preserve and restore the old one. But afterwards, they tried to get out of the promise and demolish the Westwood Avenue building instead. Salvatore and the board fought to save it, and got a $4 million grant to begin the restoration work. Perez says she was also on the board when seven new buildings were created and two were refurbished, and the early childhood learning program was introduced. "That is a permanent impact on the city," she said. Her goals if elected include increasing school security. She is glad that the city and schools have teamed up to hire police, but wonders if more can be done. One issue is that schools are still used for hosting polling sites. She would like to see them hosted away from the children. "There are so many other places in the city," she said. She also wants to ensure that civics is taught in school, and that the focus is not just on preparing for standardized tests.
James Parnell, a lifelong Long Branch resident, previously served six years on the Board of Education. "I thoroughly enjoyed it," he said. "I believe in the superintendent and his administration." While on the board, he was part of the negotiations team. "We settled two contracts which I thought were fair to both the employees and taxpayers," he said. His goals if elected include increasing school security. "I think they did a good job hiring these police officers," he said. He also says the school must address issues involving PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers) system, the standardized test whose future is up in the air. Parnell is a retired firefighter who now works for the Department of Public Works. "People who know me know who I am. I stand behind every vote I have taken," he says.


Long Branch Public Schools website showing Board of Education members




 School Board elections are in November 

AH Herald article Nov. 5, 2017 Meet the Long Branch Board of Education Candidates, November 2017 Election Edition (NOTE: this website is no longer available... see Wayback Machine archive link below.
AH Herald article Nov. 5, 2017 Meet the Long Branch Board of Education Candidates, November 2017 Election Edition ARCHIVED by the Wayback Machine
Long Branch Public Schools website showing Board of Education members