Not so much, according to today’s NJ Spotlight. In fact, fewer candidates are filing for spots on boards that chose to move elections to November. (Currently, there are 70 hold-outs for April out of 541 districts that hold elections.) This belies a fear among some school boards that November elections might provoke more intense rivalry and partisanship than April ones.
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"This belies a fear among some school boards that November elections might provoke more intense rivalry and partisanship than April ones."
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The real fear is that November school board slates will be captured by local partisan organizations. This is not a function of the number of candidates on a ballot.
Let's not kid ourselves as to why most Boards jumped to November: they and their administrators wanted the assurance of annual 2% increases in the property tax levy free of required voter approval.
A Faustian bargain, to be sure.