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| WHERE to find School Board candidates 5-6-7 on your ballot! |
Hoboken voters are smart enough to navigate a ballot, but... with so much focus on the mayoral race, peeps may forget to vote for School Board! (Not you, I know. You would never do that. Somebody else would.)
So, it's our obligation to remind our friends and neighbors that the right side of the ballot is where Melanie, Sharyn, and Chetali ("Hoboken Proud") are waiting for your vote!
We need them on our School Board.
Melanie, Sharyn, and Chetali are Hoboken district activist parents, who didn't just discover the schools at election time. Together this team has a combined 50 years of leadership experience in finance, accounting and internal auditing. Their children all attend the Hoboken Public School District, so they know first-hand about the progress, innovative programs, great teachers and administrators.
Melanie, Sharyn and Chetali's mission is to raise awareness of the great things happening across the district today and work with the administration on further enhancing education in Hoboken.
These gals believe that supporting Dr. Christine Johnson means supporting her with our words and actions.
They'll work constructively with the superintendent and the business administrator to build a fiscally responsible budget that will support district students, teachers, administrators, and facilities.
People, we need to vote OFF incumbent seat-warmer, oxygen-user Peter Biancamano.
Note, Biancamano was campaign manager for last year's Parents United BoE slate. Don't you recall this notorious incident: Biancamano's operative pointed a flashlight into the eyes of Forward Together's Irene Sobolov and Jennifer Evans when it was their turn to answer questions at the OLG debate!
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| Captain Flashlight stood directly behind his boss, Parents United campaign manager Peter Biancamano. |
Biancamano has tried twice (and failed) to vacate his School Board seat for higher office. He ran for City Council: in 2013 on the Occhipinti slate, and in 2015 for 2nd Ward Council. He was happy to vacate his School Board position for higher office.
Biancamano's loyalty has never been with the Hoboken district- it's here:
...and with Farmer Frank whose crop of VBMs made Biancamano the Harvest Queen of 2014.
Folks, Melanie, Sharyn and Chetali are cclean as a whistle, and want to earn your vote. Take a look (again at these ladies, and please remember to vote 5-6-7 on November 7th!
Melanie Tekirian (#J5) is running for school board for the first time this year.
- Melanie graduated from The George Washington University with a Bachelor's degree in International Relations and a Master’s degree in Information System Management from Stevens Institute of Technology and is now on the executive team at a financial technology consulting firm. She is a results-oriented leader with over 25 years of financial services experience working within a variety of brokerage, regulatory and technology organizations.
- Melanie is married to her husband, Dillon Wu, with one daughter who attends Wallace Elementary School. She and her husband have lived in Hoboken for 18 years.
- Melanie is an active volunteer with the Hoboken High School Theater Department, supporting the K–12 All-District Shows
- She co-led the committee for ad sales for the show’s program
- She is an active member of the PTO and volunteers during events and initiatives including Book Fair, Back to School Block Party, Halloween Dance, Field Day, and Library Committee
Sharyn Angley (#J6) is the incumbent, having served the last three years on the Board of Education
- Sharyn graduated from The Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. Sharyn sat for and passed the CPA exam, and started her career as an auditor for KPMG working in both the Washington, DC and New York offices. After living in New York City, Sharyn decided to give Wall Street a shot. She spent 8 years at Lehman Brothers where she was a Vice President in Finance. Most recently she was a Director at Barclays Capital before deciding to stay home with her three sons.
- Sharyn is married to her husband, Bryan and has three sons who attend Wallace Elementary School. She has lived in Hoboken for 15 years.
- As a member of the Board of Education, Sharyn is the current Board Vice President and has served as the Finance Committee chairperson for the last two years. Sharyn takes pride in supporting a fiscally responsible budget that incorporates innovative programming and opportunities for district students that will pave the way for generations of superior education.
- Sharyn has been an active member of the Facilities Committee playing an integral role in the selection of the new Field Turf CoolPlay field at JFK Stadium and is part of the Long-Range Facilities Committee that will address enrollment growth and facility needs. In addition to Sharyn’s involvement in monthly committees, Sharyn is currently serving on the board’s Negotiations Committee.
- Sharyn was part of the selection process in hiring Superintendent Dr. Johnson and recently helped facilitate Dr. Johnson's new 5-year contract.
Chetali Khanna (#J7) is running for school board for the first time this year
- Chetali graduated from University of North Carolina Chapel Hill with a BS in Business Administration and a Masters in Accounting. She began her career in public accounting at KPMG and Deloitte and passed the CPA exam. After nine years, she continued her career as an Associate Audit Director at Avon then Vice President at Steve Madden. Chetali transitioned to working part-time from home in order to spend time with her children and to have the flexibility to be actively involved in not just her children’s education, but the overall school community.
- Chetali is married to her husband, Raja Khanna, with a son and a daughter who attend Wallace Elementary School. They have lived in Hoboken for 11 years
- She has served as an officer of the Wallace PTO for the last three years and has chaired countless PTO fundraising events and PTO-sponsored events. She applied for 501(c)(3) status for the PTO and implemented bylaws, budgeting, policies and procedures, and roles and responsibilities
- She became the first PTO Chair of Field Trips and Assemblies in order to bring consistency across grades, to fund trips, and to plan inspiring assemblies for the children
- Last year she initiated collaboration with other district PTOs. She organized adult socials for district parents to meet each other and share ideas and is currently planning to hold a District-wide PTO event to help support all district schools and to further strengthen the community.
- She recently joined the Events Committee of the Hoboken Public Education Foundation to help further build on their fundraising success that will benefit all students in the District
Are these candidates qualified up the wazoo, or what?
VOTE 5-6-7, people!
Not voting for Peter Biancamano. No way, no how, never again.
ReplyDeleteIf you watch the board meetings, he always votes no on the minutes. Every single time. It’s like a running joke, the guy who can’t figure out how to approve the minutes of a meeting.
But then he always votes no on the budget, too. The budget that funds the district and three charter schools . . . every public school student in the city. He says he’s against tax increases. But listen to him now, how much he supports the superintendent, and supports charter schools. He won't take responsibility for the budget, but takes credit for the results. Such a political coward.
He’s already tried to get off the school board — twice — when he ran for city council in 2014 and last year. He has no real concern for education or interest in the school board. It’s just resume fluffing and politics to him. We need to do him a favor and help him get off the board by electing people who’ll give it the time and commitment it deserves.
The Hoboken Team is tremendously qualified. They are exactly the type of professional, accomplished, honest leaders with children in the public schools that I want on the school board.
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