Incumbent school board members Beth Behrend, Adam Bierman and Eleanor Hubbard were reelected to the school board in the Nov. 3 general election.
Behrend, Bierman and Hubbard were unopposed in their quest for a three-year term on the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education.
Behrend was the top vote-getter with 6,711 votes. Hubbard received 6,634 votes and Bierman got 6,446 votes. There were 305 write-in votes.
Behrend chairs the Long-Term Planning and Operations Committee and serves on the Policy Committee. She is a former school board president and will begin serving her fourth term on the board.
Behrend said she sought another term to help take PPS to the next level in meeting the needs of Princeton’s children. In hiring Dr. Mike LaSusa to serve as the superintendent of schools, the district secured one of the best public school administrators in New Jersey. The school district is functioning more smoothly and effectively since LaSusa joined it. She said she would like to remain part of a well-functioning school board that supports the new district leadership with continuity and expertise.
Bierman serves on the Operations and Equity committees. He will begin serving his second term on the school board.
Bierman grew up in Princeton and attended the former Princeton Regional School District – the predecessor to the Princeton Public Schools. He said he wanted to serve another term because public service is a family tradition. His mother taught in the district and his father served as school board president in the 1960s.
Hubbard chairs the Student Achievement and Equity committees and serves on the Personnel and Policy committees. She will begin serving her second term on the school board.
Hubbard said she wanted to serve another term to continue working to make public education in Princeton as good as it can be. Real progress has been made in the last few years in terms of improving the schools. While serious financial challenges are looming, the district is enjoying a period of productive calm, with collaborative work taking place under LaSusa’s leadership. She wants to contribute toward maintaining positive momentum.
The vote tallies are unofficial until the Mercer County Clerk certified them later this month. The vote tallies include early voting, some vote-by-mail ballots and Election Day voting.
Vote-by-mail ballots that were received after 8 p.m. on Nov. 3 had not been tallied as of Nov. 4.
