Contested school board races set

Races for school board seats are expected to be contested Nov. 5, according to an unofficial list of candidates from the Sussex County Clerk’s Office.

The deadline for candidates to file to run for the seats was 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 29.

Six people filed to run for three seats with full three-year terms on the on the Sparta Township Board of Education. They are Roque Martinez, Emily “Ramos” Serafino and Rebecca Williams, running on one slate, and Clifford Cernek, Robert Brett Mercer and Anthony Mazzarella, running on another slate.

Serafino is the only incumbent running for re-election.

Board president Craig Palleschi, vice president Wendy Selander and member Vanessa Serrano did not file to run again. Their terms end Dec. 31.

Two people - Michelle Hinkle and Daniel O’Malley - are running for one seat with a two-year term.