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Board declares vacancy after elected member declines seat; applications to be posted
Marlboro Township School District Board of Education · January 7, 2026
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Summary
The board announced Melissa Goldberg will not take her seat; the board declared a vacancy, will post it immediately (target close ~Jan. 26), interview candidates publicly Feb. 3, and must fill the seat within a 65-day statutory window or risk county intervention.
At the reorganization meeting, board leadership announced that Melissa Goldberg, though listed among the November winners, has chosen not to be sworn in and will not take her seat.
President Cohen said the board would declare the vacancy and begin the process to fill it. Administrators were instructed to post the…
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