Lenape Regional High School District: Marlton
On Nov. 6, residents of Evesham Township will enter local polls and elect a representative for Marlton at the Lenape Regional High School district.
Barry Fitzgerald
— Marlton Recreation council coach for 14 years, coacing girls and boys soccer, track, softball, baseball, street hockey and roller hockey. Evesham Board of Education, 7 years and board president one year, Evesham Celebrations Foundation, Rap Room/C.A.E.C. Parent-to-Parent Board member, Richard L. Rice School PTA, 6 years, Evesham Town Watch, co-chair National Night Out 2012, Lenape Regional Board of Education, one year.
— The issues that are most important to me are community, children, academic excellence and fiscal responsibility.
Joanne Sanferraro
— Member of Animal Lifeline, Inc., member St. Isaac Jogues Church, member Friends of the Evesham Library appointed by town council.
— The issues that concern me are the high price of sports and activity fees in the Lenape District, ensuring our students have access to a high quality education with an affordable cost to taxpayers, maintaining a strong academic program, and proving opportunities for students to explore their interests in class and extracurricular activities. Finally, maintaining manageable class size so that students receive the attention needed to succeed.
Marlton Board of Education
Evesham Township residents will elect representatives for Marlton’s Board of Education on Nov. 6.
JoAnne Harmon
— Girl Scout Leader to a Junior Girl Scout Troop of 17 girls, Girl Scout Leader to a Brownie Girl Scout Troop of 10 girls, Evans Elementary School PTA Treasurer, Evans Elementary School PTA webmaster and chairperson of E-Communications Initiatives, Evans Elementary School PTA School Board Liaison, Evesham Town Watch Committee Member.
— I’m passionate about providing quality education for all children and bringing the community together to achieve results, especially with two young daughters in the Evesham School District. Combining this passion, with my finance background as a CFO of a Division in a Fortune 500 Company, along with experience in budgeting, cost benefit analysis, and problem solving, I want to make a difference for our children, our community, and our district. My primary areas of focus as an Evesham School Board Candidate are advancement in educational excellence for all children in the district, encouraging community engagement, awareness and involvement in decision-making, fiscal responsibility and accountability and promoting a team atmosphere and shared accountability.
Joe Fisicaro Jr., Republican
— Evesham School Board Member from 2003 until 2009, 3 years as vice president, 1 year as president, Evesham Planning Board from 2003–2008.
— The issues that concern me include maximizing student achievements, working with the board to improve our standardized tests, developing a well round student, improving our electives and increasing our extra-curriculum activities. Additionally, there will be focus on being fiscally responsible and making sure that every penny spent in our budget improves the betterment of our students, preparing our students to be ready for the rigors of high school and beyond, improving technology in the classroom, allowing teachers to have up to date technology to improve classroom instruction and lastly, working collaboratively with the board to improve our district and keep our proud educational history intact.
Trish Everhart
— Evesham Township School District school board member, PTA Board Marlton Middle School, PTA president Richard L. Rice Elementary School, Taste and See committee St. Joan of Arc Parish, Mt. Holly Soup Kitchen committee, Community Sunday Breakfast committee, Evesham Education Foundation events volunteer, holiday meals preparation committee.
— The issues that are important to me are summed up in my personal vision for the future of the Evesham school district which encompasses my role as the following: advocate for student achievement, key communicator, technology integrator and implementer of long range strategic planning initiatives. While keeping an eye toward fiscal responsibility, it remains my mission to be accountable to the citizens of the district and the community. Balancing fiscal responsibility and ensuring academic excellence is something we can do together. Our district has retained valuable programs while balancing the districts’ needs with taxpayer concerns; continuing our investment in the essential tools for ongoing student achievement. My focus is to continue supporting the district and our community as we move forward and work collaboratively addressing academic excellence, technology and green initiatives, long range strategic planning, and future challenges and successes. I ask the hard questions, seek out solutions, encourage feedback, create awareness and engage the community. As a heartfelt advocate, I make the hard decisions based on the facts and in the best interests of all our children.
Louise Sprouse
— Evesham Board of Education for two, 3 year terms, Evesham Historical Association, Ambassador of Education to Evesham, England Evesham Twinning Association, Marlton Garden Club, Gibson House Butterfly Garden Senior Scout Mentor, NJ Retired Educators.
— The issues important to me include balancing educational quality with fiscal responsibility, advancement of student achievement, fostering an open and cooperative partnership with staff and our stakeholders, continuing our energy initiative to reduce costs and further our goal of becoming more green, well-maintained and safe learning environments and rectifying the dropping enrollment.
Kevin Stone
— 11-year resident of Evesham, Beeler Elementary PTA, Beeler Bear Committee Head, Evesham Education Foundation board member, Marlton Recreation council coach and coordinator of soccer, street hockey and baseball, Marlton Business Association Member, Evesham Republican Club executive board, Crofton Chase Court Homeowners Association vice president, Tanglewood Homeowners Association past board member.
— Issues important to me include renewing academic achievement, effective implementation of state standards, design and implement a true “gifted and talented” program to truly challenge our best and brightest, increase exposure to technology and staff training to carry it out, raise state test scores to surpass our neighboring communities accountability, questioning existing assumptions, provide disciplined fiscal accountability to parents and taxpayers, identify solutions to declining enrollment and proper use of assets.
