March 24, 2010 (Kearny, NJ) Candidate George King leads in our poll "Who's Your First Pick for Kearny's Board of Education?" which started this Sunday.

Candidate Bob O'Malley is in second place with incumbent Alan Doffant and Candidate John Munro sharing third place. Incumbent Bernadette McDonald is in fourth place. While incumbent Joseph Sglaia has garnered zero votes so far.

The Kearny Board of Education election will be held on April 20, 2010. The KOTW Discussion Board thread simply entitled "BOE" has been active with discussions on the issues making part of the candidate campaigns. One of the topics is the proposal to make a middle school.



Rose Duger of the Kearny Journal covered the story in an article entitled Franklin School may become middle school. Last week's Observer ran a story written by Karen Zautyk entitled The Matter of a Middle School for Kearny in which Superintendent of School's Frank Digesere was deflecting blame from the Board of Education. Participants on KOTW's Discussion were quick to pick up on the Superintendent's angle towards helping the incumbents who are up for election. The Middle School could be an issue that brings concerned parents out on Election Day. A larger turnout, in an election that traditionally has low voter turnout, could spell doom for incumbents who are linked to the Middle School proposal.

KOTW will continue to provide a forum for open discussions of the issues affecting Kearny. Our Discussion Board has been ahead of the curve when it comes to topical issues affecting the West Hudson community. The Middle School controversy came to light first on our Discussion Board.