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MONROE TOWNSHIP
Three teenagers vie for school board spots

They aren't old enough to legally drink, and they'll have to battle more seasoned politicians on the campaign trail, but that's not deterring three Middlesex County teenagers who are running for school board positions April 19.

Brian Hackett, 18, Chris Pordon, 18, and Adam Sherman, 19, say they want to bring a new, younger perspective to their three respective school boards and get young voters to the polls.

“I believe in civic responsibility and civic participation,” Hackett, a senior at Monroe Township High told The Sunday Star-Ledger of Newark.

“I feel that running for the school board is a way to fully exercise my rights.”

Pordon, a senior at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School and Adam Sherman, 19, a Rutgers University sophomore and Highland Park resident will also take on their elders in the political arena.

According to Rutgers sophomore Rick Rosenberg, who won a seat on the South River School Board two years ago, there should be at least one young member on every school board.

“The student population deserves just as much of a chance as the parents,” said Rosenberg, who met Hackett and Pordon through his organization Young People for a Better America and has been advising them.