For the Upper Saddle River Board of Education
Kyle Kotch and Jeff De Vaul are running together for the Upper Saddle River Board of Education on two commitments: improve the academic outcomes of our children, and show residents the numbers behind every decision.
Meet The Candidates
A casual meet and greet with Kyle Kotch and Jeff De Vaul, candidates for the Upper Saddle River Board of Education. Come with your questions about our schools. Light snacks and drinks will be available.
The Candidates
Candidate
An enterprise technology leader and long time community volunteer, Kyle has spent more than fifteen years leading software and AI programs at Microsoft, Nuance Communications and HCLTech. He and his wife Kristie are raising two sons in Upper Saddle River.
Candidate
An industrial manufacturing executive, Jeff has spent more than thirty years leading operations and P&L for global manufacturers, most recently as President and Chief Operating Officer of a multinational engineered equipment company. He and his wife have raised their daughter in Upper Saddle River for eight years.
Where We Stand
Our platform rests on the pillars of strong schools and transparency.
Recent budget decisions, including staffing reductions driven by rising healthcare costs, have worried a lot of families in this district. Those pressures are real, and they are hitting schools across New Jersey. We believe more proactive financial oversight and more transparent community engagement can keep the broad educational services our children need available, while protecting classrooms from being the first place the district looks for savings.
Improve the district's academic capabilities while balancing responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars and protecting home values.
More proactive financial planning, scrutiny on spending, enhancing revenue streams, and community engagement that happens before decisions are made rather than after.
How To Help
This is a small district and a low-turnout race so getting out to vote is by far the most important. Thereafter, any one of these moves the needle more than it would in a bigger election.
Signs, mailers and printing are the whole budget. Zeffy passes on 100 percent of what you give.
DonateThe single easiest thing you can do. Tell us your street and we will drop one off.
Request a lawn signKnock on a few doors, make some calls, or host a coffee for your neighbors.
Lend a handTell us what you are seeing in the district. We would rather hear a hard question now than after the vote.
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