In West Windsor there is one seat up for grabs on the school board. John Farrell, who was originally appointed in September, 2008 to fill the seat vacated by Stan Katz, has decided not to seek another term.
The first candidate to file for the West Windsor seat is Michele Kaish, a resident of the township for the past 18 years. She originally moved to West Windsor when her husband, Harvey, who works as an attorney, needed a convenient commute to his job in Newark. Kaish also wanted to live close to her family in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, but like many parents the local school system became her chief consideration.
“I contacted the New Jersey Department of Education and requested school district report cards from all the districts along the Northeast Corridor train line. The impressive statistics and reputation of the WW-P school district led us to buy our house in West Windsor,” she said.
Kaish and her husband have been married for 25 years. The couple has three sons: Michael, 19, a 2010 graduate of High School North who is currently in his sophomore year at Northwestern University; 16-year-old Jeremy who is a sophomore at North; and Harrison, a sixth grader at Community Middle School.
Kaish grew up in Forest Hills, New York, and attended New York City public schools. She went on to earn her B.A. in history from Brandeis University in Massachusetts.
Kaish’s mother was a bookkeeper while her father worked in men’s clothing retail and owned his own stores in that industry.
