Cynthia "Cindy" DeCalalcante Nurse
NJ · Member, Hillsborough Township Board of Education
Cindy Nurse has served on the Hillsborough Township Board of Education since 2021 and works as a teacher and reading intervention specialist. Her priorities are open communication with families and staff and smaller class sizes.
Where Cynthia "Cindy" DeCalalcante Nurse stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Efficiency (1 record), Public Education Quality (3 records)
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (3 records)
Track record
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 1 support
Voted with the full nine-member board, 9-0, to hire an outside accounting firm for a special audit of the school district's finances and business office.
December 13, 2021Supports Government Efficiency
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 3 oppose
Seconded a motion to adopt the final 2026-27 school budget with a 2% tax increase. It failed 4-5. She then voted no on a 1% option that cut three kindergarten teachers, and on a 0% option.
April 30, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Voted yes on a first draft of the 2026-27 school budget with a 2% school tax increase. It passed 5-4.
March 23, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: patch.com
Made the motion to adopt the 2025-26 school budget using the state's full tax-levy incentive option, a larger school tax increase. She voted yes, and it passed 5-4. A smaller $8.75 million increase had failed 2-7.
April 28, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 3 support
Seconded a motion to adopt the final 2026-27 school budget with a 2% tax increase. It failed 4-5. She then voted no on a 1% option that cut three kindergarten teachers, and on a 0% option.
April 30, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Voted yes on a first draft of the 2026-27 school budget with a 2% school tax increase. It passed 5-4.
March 23, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: patch.com
Made the motion to adopt the 2025-26 school budget using the state's full tax-levy incentive option, a larger school tax increase. She voted yes, and it passed 5-4. A smaller $8.75 million increase had failed 2-7.
April 28, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Track record — General
General · 5 records
Won re-election to a second three-year term on the Hillsborough school board with 7,472 votes, the most of any candidate.
November 7, 2023
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Received the endorsement of the Hillsborough Education Association, the local teachers' union, for her 2023 re-election to the school board.
September 27, 2023
Source: tapinto.net
Was elected vice president of the Hillsborough school board by fellow members, 6-3.
January 5, 2023
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Voted no on buying new special education case-management software. She said staff had not been part of choosing it. The purchase passed 7-2.
July 19, 2021
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Won a three-year seat on the Hillsborough Township Board of Education with 13,172 votes, the most of any candidate in the race.
November 3, 2020
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Past race Cynthia "Cindy" DeCalalcante Nurse ran in:
- Hillsborough Township Board of Education Member · November 3, 2026 · Hillsborough Township School District, New Jersey · incumbent