Ewing Township Board of Education

Mr. Anthony F. Messina

District voicemail:  8110

Mr. Messina is a lifelong resident of Ewing Township. He attended township public schools and graduated from Ewing High School in 1985. Mr. Messina and his wife Kim, also an EHS graduate, have a daughter who is a proud graduate of the Ewing High School Class of 2021. 

Mr. Messina is retired from the Ewing Township Police Department. He served as the first School Resource Officer at Ewing High School from 2000 through 2010. In this role, he worked closely with the district’s students, staff and administration. During this time, Mr. Messina also was the ETPD’s liaison to the Ewing Township Drug and Alcohol Alliance and worked to bring many new and innovative programs to the school district. He was also a volunteer assistant football coach at EHS for many years.  

Mr. Messina previously served in the capacity as both Vice-President and President of the Ewing Board of Education.

Mr. Messina is an active firefighter with the Prospect Heights Vol. Fire Co. #1 here in Ewing Township. He is in his 40^th year of active service to the organization and is currently serving as both the 1^st Vice - President and a Trustee.    

In December 2016, Mr. Messina was honored by the Mercer County Education Association as a "Friend of Education".

In February 2017, Mr. Messina was selected by the Mercer County School Boards Association to represent Mercer County on the Board of Directors for the New Jersey School Boards Association.

Mr. Messina believes that education is the vehicle that students will use to travel the road to prosperity, and is excited about the opportunity to serve the community and the children of the school district.

2023 Sustainable Facilities Committee

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