N.J. Stat. § 18A:12-19: 5-year terms

If at said election the question shall be adopted, the members of the board of education then in office shall continue in office until the expiration of their respective terms and thereafter until the organization meeting following the next annual school election and their respective successors shall be elected by the legal voters of the district at such and each following annual school election to be held in the district, for terms of five years.

L. 1967, c. 271; amended by L. 1987, c. 289, s. 4.