Several high school district boards were on the ballot in Tuesday’s election, with voters in the south and southwest suburbs electing members to full and shortened terms.
The following unofficial results are from the Cook and Will county clerk offices.
District 230
In Orland High School District 230, three incumbent board members sought reelection though there were six other candidates for the four seats.
With all precincts reporting, unofficial results showed board veteran Susan Dalton leading with 12,704 votes, followed by Mark Kelly with 12,200 votes and recently appointed board members Nadine Scodro with 10,466 votes and Chris Kasmer with 10,059. They were all park of the 230 United Slate.
They were followed by Mike Martinez with 9,281 votes, Tim Danlow with 8.937 votes, James Bax with 7,790, Luke Berzbicas with 7,810 and Tesneem Amine with 6,161.
Verzbicas, Danlow and Martinez made up the Inspire 230 slate, and James Bax and Tesneem Amine ran independently.
District 230 is made up of Orland Park’s Carl Sandburg High School, Tinley Park’s Victor J. Andrew High School and Palos Hills’ Amos Alonzo Stagg High School.
District 218
Five candidates are vied for four 4-year seats on the High School District 218 Board on April 1, though only two were in a contested race.
Thomas Kosowski, who lives in Alsip, had 57% of the vote over Thomas McGinnis, who lives in Crestwood.
District 218, with Eisenhower High School in Blue Island, Richards High School in Oak Lawn and Shepard High School in Palos Heights, holds elections based on seven subdistricts, so the seats sought by the candidates depend on where they live.
Lockport District 205
A crowded race has emerged for four 4-year terms and two 2-year terms on the Lockport Township District 205 board.
Improving test scores, renovating the high school’s central campus and limiting taxpayer strife were top issues for many candidates who attended a candidate forum at Lockport Township High School’s east campus last month.
In the race for four four-year terms, with all precincts in, Wendy Streit led with 3,924 votes, followed by recently appointed member Candace Gerriston with 3,667 votes, followed by Theresa “Tammy” Hayes with 3,313 votes and incumbent Lou Ann Johnson with 3,072.
They were followed by Paul Lencioni with 2,552 votes, Scott Nyssen with 2,489, Michael Deane with 2,352, James “Jay” Roti with 2,230, Eric Nush with 2,044, and Thomas “Tommy” Hill with 1,748.
In the race for two two-year terms, Ann Lopez-Caneva led with 3,934 votes followed by Michaelene O’Halloran with 3,530 votes.
They were followed by Ron Farina with 2,632 votes, Lance Thies with 2,567, and James A. Shake with 1951.
Rich Township District 227
Nine candidates, including three incumbents, sought election to four four-year seats on the Rich Township High School District 227 Board.
Tiffany Taylor led with 4,730 votes, Mia Carter followed with 4,386 votes, Andre Allen with 3,566 and Cheryl Monique Coleman with 3,110.
They were followed by Maria Johnson with 2,361 votes, Mason Newell with 2,204, Jasmine Ford with 2,175, Shagman Lowery with 1,251 and Patrina Bennett-Wilkins with 1,211.
Taylor ran as part of a slate that included fellow board members Allen and Carter as well as former board member Coleman. Taylor said Coleman’s former seat was up for election two years ago, but Coleman chose not to seek reelection for personal reasons.
After announcing in 2019 it would close Rich East High School in Park Forest, the district poured millions of dollars into renovating its other two schools. The former Rich South, located in Richton Park, reopened as the Fine Arts and Communications Campus, and the former Rich Central in Olympia Fields is now the science, technology, engineering and mathematics campus.
