Positions on all five Centre County school boards were on ballots for Tuesday’s general election, though only two saw competitive races.
State College, Bald Eagle, Bellefonte, Penns Valley and Philipsburg-Osceola area school districts each had four board seats up for election this year. For Philipsburg-Osceola, two of the seats are in Centre County and two in Clearfield County. No candidate ran in the primary or received a write-in nomination for P-O’s two Centre County seats, and another two-year interim position did not appear on the ballot after the district failed to provide proper notice to the county elections office.
Among the five school boards, only State College and Penns Valley had races with more candidates than open positions.
For the State College Area board, Democratic incumbents Deborah Anderson, Jackie Huff and Jesse Barlow (who was appointed to fill a vacancy earlier this year) are on track to retain their seats, joined by newcomer and fellow Democrat Rebecca Arnold Desmarais. Democrat Jennifer Black was unopposed for a two-year interim position.
In Penns Valley, Daniel Decker and Douglas Roth led Kendyl Wittenrich Paolini for the two at-large seats up for election, while Jessica Shawver led Amber May for one Region 3 seat.
Here’s a look at the results as of 11:30 p.m. Results are unofficial until certified.
STATE COLLEGE AREA SCHOOL BOARD
FOUR-YEAR TERM (ELECT 4)
Jackie Huff (D) 16,445
Rebecca Arnold Desmarais (D) 15,892
Deborah Anderson (D/R) 15,270
Jesse Barlow (D/R) 15,118
Kirsten McTernan (R) 7,010
Mihaly Sogor (R) 6,471
TWO-YEAR INTERIM TERM (ELECT 1)
Jennifer Black (D) 18,611
PENNS VALLEY AREA SCHOOL BOARD
AT LARGE (ELECT 2)
Daniel Decker 2,136
Douglas Roth 2,062
Kendyl Wittenrich Paolini 1,641
REGION 2 (ELECT !)
VIncent Nicosia (D/R) 838
REGION 3 (ELECT 1)
Jessica Shawver (R) 547
Amber May (D) 414
BALD EAGLE AREA SCHOOL BOARD
REGION 1 (ELECT 2)
Mary Ann Hamilton (D/R) 551
Timothy E. Nilson (D/R) 513
REGION 2 (ELECT 1)
Mark S. Kresovich (D/R) 1,559
REGION 3 (ELECT 1)
Tina Greene (D/R) 938
BELLEFONTE AREA SCHOOL BOARD (ELECT 4)
Kristin Lyons (D/R) 5,485
Nate Campbell (D/R) 5,098
Joe Yech (D/R) 4,792
Jon Guizar (D/R) 4,731
PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA AREA SCHOOL BOARD
REGION 3 – CENTRE (ELECT 1)
No candidate
REGION 5 – CENTRE (ELECT 1)
No candidate
REGION 7 – CLEARFIELD (ELECT 1)
Shawna Rae Baney Shaw (R) 505
REGION 8 – CLEARFIELD (1)
Richard L. Wood (D/R) 511
