The votes are in and Sarah Holland and Shar McCrory will be filling the two vacant spaces on School District 57’s board of trustees.
In Saturday’s trustee by-election, Sarah Holland finished in first place with 1,590 votes, Shar McCrory followed closely behind with 1,384.
There was a large drop off between second and third in the polls:
- Milton Mahoney – 672 votes
- David Low – 632 votes
- Lucy Duncan – 194 votes
- Bill Price – 154 votes
- Don Fitzpatrick – 101 votes
- Dusty Martin – 97 votes
- Heather McKenzie – 95 votes
- Josh Silva (who pulled out of the race) – 69 votes
A total of 4,988 votes were cast, which means at least 2,494 people filled out ballots.
Holland and McCrory earned more votes individually than were collectively cast in 2022’s by-election (1,137).
Their first board meeting will be in 10 days on June 27th, when the district’s 2023-24 budget is required to be finalized.
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