Monroe County school board election results: Voters reject 'parental rights' candidates
Justin Murphy
Voters in Rochester's suburbs Tuesday rejected a crop of candidates running in opposition to their school districts' anti-racism efforts, mirroring similar results from last year.
In districts across Monroe County — Brighton, Churchville-Chili, Gates Chili, Greece, Penfield, Pittsford, Rush-Henrietta, Spencerport, Webster — candidates asked for voters' support on platforms of increasing parental involvement, including in curriculum and on the library shelves, where some schools' movement toward diversification have run up against parent complaints.
Nearly all of those candidates lost, most of them handily. The only exception was in Greece, where residents elected two such candidates, Megan Ferra and Mark Buonauguario, but rejected a third in favor of incumbent Terry Melore.
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All local school budgets and spending propositions were approved.
In Webster, incumbent board president Tammy Gurowski placed eighth out of nine candidates, bucking a general trend of support for incumbents. Gurowski is widely seen as a defender of former superintendent Carmen Gumina, who departed last year amid scandal.
District-by-district results are as follows.
Brighton
School board: Karen Hatch and Eleanor Haruko Oi elected; Sandra Tindale Carl, Peter Wegman and Melaney Bernhardt not elected.
Budget and propositions: passed.
Brockport
School board: Jeffrey Harradine elected.
Budget: passed.
Churchville-Chili
School board: Thomas Albano, Kathy Dillon and Steve Hogan elected; Michelle Aloi, Kevin Johnson and Ashley Renz not elected.
Budget and proposition: passed.
East Irondequoit
School board: Jessica Krupa, Kim Lasher, Jeffrey Petrie elected; Donald Markham and Nick Ryck not elected.
Budget and proposition: passed.
East Rochester
School board: Vincent Antonicelli elected.
Budget: passed.
Fairport
School board: Brian Moritz and Janice Fortuna elected; Patricia Edwards not elected.
Budget and propositions: passed.
Gates Chili
School board: Frank Muscato, Christine Brown Richards and Michael Bailey elected; Lynn Knauf, Cherie Stuhler and Robert E. Lee III not elected.
Budget and propositions: passed
Greece
School board: Megan Ferra, Mark Buonaugurio and Terry Melore elected; Keith Shaw, Michael Valicenti and Robert LaPlaca not elected.
Budget and propositions: passed.
Hilton
School board: Mark Hilburger, Nancy Pickering and Therese Flannery elected; Lynda Donovan, Melissa Levato and Andrea Mendez not elected.
Budget and proposition: passed.
Honeoye Falls-Lima
School board: David Francis, Stephanie Templeton and Joel Robinson elected; Mariann Hughes and Jessica Kelly not elected.
Budget and propositions: passed.
Penfield
School board: Emily Belcer and Nicole Doyley elected to three-year terms; Krista Khan elected to one-year term, Grant Kirk and Dana Marrer not elected.
Budget: passed.
Pittsford
School board: David Berk and Emily Kay elected; Tricia Gonzalez-Johnson and Nancy Clifford Lewis not elected.
Budget and propositions: passed.
Rush-Henrietta
School board: Suzanne Bennett and Mai Abdullah elected; Regan Howlett, Carrie Silva Martin, Nicole Stubinger and Bakar Ali not elected.
Budget and propositions: passed.
Spencerport
School board: Megan Sarkis, Gary Bracken and Michael Miceli elected; Christopher Spallina and Michael Mayer not elected.
Budget: passed.
Victor
School board: Tim DeLucia, Kristin Elliott and Lisa Kostecki elected.
Budget and propositions: passed
Webster
School board: Linda Dioguardi, Carole Barnabas and Charlie Roods elected; Jennifer Fonseca, Louie Levine, Jason Siwik, Jill Joy, Tammy Gurowski and Richard Fraser not elected.
Budget and proposition: passed.
West Irondequoit
School board: Courtney Shouse and Matt Sullivan elected.
Budget and propositions: passed.
Wheatland-Chili
School board: Greg Berl and Cindy Dawson elected; Keith Nicolosi not elected.
Budget and propositions: passed.
Contact staff writer Justin Murphy at jmurphy7@gannett.com.