Round up of School Board races

Ramirez beats Nagle for high school board

With the caveat that the results are still listed as “unofficial”, the winners of school board races in Sebastopol have been decided. Many of those who ran for school boards in West County were unopposed and are not listed here.

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High School

In a race that featured two strong candidates, challenger Debbie Ramirez defeated incumbent Patrick Nagle for the at-large trustee seat for West Sonoma County Union High School. With just over 10,000 votes cast in West County, Ramirez received 54% of the votes to Patrick Nagle’s 46%.

The WSCUHSD board will have three new faces starting in December. In addition to Ramirez, Lewis Buchner for Area 5 and Shawn Chernila for Area 1 ran uncontested.

K-8

For Sebastopol Union School District, incumbents Deborah Drehmel and Elizabeth Smith won along with newcomer, Lisa Bauman. Trustee Joseph Pogar Jr finished fourth.

In Forestville, Measure D passed, receiving 64% of the vote. 55% was needed to pass. The measure authorizes a $6.5M bond and has a parcel tax of 2 cents per 100 to repair roofs and other aging infrastructure at Forestville Elementary School as well as support student programs.