Kelly Young, Candice Mares, Amy Flaherty Hartman and Robert W. Sherman were elected to the La Grange District 105 School Board this week in a six-candidate race.
Young, who lives in Hodgkins, has 20.3% of the 3,568 votes counted as of Thursday. Mares of Countryside has 19.3%; and Flaherty Hartman and Sherman, both of La Grange, have 19% and 16.9%, respectively, to fill the four seats that will open on the School Board in May.
David Herndon, the current District 105 School Board president and the only incumbent who ran for reelection, was not in the top four, with 13.8% of the votes. David Demasi of La Grange received 10.7%.
School District 105 serves about 1,300 children from the southern part of La Grange, Countryside and Hodgkins in five schools, Gurrie Middle School and Hodgkins, Ideal, Seventh Avenue and Spring Avenue elementary schools.