Candidate questionnaires will be added as we receive them. Check back often prior to the April 1st Consolidated Election.
This 2025 School Board Candidate Guide is designed to help voters make informed decisions about those individuals running for their local school board. Serving on a school board is a profound opportunity to shape the future of education, advocate for parents and their students. School board members can influence critical decisions on curriculum, budgeting, and policies that directly impact the quality of education in your district.
To see if school board candidates in your town turned in a questionnaire on important issues of the day, first find your county. Then find the school district within your county.
Brown County
Brown County CUSD 1 – Todd Koch
Coles County
Mattoon CUSD #2 – Angela Hampton
Cook County
Elmwood Park CUSD 401 – Frank Parisi
Fairview SD 72 – Jaki Bujdei
Manhattan SD 114 – Erica Aultz
Park Ridge CCSD 64 – Phyllis Alfano Lubinski
Rich Township HSD 227 – Shag Lowery
Township HSD 211 – Natasha Mucci, Violetta Flis
Crawford County
Hutsonville CUSD #1 – Chad Weaver
Dekalb County
Dekalb CUSD 428 – Solomon Howard (refused to answer)
DuPage County
Roselle SD 12 – Tom Richards
Grundy County
Coal City CUSD 1 – Matt Melvin
Saratoga CCSD 60C – Steven Halcomb
Kane County
Dundee District 300 – Emmanuel Thomas
Kendall County
Oswego CUSD 308 – Jim Marter, Kari Foulk, Dawn Marquis
Lake County
Antioch CHSD 117 – Julianne Hettich
Wauconda CUSD 118 – Vickie Laureys
Madison County
Collinsville Unit 10 – Renee Koehne
Mercer County
Sherrard 200 – Aaron Johnson
McHenry County
Fox River Grove District 3 – Joseph Bajorek
Peoria County
Farmington Central CUSD 265 – Dustin Blunier
Peoria #310 – Jeffrey Chiaravalle
Pike County
Pleasant Hill Community School District 3 – Sydney Crowder
Rock Island County
Rock Island-Milan District 41 – Richard “Bud” Phillis
Sangamon County
Chatham District 5 – Margaret Seymour
Glenarm, Ball-Chatham School District 5 – Lisa Lipe
Stephenson County
Freeport 145 – Patricia Ludewig
Tazwell County
Morton 709 – Krystiana Purdy, Jerry Rudd, Diane Krall , Wesley Ohnesorge
Mackinaw CUSD 701 – Brandon Blackard
Will County
Beecher CUSD 200U – Melanie Brenenstall
Frankfort Square, District 161 – Adrian Chavez
Lockport District 91 – Wendy Streit, Nicole Pavlinic, Mike Wegworth
Plainfield CCSD 202 – Greg Nichols
Summit Hill SD 161 – Patrick Oliphant
Winnebago County
Rockford SD 205 – Fort Zachary, Scott Anderson
Harlem UD 122 – Karen Bell, Paul Hofmann, Katie Littlefield
Rock Valley College 511 – Jerry Simmons
White County
Norris City-Omaha-Enfield CUSD 3 – Aaron Summers
