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
Cass County
A-C Central CUSD 262 – Derick Roberts
Clay County
Flora CUSD 35 – Anthony Woolever
Coles County
Mattoon CUSD #2 – Angela Hampton
Cook County
CONS CUSD 230 (Orland Park) – Lucas Verzbicas
Elmwood Park CUSD 401 – Frank Parisi
Fairview SD 72 – Jaki Bujdei
Franklin Park SD 84 – Jim Wade
Manhattan SD 114 – Erica Aultz
Orland Park CONS HSD 230 – Lukas Verzbicas
Rich Township HSD 227 – Shag Lowery
River Grove SD 85-5 – Roger Glass
Township HSD 211 – Natasha Mucci, Violetta Flis
Crawford County
Hutsonville CUSD #1 – Chad Weaver
Dekalb County
Genoa-Kingston CUSD 424 – Aidan Simmons
DuPage County
CHSD 94 (West Chicago) – Rich Nagel
Roselle SD 12 – Tom Richards
Edgar County
Edgar County CUD 6 – John Rogers
Greene County
Carrollton CUSD 1 – Keith Alan Graham
Grundy County
Coal City CUSD 1 – Matt Melvin
Morris CHSD 101 – Chris Drumeller
Saratoga CCSD 60C – Steven Halcomb
Hardin County
Hardin County CUSD 1 – Jimmy Stunson
Henry County
Cambridge CUSD 227 – Jared Brewer
Whethersfield CUSD 230 – Angela Ryan
Kendall County
Oswego CUSD 308 – Erica Sieh, Jim Marter, Kari Foulk, Dawn Marquis
Yorkville CUSD 115 – Mike Knoll, Shawn Schumacker, Molly Gerke
Lake County
Antioch CHSD 117 – Julianne Hettich
Wauconda CUSD 118 – Rocio Cleveland, Vickie Laureys
Madison County
Collinsville CUSD 10 – Renee Koehne
Marshall County
Lowpoint-Washburn CUSD 21 – Brian Bill
McDonough County
West Prairie CUSD 103 – David Taulbee
Mercer County
Sherrard CUSD 200 – Aaron Johnson
McHenry County
Crystal Lake CUSD 155 – Walter Moist
Fox River Grove CONS SD 3 – Joseph Bajorek
Moultrie County
Okaw Valley CUSD 302 – J. Brooke Bartimus
Peoria County
Farmington Central CUSD 265 – Dustin Blunier
Limestone CHSD 310 – Jeffrey Chiaravalle
Pike County
Pleasant Hill CUSD 3 – Shawn Carpenter, Sydney Crowder
Pulaski County
Century CUSD 100 – Connie George
Meridian CUSD 101 – Anitra Jeter, Amanda Dunn
Mt. Pulaski CUSD 23 – Becky Mueller
Randolph County
Sparta CUSD 140 – Gordon Williams
Richland County
Richland County CUSD 1 – Dusty Kocher
Rock Island County
Rock Island-Milan SD 41 – Richard “Bud” Phillis
Saint Clair County
Belle Valley SD 119 – Renex Johnson
Grant CCSD 110 (Fairview Heights) – Steve Chapman
Harmony EMGE SD 175 – Joseph Giglotto
Pontiac-W Holliday SD 105 – Jeff Harris
Sangamon County
Ball Chatham CUSD 5 – Lisa Lipe, Kelvin Coburn, Margaret Seymour
Riverton CUSD 14 – Corie Pettit
Shelby County
Beecher City CUSD 20 – Clifton Miller
Stephenson County
Freeport SD 145 – Patricia Ludewig
Tazwell County
East Peoria CHSD 309 – Don Tippet
Morton CUSD 709 – Krystiana Purdy, Jerry Rudd, Diane Krall , Wesley Ohnesorge
Mackinaw CUSD 701 – Brandon Blackard
Will County
Beecher CUSD 200U – Melanie Brenenstall
Lockport District 91 – Wendy Streit, Nicole Pavlinic, Mike Wegworth
Plainfield CCSD 202 – Greg Nichols
Summit Hill SD 161 – Adrian Chavez, Patrick Oliphan
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
Woodford County
Lowpoint-Washburn CUSD 21 – Brian Bill
Metamora CCSD 1 – Marilyn Roley
