Two school board candidates vie for seat

Residents of District 13 will go to the polls on Dec. 8 to approve or reject a proposed $32 million bond that would fund repairs and upgrades to all of the district’s buildings, and to choose a new school board trustee for a seat vacated earlier this year.

The seat has been open since September, when Trustee Denise Diodato, who was elected in May, resigned and moved to Florida, where she accepted a job offer.

The election will represent two firsts for the district, which has never held a special election for an open seat or proposed a bond for capital improvements.
Board of Education President Toni Pomerantz said that the board saved money by combining the bond vote and election. The elected candidate will hold a three-year term on the board that will expire in June 2018.