Voters decline school board shuffles while approving levies (except Waterloo)

Jackie Peck, of Kent, passed out Democratic candidate guides in Ravenna at the Elks Lodge. Lyndsey Brennan/The Portager

Voters decline school board shuffles while approving levies (except Waterloo)

- Ben Wolford

Despite a fresh cast of school board challengers energized by racial equity and Covid issues, Portage County voters largely opted for familiar names in the Nov. 2 election, letting incumbents keep their seats in Ravenna, Rootstown, Aurora, Waterloo and elsewhere.

Nick DeJacimo in Southeast schools and Andrew Gibson in Streetsboro were the only sitting board of education members to lose their races to challengers.

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