Several school district boards were on the ballot in Tuesday’s election, with voters in the south and southwest suburbs electing members to full and shortened terms.

The following unofficial results Wednesday are from the Cook and Will county clerk offices. The votes may change do to late mail-in ballots or provisional ballots being counted.

Lockport District 205

A crowded race emerged for four four-year terms and two two-year terms on the Lockport Township District 205 Board.

Improving test scores, renovating the high school’s central campus and limiting taxpayer strife were top issues for many candidates who attended a candidate forum at Lockport Township High School’s east campus last month.

In the race for four four-year terms, with all precincts in, Wendy Streit led with 3,924 votes, followed by recently appointed member Candace Gerriston with 3,667 votes, Theresa “Tammy” Hayes with 3,313 votes and incumbent Lou Ann Johnson with 3,072.

They were followed by Paul Lencioni with 2,552 votes, Scott Nyssen with 2,489, Michael Deane with 2,352, James “Jay” Roti with 2,230, Eric Nush with 2,044, and Thomas “Tommy” Hill with 1,748.

In the race for two two-year terms, Ann Lopez-Caneva led with 3,934 votes followed by Michaelene O’Halloran with 3,530 votes.

They were followed by Ron Farina with 2,632 votes, Lance Thies with 2,567, and James A. Shake with 1,951.

Thornton Township District 205

Four four-year positions were up in Thornton Township’s High School District 205, with all three incumbent candidates appearing to hold on to their seats.

Board members Bernadette Lawrence and Ray C. Banks led with 7,711 and 6,979 votes, respectively. Sonja Kristen Bradley, a 22-year-old former Thornridge High School student, received 6,816 votes, followed by board member Almetta L. Vasser-Moody.

Bradley told the Daily Southtown in January that since graduating from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign last spring with a degree in food science and human nutrition, she was driven to join the District 205 Board to put students first.

Bradley said she wants to bolster the district’s post-secondary preparation, as she said she struggled to keep up with students she met around the country once she began college.

Those behind in the board race include Annette Whittington with 3,098 votes, Rory Lee with 2,220 votes and Kawania Caesar with 1,645 votes. District 205 includes Thornton Township High School in Harvey, Thornwood High School in South Holland and Thornridge in Dolton.

Lemont Township District 210

Incumbents were leading in the race for Lemont Township District 210’s three seats up for election. Across Cook and DuPage Counties, board members Lynn Antonopoulos had 2,199 votes, Mike Kardas with 2,066 votes and Kurt Corte had 1,948 votes.

Ernest Swierk received 1,295 votes.

Thornton Fractional District 215

Voters sought change in leadership on the Thornton Fractional High School District 215 Board this year.

Four four-year terms were up for vote. Cynthia Perkins led with 2,052 votes, followed by board member Charlotte Rutledge-Guyton with 2,102 votes, Glenn G. Williams with 1,750 votes and Millie Myers with 1,745 votes.

Incumbent board members trailing were Diana Jackson with 1,680 votes, Charles Townsend with 1,304 votes and Andrea Ballard with 1,164 votes. Kisha Wells received 1,138 votes and Benji Renee Lindsay received 715.

The district includes TF North in Calumet City, TF South in Lansing, the TF Center for Academics and Technology in Calumet City and the TF Center for Alternative Learning in Calumet City.

District 218

Five candidates vied for four four-year seats on the High School District 218 Board, though only two were in a contested race.

Thomas Kosowski, who lives in Alsip, had 57% of the vote over Thomas McGinnis, who lives in Crestwood.

District 218, with Eisenhower High School in Blue Island, Richards High School in Oak Lawn and Shepard High School in Palos Heights, holds elections based on seven subdistricts, so the seats sought by the candidates depend on where they live. Other candidates ran unopposed.

Rich Township District 227

Nine candidates, including three incumbents, sought election to four four-year seats on the Rich Township High School District 227 Board.

Tiffany Taylor led with 4,730 votes, Mia Carter followed with 4,386 votes, Andre Allen with 3,566 and Cheryl Monique Coleman with 3,110.

They were followed by Maria Johnson with 2,361 votes, Mason Newell with 2,204, Jasmine Ford with 2,175, Shagman Lowery with 1,251 and Patrina Bennett-Wilkins with 1,211.

Taylor ran as part of a slate that included fellow board members Allen and Carter as well as former board member Coleman. Taylor said Coleman’s former seat was up for election two years ago, but Coleman chose not to seek reelection for personal reasons.

After announcing in 2019 it would close Rich East High School in Park Forest, the district poured millions of dollars to renovate its other two schools. The former Rich South, located in Richton Park, reopened as the Fine Arts and Communications Campus, and the former Rich Central in Olympia Fields is now the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics campus.

District 230

In Orland High School District 230, three incumbent board members sought reelection though there were six other candidates for the four seats.

With all precincts reporting, unofficial results showed board veteran Susan Dalton leading with 12,704 votes, followed by Mark Kelly with 12,200 votes and recently appointed board members Nadine Scodro with 10,466 votes and Chris Kasmer with 10,059. They were all part of the 230 United Slate.

They were followed by Mike Martinez with 9,281 votes, Tim Danlow with 8.937 votes, James Bax with 7,790, Luke Berzbicas with 7,810 and Tesneem Amine with 6,161.

Verzbicas, Danlow and Martinez made up the Inspire 230 slate, and James Bax and Tesneem Amine ran independently.

District 230 is made up of Orland Park’s Carl Sandburg High School, Tinley Park’s Victor J. Andrew High School and Palos Hills’ Amos Alonzo Stagg High School.

Homewood-Flossmoor District 233

Three open seats on the H-F District 233 board ushered in new leadership Tuesday.

Ariana Leonard led with 4,995 votes, followed by Camille O’Quin with 4,303 votes and Tamekia Smith with 4,052 votes.

Behind were Aredell Roundtree with 2,941 votes and Lenita Y. Gipson with 2,864 votes.

Elementary districts

Homer 33C had six candidates seeking four seats. Melissa Chandarana led with 1,816 votes, followed by Aaron Wolf with 1,713 votes, Joshua Oster with 1,690, and Elizabeth Miceli with 1,513. Trailing was Bobbi Medina with 1,246 and Jennifer Trzos-Consolino with 1,090.

Burbank 111: Six candidates sought four seats. Gregory Komperda led with 814 votes, followed by Angnieszka Dabrowski with 782, John Schuetz with 731 and Jeniz Greene with 690. Jamila Ghosheh and Rowfyda Daoud trailed with 427 and 368 votes, respectively.

Lemont 113: Five candidates sought three seats. Kevin Collins led with 1,860 votes, followed by Bethany Martino with 1,812 and Patrick Kerrigan with 1,762. Pete Miller and Adam McRae trailed with 1,212 and 970 votes, respectively.

Manhattan 114 had five candidates seeking four board seats, with Brian Anderson leading with 989 votes, followed by Barbara Steffen with 968 votes, Emily Wesel with 966 and Terry Doyle with 916. Trailing closely behind Wednesday according to unofficial results was Erica Aultz with 911 votes.

Palos 118: Five candidates sought four seats. Susan M. Szafranski led with 2,681 votes, followed by Timothy J. Baker with 2,660, Jennifer Marie Jensen with 2,605 and Kevin T. Quinn with 2,425. Suzan Atallah trailed with 1,147 votes.

Alsip/Oak Lawn 126: Five candidates sought four seats. Lori Pierce led with 691 votes, followed by Therese Zaker with 657, Jennifer Warrick with 645 and Harry Tannehill with 549. Marigrace Sinnott-Snooks trailed with 441 votes.

Orland 135: 10 candidates sought four seats. Kelly Chmielewski led with 5,487 votes, followed by Ray Morandi with 4,912, Nichole M. Browner with 4,789 and Aisha Zayyad with 4,601. Trailing was Elizabeth Jobb with 4,286 votes, Vince Oluwaleke with 4,025, Chad Capps with 3,925, Jennifer Durkin-Fekete with 3,645, Daniel Finlayson with 3,404 and Deborah Scumaci with 3,116.

Kirby District 140: Six candidates sought four seats in the district covering Orland Park and Tinley Park. Carol DeMichael led with 3,672 votes, followed by Aileen Mullee with 3,335, Thomas Martelli with 3,351 and Melissa Bessler with 3,093. Katlin Davis and Luciana Shalash trailed with 2,871 and 2,500, respectively.

Prairie Hills District 144: Nine candidates sought three seats. Sharron A. Davis led with 978 votes, followed by Carlene J. Matthews with 890 and Juanita R. Jordan with 863. Brenda Richardson trailed with 778 votes, Yvette Harris-Black with 629 votes, Daniel Paul Galvan with 449, Kathy Taylor with 434, Virginia Offord-Alexisis with 327 and Natalie Monday with 303,

Arbor Park District 145: Three candidates sought two two-year seats. Tina Moslander led with 582 votes, followed by Christina Doege with 555. Adam Malak trailed with 499 votes.

Seven candidates sought four full-term seats. Kara Fanelli led with 529 votes, followed by Sarah Case with 510, Bradley Popovich with 476 and Wendy Lux with 459. David Rana, Jillian Mulqueen and Cary Reynolds trailed with 436, 407 and 353 votes, respectively.

West Harvey-Dixmoor District 147: Three candidates sought one two-year seat. Kenneth Henderson led with 363 votes, with Quandra Craig and Lizzie Welch-Aguiniga trailing with 258 and 131 votes, respectively.

Eight candidates sought four full-term seats. Mable Chapman led with 454 votes, followed by Michael Smith with 388, Sharron McGee with 301 and Bonnie Rateree with 240. Evelyn D. Young trailed with 228 votes, Pamela Cudjo with 227, Ericka Butler with 226 and Auscena Gutierrez with 147.

Dolton District 148: Nine candidates sought four seats. Sherrie M. Bush and Shalonda R. Randle led, each receiving 1,162 votes, followed by Charles Givines with 769 and Aritha D. Windom-Harvey with 745.

Board member Andrea M. Johnson lagged with 735 votes, followed by Ernesto E. Mickens with 538 votes, Nancy Perkins with 394, board member Bruce Owens Jr. with 378 and William F. Gunter Jr. with 314.

South Holland District 151: Eight candidates sought four seats. Patrice Burton led with 845 votes, followed by Ernestine Proctor Harris with 747, Michele Turner with 632 and Tiffany Daniels with 550. Stephanie Dukes trailed with 421 votes, Maria Gandarilla with 337, Corean Davis with 322 and Ricca Louissaint 107.

Harvey District 152: Seven candidates sought four seats. Linda M. Hawkins led with 544 votes, followed by Casey Nesbit with 472, Myra Gardner with 406 and Teresa Cameron with 405. Anthony L. McCaskill, Janiesa S. Owens and Ryan R. Sinwelski lagged with 329 votes, 238 and 170, respectively.

Calumet City District 155 had four open seats. Stanley Long led with 503 votes, followed by Grace Ellis at 492, Tranishia Jamerson at 464 and Janet Oberman at 452. Trailing were Claudia Alvarez with 297 votes and Kathryne Stern with 283.

Matteson District 159 had three open seats. Leading were Jennifer Phillips with 1,816 votes, followed by Carl Scott Sr. with 1,589 and Veronica Bolling-Franklin with 1,269. Trailing was Keith White with 1,190 votes and Bryan Davis with 781.

Mokena District 159 had four seats up for election. James Andersen led with 1,400 votes, followed by Lisa Zielinski with 1,330 votes, Anna Briscoe with 1,314, and Eric Bush with 1,183 votes. Trailing was Jen Francis with 951 votes, Katie Carley with 877 votes and Lauren Doman with 797.

Flossmoor District 161 had four board seats open. Ashly Giddens led with 2,618 votes, followed by Carolyn Griggs with 2,616, Cameron Nelson with 2,419 and Tre Childress with 2,124. Trailing was Elizabeth Agbarah with 1,889 votes, Jason Bizjak with 1,188 and Crystal Cleggett with 1,822.

Summit Hill District 161 had two candidates seeking a two-year term. Melissa Ryan led with 1,876 votes over Katie Campbell with 988.

In the race for four full-term seats, Amy Berk led with 1,898 votes, followed by Patrick Oliphant with 1,806 votes, Adrian Chavez with 1,705 and Ronnie Petrey with 1,489. Bill Curtin trailed with 1,238 votes, Stefanie McCleish with 1,193, Jim Martin with 977 and Cicily Gant with 842.

Park Forest District 163 had four seats up for election. Walter Mosby III led with 656 votes, followed by Jacqueline Jordan with 530, Karin Kendick with 521 and Tegan Usher with 497. Trailing was Ciji Collins with 436 and Allison McCray with 415.

Sauk Village District 168: Five candidates ran for four board seats. Sabrina Fisher led with 482 votes, followed by Serena Durr-Jones with 478 votes, Sene Garrett with 445 and Branard Barrett with 431. The fifth candidate, Radonna Brown, had 311 votes.

Sunnybrook District 171: Eight candidates sought for board positions for the Lansing district. Derrick Burks led with 573 votes, followed by Nicole Thompson with 505, Serene Smith with 485 and Kenisha LeSure with 443.

Trailing were Cassie Hill with 403 votes, Elissa Veloz with 329 votes, Raeshanda Payne with 327 and Cozette Pettigrew with 213.

Steger District 194: Five candidates sought four seats. Beth Butkus led with 765 votes, followed by Michele Helsel with 734, Nicholas Hutchison with 662 and Jose “Jo-Pep” Nejar with 530. Zakiya Moton trailed with 361 votes.