The winners in West Lafayette, Lafayette and other Tippecanoe County school board elections

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Here are the unofficial results for four Tippecane County school boards with open seats in the Nov. 5 general election. There were 20 candidates on ballots.

Together, the districts serve nearly 13,000 students in total across the county. School board members do not oversee the day-to-day operations of a school corporation, but rather provide oversight. They are also responsible for hiring the superintendent, approving the budget, and creating policies for staff and students.

In-depth coverage of the Indianapolis Public Schools Board race is here.

The results are not final until provisional and military ballots have been counted by Nov. 15. Incumbents are noted with an (i) next to their name.

Benton Community School Board	Votes	Percent
District A
Ray Villalobos Jr. (i)	653	100%
District B
Holli Schoen (i)	670	100%
District C
Chris Dalton (i)	726	100%

Lafayette School Corp. Board	Votes	Percent
Member at large – three candidates with the most votes win
Ebony Monique Barrett (i)	6,721	20.72%
Josiah L. Eller	2,875	8.86%
James T. Hass	3,218	9.92%
Margaret E. Hass	5,580	17.20%
Ronald L. Hession	3,671	11.31%
Gary P. Mueller	4,926	15.18%
Julie C. Peretin (i)	5,453	16.81%

Tippecanoe School Board	Votes	Percent
District 4
Jake Burton (i)	24,224	100%
District 5
Julia Cummings (i)	22,559	100%
District 6
Connie Harper	22,509	100%
District 7
Bradley D. Anderson (i)	22,396	100%

West Lafayette Community School Board	Votes	Percent
Member at large – four candidates with the most votes win
Amy Austin (i)	3,190	17.92%
Maria D. Koliantz	2,734	15.36%
George Lyle	2,901	16.30%
David J. Purpura	3,125	17.56%
James (Beau) Scott	2,748	15.44%
Yue Yin (i)	3,101	17.42%

Contact WFYI education editor Eric Weddle at eweddle@wfyi.org.

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