November 6, 2024

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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