Arcadia residents will select three trustees today. Running for the Board of Education are challengers Roger Sonnenberg, Fred Peritore and Daniel Haste. Incumbents are James Romo, John McClain and Maryann Gibson.
Arcadia school board incumbents tout their accomplishments. Challangers claim morale is low and parents are alienated. The article includes profiles and photos of the six candidates.
Incumbents Gibson, McClain and Romo and challengers Haste, Peritore, and Sonnenberg expressed views in a candidates' forum for the Arcadia School Board election.
Incumbents Maryann Gibson, John McClain, and James Romo, are the only candidates so far to request school board candidacy papers. Forms must be filed by Jan. 17.
Six candidates will vie for three spots on the school board in the April 15 election. Incumbent school board members Maryann Gibson, John McClain, and James Romo, will run for re-election. Also running are Fred Peritore, Daniel Haste, and Roger Sonnenberg.