Graves, Boxer Still In Lead For Manhattan Beach Unified Board

MANHATTAN BEACH, CA — Cathey Graves and Jason Boxer are still in the number one and two positions for the two seats open on the Manhattan Beach Unified School District Board of Trustees. Graves and Boxer have held those slots ever since the first vote tally around 8:30 p.m. last night.

Graves currently has 32.05% with 8,359 votes; Boxer has 24.03% with 6,268 votes. Mike Brunick is holding third place with 22.79% and 5,944 votes, making him 300+ votes shy of Boxer. Heather de Roos has 21.14% with 5,514 votes.

The two open seats on MBUSD are vacancies that will be left by longtime board members Bill Fournell and Karen Komatinsky. Fournell amy be stepping down after 10+ years but he is doing so as his wife Grettel may be stepping onto the Manhattan Beach City Council if her current third place finish holds. Komatinsky, after 10 years on the MBUSD board, ran for a seat on the Beach Cities health District Board of Directors and appears to have not won a seat.