Ramapo-Indian Hills Regional School Board Election 2025: See Updated Tallies

This article was updated at 9:05 p.m. on Tuesday.

WYCKOFF, NJ — Polls for the Ramapo-Indian Hills Regional Board of Education race closed at 8 p.m., and results are coming in.

The school board oversees both Ramapo and Indian Hills high schools, which educate students from Wyckoff, Oakland, and Franklin Lakes.

Three candidates were competing for two seats representing Wyckoff. The Franklin Lakes seat was uncontested.

See the numbers below, which will be updated throughout the night and the following days as machine and mail-in vote counts are released.

The county Board of Elections will certify the results later this month.

Early Results (unofficial and partial mail-in as of 9:05 p.m. Tuesday):

• Maria "Amparo" Underfer (for the Franklin Lakes seat): 966
• Thomas Bogdansky (Wyckoff seat): 2,281
• Othiamba Lovelace (Wyckoff seat): 1,961
• Doreen Mariani (Wyckoff seat): 1,059

Background

The RIH board has been controversial in the recent past, as noted in these stories:

• Ramapo-Indian Hills Superintendent To Head To Another District
• Ramapo-Indian Hills School Board Rescinds Contract For New Superintendent, Meeting Planned

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