RUSD Incumbents Remain, Joined by Frontier

With all precincts reporting, Racine Unified School Board incumbents Chris Eperjesy and Julie McKenna, plus newcomer Michael Frontier came out on top.

Frontier garnered more votes than either incumbent and said he's a little overwhelmed by the results of the election.

"It's quite an honor, and I'm a little overwhelmed," he said. "I'm looking forward to serving the community."

He also wanted to point out the risk the rest of the candidates took by running for school board and to acknowledge their efforts.

"I want to commend all the people for running," Frontier added. "It's so important that people take the risk to take on the challenges to make our community stronger."

Kristie Formolo, even though she didn't make the cut, said she had a pretty good election day because it was her son's first time voting.

"It's pretty cool when your son gets to vote for the first time, but then to get to vote for his mom on the same day was pretty exciting for both of us," she said.

As for the election itself, Formolo shrugged and said voters had a real chance for change on the school board and they didn't go for it.

"I'm sad for the district because this election could have seen change," she stated. "I could have brought 10 years of experience to the board from being in the schools."

When the new board convenes, it will be the start of a sixth term for McKenna and the first complete term for Eperjesy after he was appointed to the board last year.