It's Not Over Yet-The Sixth Board of Ed Seat

Just in case you thought the race for School Board was over on Election Day, guess again. It looks like Ellen Flynn Giles is the 5th place finisher in the BOE race. Soon the race to fill the seat that Mary Kay Sigaty will vacate to become District 4's County Council member will begin. Our next County Executive, Ken Ulman, gets to choose the person to fill this seat for the remaining two years of Sigaty's term.

In The Sun today, Larry Carson reports "According to a county elections board tally of 10,099 ballots completed Friday afternoon," and "In the nonpartisan school board election, Janet Siddiqui, who finished sixth, gained 78 votes on fifth-place finisher Ellen Flynn Giles, although Giles is still more than 1,200 votes ahead. The five top finishers for school board win seats, though the person in fifth place must run again in two years for a full, four-year term."

Sigaty's election to County Council leads to buzz on school board post

Update: Monday evening-Just back from the Board of Elections to get the absentee votes.

Aquino 44656 13.54%
French 43921 13.32%
Gordon 38570 11.70%
Cohen  37792 11.46%
Giles  35513 10.77%

Giles still leads Siddiqui by 1183 votes with only provisionals and ABS2 votes left to count.


There are some interesting seminars/workshops in education taking place in Howard County this week. Take a look at the calender to the right.
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