3 Incumbents Stay on VVSD Board, Venegas Gets Second Shot

BOLINGBROOK, IL— Five candidates ran for four open spots on the Valley View school board. Of them, Deborah L. Sykora, Victor D. Zack, Leonel "Leo" Venegas and Liz Campbell are projected to win.

Sykora, Zack and Campbell are current board members and Venegas has previously served as well. He was appointed to the District 365U board in 2010 and served until 2015, when an accusation about the validity of his candidacy paperwork removed him from the ballot.

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Below are the unofficial vote counts from the Will County Clerk's Office. Votes have yet to be certified. (* denotes incumbents)

VVSD school board:

• *Deborah L. Sykora: 6,733
• *Elizabeth "Liz" Campbell: 6,673
• *Victor D. Zack: 5,679
• Leonel "Leo" Venegas: 5,562
• *Sally (Clemens) Guilbo: 4,787

All projected winners were endorsed by the Valley View Teacher's Union. The majority ran on a platform of strengthened and transparent board finances.