Germantown School Board candidates face primary

Germantown - After a group of challengers fell to incumbents in last spring's Village Board race in Germantown, only one incumbent faces opposition this year. Robert McMullin began the process of filing to run against Al Vanderheiden in District 3, but didn't complete the paperwork leaving Vanderheiden to run unopposed.

Terri Kaminski in District 1 and Daniel Wing in District 2 also will run without challengers.

District 4 is the only race for Village Board as incumbent Art Zabel faces John Hoell.

Trustees serve three-year terms and receive $5,500 annually for their work on the board.

School Board races

The fight for three Germantown School Board seats couldn't be more different from Village Board with contested races across the board. The field for Seat 1is now set after being delayed when incumbent Kim Fischer filed noncandidacy paperwork near the 5 p.m. Jan. 3 deadline.

By law, another 72-hour window must be provided for people to file paperwork. Christina Wolf-Lang and Sarah Larson had already submitted paperwork to run for Seat 1 and Lisa Laskowski filed during the extension window.

Both Larson and Wolf-Lang are from Germantown and Larson is a regular at School Board meetings. Laskowski is from Colgate.

A primary will be needed Feb. 21 to trim the field to two.

There is no incumbent in Seat 6 where interim member Cari Brust will not run. Michael Loth and Gregory Anderson, both from Germantown, will battle for the 1-year term in Seat 6. The winner of that race will have to run again next year.

Tom Bowe faces Tom Barney in a battle for Seat 7. Bowe is the incumbent in the race and Barney made an unsuccessful run for Germantown Village Board last year. Barney, a Germantown resident, regularly spoke at School Board meetings during the budget and insurance change processes.

School Board members are paid $4,000 a year and serve three-year terms.

The general election is April 3.