BY MATT LINDSEY
North Country This Week

St. Lawrence County schools will ask district voters to elect board of education members during the annual budget vote May 17.

Board petitions in most districts were due April 18, except in Ogdensburg where the deadline was April 27.

Here is a list of candidates in all districts:

• Brasher Falls Central has two open seats, both five-year terms. This year’s candidates Abdo Bejjani and Teresa Rios Passon are both incumbents.

• Canton school, there are three open seats, each for a three-year term. There is also one open seat for a 1-year term to replace a member that is leaving early. Kate Halleron Murphy is resigning, effective June 17. The candidates with the most votes will get the longer terms. Listed candidates are incumbent Robert Larrabee, as well as newcomers Jessica Sierk and Denise Sero.

• Clifton-Fine Central has four seats open on the school board this year. Three of the seats are a three-year term and will start July 1, 2022 and expire June 30, 2025. One seat is to fill the vacancy of Jeremy Thompson, who was filling a seat. The term starts May 18, 2022 and expires June 30, 2024. The candidates include incumbents Roger Benjamin and Nicole Curry, as well as newcomers Judy Benzel and Emerson Northrop. Current board member Walt Todd is not seeking reelection.

• Colton-Pierrepont school has one seat, which is a four-year term. Incumbents Alex Bonno and Cindy McLean are the only two candidates on the ballot.

• Edwards-Knox Central has two open seats, each for a five-year term. Edwards school did not receive any petitions back, so all votes will be by write-in only for their two open seats. Derek LaPoint will not seek reelection. Lynn Collier, who was filling a vacated seat, will also not seek reelection.

• Gouverneur Central School will have three open seats. The two candidates listed are incumbents Dr. William Cartwright and Naaman Lowry. Board member Lisa McGregor is not seeking reelection.

• Hammond Central has two open seats. Announced candidates include incumbent Viviana Wilmot and newcomer Katie Rogers. Theodore Elk is not seeking reelection.

• Harrisville school has one board of education seat open and it is a five-year term. The only listed candidate is incumbent Parish Atkinson.

• Hermon-DeKalb Central School has three seats open. Two of them are five-year terms and the third is a two-year term. Candidates running this year include incumbents Jordan Deleel, Michael Mac Cue, as well as newcomers Marty Amo, Dale O’Donnell and John Wright.

• Heuvelton Central School has two incumbent seats and one board member moved out of the area, so there are two five-year terms for the highest vote getters and one two-year term to fill the unexpired term for the third highest vote getter. The candidates are newcomer Jacqueline Bill, and incumbents Andrew Martin and Christopher Riordan.

• Lisbon Central has one five-year term. Running this year are Nancy Addison and Christiana Navan are running to replace a seat held by Scott Walker, who is not seeking reelection.

• Madrid-Waddington Central School has two seats open. One of them is a full five-year term. The other is a two-year term. Candidates include incumbent Amber Sullivan, and Robert Smith. Board member Brian Hammond is not seeking re-election

• Massena Central School has two open board seats to be voted on. These are 5-year terms beginning July 1, 2022. The candidates are Sarah Boyce, Christopher Castell, Kristy Baker, Daniel Tusa, Susan Lambert and Zachary Monroe. Incumbents Loren Fountain and David LaClair Jr. are not running again.

• Morristown Central has three open seats, each for a three-year term. Candidates include Ruth Anne Barkley and Dr. Lawrence Kring III. Darrell Merkel is not seeking reelection.

• Norwood-Norfolk school has three open seats on the board, each for a three-year term. There are three open seats and the three candidates are incumbents. They are Suzanne Fiacco, Artie Frego and Mary Ellen Todd.

• Parishville-Hopkinton school has three seats on their board open. Two are five-year terms and one is for two years and two months. The person who gets the third highest votes will fill the two-year term, while the two highest vote-getters will earn the five-year terms. Jeffrey Yette is an incumbent and also running are Cassie Hayes and Timothy Zellweger.

• Potsdam Central has three open seats, all three-year terms. The listed candidates are incumbents J. Ralph Fuller and Rachel M.H. Wallace, along with Patrick Turbett. Board member Deborah Shipp’s name is not on the ballot.

• Ogdensburg school has two five-year terms from July 1, 2022 until June 30, 2027. Incumbents Craig A. Lalonde and Vicky May Peo are facing no competition.