On Tuesday, voters reshaped the makeup of our local school boards.

While many incumbents retained their seats, several newcomers will now make decisions affecting the education of Central Pennsylvania’s schoolchildren.

Here’s a look at how the races turned out:

KEYSTONE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

Four seats were up for election this year on the Keystone Central School Board of Directors. According to Tuesday night’s unofficial results, they look to go to incumbent Elisabeth Lynch, in Region II; and newcomers Shelby Bohartz, in Region V; John Miller, in Region VII; and Mary Kramer, in Region IX.

Vote totals were:

— For Lynch, 839 total, with 207 mail-in ballots.

— For Bohartz, 858 total, with 180 mail-in ballots.

— For Miller, 582 total, with 141 mail-in ballots.

— Region IX was the only contested race of the bunch. Kramer, a Republican, received 549 votes, of which 55 were mail-in. On the Democratic ticket, Megan Houser received 534 votes, of which 109 were mail-in.

The three newcomers will take the seats of current KCSD board members Tracy Smith, in Region V; Roger Elling, in Region VII; and James “Butch” Knauff, in Region IX, all of whom chose not to run this year.

JERSEY SHORE AREA

SCHOOL DISTRICT

Three seats were available this year on the Jersey Shore Area School Board. According to Tuesday night’s unofficial results, two of them look to be retained by incumbents Michelle Stemler, in Region II, and Jessie Edwards, in Region III.

Four seats total were available, with Edwards and Neihl Williamson running for the two open seats in Region III.

Stemler ran unopposed. Meanwhile, in Region I, newcomer Craig Allen looks to join the Board. Allen also ran unopposed.

Vote totals were:

— For Allen, 859 total, with 110 mail-ins

— For Stemler, 945 total, with 126 mail-ins

— For Edwards, in Clinton County, 128 total, with 17 mail-ins; in Lycoming County, 819 total, with 79 mail-ins;

— For Williamson, in Clinton County, 107 total and 12 mail-ins, and in Lycoming County, 749 total, with 78 mail-ins.

BELLEFONTE AREA

SCHOOL DISTRICT

Four seats were up for grabs in the Bellefonte Area School District race, and according to preliminary results, incumbents Kristin Lyons, Nate Campbell and Jon Guizar are poised to return to the board.

The fourth seat, left vacant earlier this year after Jack Bechdel II’s arrest and resignation, appears to have been won by Joe Yech. Yech outpaced Holly Hopkins, who had been appointed by the school board in April to complete Bechdel’s term.

Lyons led the field with 5,485 votes, followed by Campbell with 5,098, Guizar with 4,731, and Yech with 4,792. There were also 2,642 write-in votes, many of them for Hopkins.

Once certified, the winners will serve new terms running from 2026 through 2029.

BALD EAGLE AREA

SCHOOL DISTRICT

Voters in the Bald Eagle Area School District returned four incumbents to the school board on Tuesday, according to unofficial election results published late that night.

All four seats carry four-year terms, and each candidate ran unopposed.

In Region 1, where two seats were up for reelection, Mary Ann Hamilton received 551 votes and Timothy Nilson 513, with 25 write-ins cast.

In Region 2, Mark Kresovich earned 1,559 votes, while 51 went to write-ins.

In Region 3, board president Tina Greene won 938 votes to 41 write-ins.

PENNS VALLEY AREA

SCHOOL DISTRICT

Four seats were up for election on the Penns Valley Area School Board, and each went to a new member. The district’s slate of candidates did not include any incumbents.

In the race for two at-large seats, Democrat Kendyl Wittenrich Paolini appeared to finish third, according to unofficial results, with 1,641 votes. Republican Daniel Decker and Douglas Roth, who cross-filed with both parties, are expected to claim the two seats with 2,136 and 2,062 votes, respectively.

In Region 2, Vincent Nicosia, who also cross-filed, ran unopposed and received 838 of the 861 votes cast.

In Region 3, Republican Jessica Shawver appears to have defeated Democrat Amber May, 547 votes to 414.

Each seat carries a four-year term through 2029.

CERTIFICATION OF RESULTS

The Clinton County Board of Elections will meet on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, at 12 p.m., at the Clinton County Piper Building, 2 Piper Way, second floor conference room, Lock Haven. The purpose of the meeting is to determine winners of tie-votes of the municipal election, to certify its results and address any other business the Board of Elections deems appropriate.

Additional meeting times are available at www.clintoncountypa.gov/departments/voter-registration.

In Centre County, the Board of Elections will convene several times in the days following the municipal election.

Meetings are scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, at 10 a.m. (watch live www.youtube.com/live/B_8h4BPtmgU); Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, at 10 a.m. (watch live www.youtube.com/live/KO9VQM11-yM); Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, at 3 p.m., for pre-certification; and Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, at 3 p.m., for certification.