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A candidate who fell short in last months race for three seats on the Des Plaines Elementary School District 62 board likely will be named to fill an open spot on the panel.

Newly elected members of the Des Plaines Elementary District 62 school board will be sworn in during Mondays board meeting.

Des Plaines Elementary District 62 voters chose to stick with familiar faces on Election Day, unofficial results show.

Elizabeth Massa With nearly all 32 precincts reporting in Des Plaines Elementary School Dist. 62, the three incumbents running for three seats on the district's board of education appear headed to victory. Elizabeth Massa led the five-candidate race with 1,612 unofficial tallies, followed by Beth Morley (1,562) and Tina Garrett (1,506) as of 8 p.m.

Five candidates are running on Tuesday, April 4 for four open spots on the Des Plaines Elementary School Dist. 62 Board of Education. With this election, each of the victors will be elected by the citizens of Des Plaines and not appointed as has been the case for some in recent years. All five candidates

In a joint online interview with the Daily Herald, candidates for Des Plaines Elementary District 62 school board discussed issues and shared views on book banning, curriculum, all-day kindergarten and more.

All the candidates for seats on the Des Plaines School District 62 board believe all-day kindergarten classes should be an option for families, but some have questions.

As conservative activists and lawmakers push to remove books that address racial issues and the LGBTQ community from classrooms across the country, candidates for seats on the Des Plaines School District 62 board pleged to hold the line against such censorship.