Six candidates vie for three seats on Germantown School Board

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.

Contested race for School Board

The fight for three Germantown School Board seats couldn't be more different with contested races across the board. The field for Seat 1is not yet set because incumbent Kim Fischer filed noncandidacy paperwork near Tuesday's 5 p.m. deadline, necessitating another 72-hour window for people to file paperwork. Christina Wolf-Lang and Sarah Larson have already submitted paperwork to run for Seat 1, and if any other candidates also file for Seat 1, a primary would be held 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 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.

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

The general election is April 3.