The Matawan Aberdeen Regional School District Board of Education will welcome four new faces in January.
According to the official election results recently released by the Monmouth County Clerk's Office, James Macomber, Tara Martinez, Joelle Nappi and Kathleen Gentile received the highest number of votes.
Macomber and Martinez will each represent Aberdeen for a three-year term on the board. Nappi will represent Aberdeen for a one-year unexpired term and Gentile will represent Matawan for a three-year term.
According to the board of education's agenda for their Dec. 17 meeting at Lloyd Road School, Superintendent David Healy will recognize the service of the outgoing board members Elizabeth Hayward, Kenneth Aitken, Gerald Donaghue and Patricia Phillips.
Here are the official results for the 2012 board of education election:
3-Year Term, Aberdeen Vote Count Percentage James Macomber 2,030 29.22% Tara Martinez 2,231 32.11% Kenneth Aitken (incumbent) 1,149 16.54% Elizabeth Hayward (incumbent) 1,453 20.91% 1-Year Unexpired, AberdeenVote Count
Art Perri (write-in) 83 18.82% Joelle Nappi (write-in) 91 20.63% Patricia Phillips (write-in) 49 11.11% L. William Lamb (write-in) 17 3.85% 3-Year Term, Matawan
Vote Count Percentage James Shea (write-in) 56 17.72% Kathleen Gentile (write-in) 79 25.00%
Sincerely, Kathleen Gentile, non-salaried, but proud, community volunteer