Nine openings attract just five candidates for Harwood school board

January 27, 2026  |  By Lisa Scagliotti

Nine positions on the 14-member Harwood Unified Union School District School Board will be on upcoming election ballots across the six-town district, and only five candidates have stepped forward so far.

With the most members on the Harwood board, Waterbury has two seats up for election in March and only one seat has a single candidate. Pamela Eaton, who was appointed in 2025, will run for election to a full three-year term. 

A second position with one year remaining on the term did not attract a candidate by Monday's filing deadline, according to Interim Waterbury Town Clerk Beth Jones. Waterbury representative Dan Roscioli holds that seat and is not running for election.   

Waterbury has four seats on the Harwood school board. Duxbury, Fayston, Moretown, Waitsfield and Warren each have two. 

Moretown and Warren each will have one school board seat to fill, and no candidates filed, according to clerks in those towns on Tuesday. Warren board member Jonathan Young recently resigned from the board, and Moretown representative Ben Clark did not file to run for re-election. 

Waitsfield has one seat on the ballot, and incumbent J.B. Weir filed to run for re-election, according to Waitsfield Town Clerk Jennifer Peterson. 

Both of Fayston’s school board seats will be on the ballot, with just one candidate seeking election. Langford Davidson, who was appointed in November to fill a vacancy, has filed to run for a full three-year seat, Town Clerk Madison Vasseur reported on Tuesday. Fayston’s other seat has no candidates, she said. That is an opening with two years remaining after board member Rebecca Baruzzi resigned in December. 

Both of Duxbury's representatives to the Harwood board are up for election and have filed to run: Cindy Senning, who serves as vice chair and has been on the board since 2021 is seeking a full three-year term; Emily Dolloff, who was appointed in 2025, is running for the remaining two years on an unexpired term, according to Duxbury Town Clerk Maureen Harvey.

Any positions that remain open after the March 3 election would be filled by appointment by the school board with members serving until the March 2027 election. Candidates still may run as write-ins on Town Meeting Day.