UPDATE: 7 of 9 Harwood School Board openings now have candidates - and one race
January 27, 2026 | By Lisa ScagliottiThis story was updated on Feb. 13 and Feb. 19.
Waterbury gets a race; Fayston, Moretown still need candidates
Feb. 19: Waterbury’s one-year school board seat with no candidate on the ballot has attracted a second write-in contender. Theo Hanna has announced her interest in the spot in addition to Michael Frank.
Feb. 13: Two candidates have emerged as write-ins for the March 3 election. In Waterbury, Michael Frank has announced he will run for the one-year unexpired term. On Feb. 11, the school board appointed Macon Phillips to the vacant seat to serve until March 3. Phillips says he will run as a write-in for that position.
That leaves a seat each representing Moretown and Fayston without candidates in the March 3 election.
Nine positions on the 14-member Harwood Unified Union School District School Board will be on upcoming election ballots across the six-town district. For the Jan. 26 filing deadline to get on the ballot, only five candidates stepped forward. Since then, however, three additional candidates have emerged: a new appointee to the board in Warren who plans to run for election, and two write-in contenders for the one-year seat representing Waterbury.
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 on the ballot. 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 the Jan. 26 filing deadline, according to Interim Waterbury Town Clerk Beth Jones. Waterbury representative Dan Roscioli holds that seat and is not running for election. As of Feb. 19, however, two candidates have announced their interest as write-ins for that seat: former board member Michael Frank and newcomer Theo Hanna.
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 and no candidates have stepped forward as of Feb. 19.
The school board on Feb. 11 filed Young’s position, appointing Macon Phillips to serve until Town Meeting Day. Phillips says he will run as a write-in candidate to continue to serve following the 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.