3rd UPDATE: 8 of 9 Harwood School Board openings now have candidates - and two races
January 27, 2026 | By Lisa ScagliottiThis story was updated on Feb. 13, Feb. 19 and Feb. 24 and Feb. 28.
Write-in races in Waterbury & Warren
Fayston gets a candidate
no takers for Moretown spot
Feb. 28: Karl Naden from Fayston has come forward to make a write-in bid for the one-year Harwood School Board seat on the ballot. It’s the final year of the term previously held by Fayston rep Mike Bishop, who resigned in the fall. Rebecca Baruzzi also stepped down in December, creating another opening; her term has two years remaining. Langford Davidson, who was appointed in the fall to serve until Town Meeting Day, is on the ballot for that position.
Feb. 24: Robert Perry from Warren has announced that he’s interested in the school board seat on the ballot there that has become available after Jonathan Young resigned in January. The school board on Feb. 11 appointed Macon Phillips to the spot with the understanding that he would run to serve in that position for the next year. Both are write-in candidates because they came forward after the deadline to get their names on the Town Meeting Day election ballots. The position has one year left on the term that Young began in 2024.
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, four additional candidates have emerged: two write-in contenders for the one-year seat representing Waterbury; and two write-in candidates in Warren, including one who was just appointed on Feb. 11 to serve until March 3.
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. On Feb. 24, Robert Perry announced that he’s also interested in the Warren seat and is running as a write-in candidate as well.
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 are up for election, due to the recent resignations of members Mike Bishop and Rebecca Baruzzi late last year. Langford Davidson, who was appointed in November to serve until March, has filed to run for the seat with two years remaining on its term, Town Clerk Madison Vasseur reported. Fayston’s other seat has no candidates on the ballot, but the opening with just one year remaining on the term has attracted a write-in candidate, Karl Naden, as of just a few days before Town Meeting Day.
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.