7 Vie For 5 Seats On North Palos Dist. 117 Board In April 4 Election

PALOS HILLS-HICKORY HILLS, IL — Seven candidates have filed to run for five open seats on the North Palos Dist. 117 school board in the April 4 consolidated election.

A special election is being held for two, unexpired, 2-year terms. The winning candidates, if they choose, will run for full terms in 2025.

The remaining seats are for full, 4-year terms.

Incumbent candidates include Tom Kostas, currently the D117 board president, Debbie Chafee and Lauren Potokar, all of Hickory Hills, and Palos Hills resident, Bobby Greene.

Challengers are John Cavel and Sandy Szcygiel, of Palos Hills, and Hickory Hills resident, Anna Majchrowicsz.

D117 school board meetings were the center of contentious debate over face mask mandates in 2021.