Nail-Biter In Wyckoff Regional School Board Election

This story was last updated at 7:15 a.m. Wednesday

WYCKOFF, NJ — Preliminary results for the elections in Wyckoff are in, now that the polls closed at 8 p.m.

The final numbers may not be known for several days, as voters with paper ballots were able to mail them throughout the day on Tuesday.

Local Results

Wyckoff has two seats open on its Township Committee. Two Republican candidates, Peter Melchionne and Scott A. Fisher, ran for re-election unopposed.

As of Wednesday morning, they had amassed 2,498 and 2,532 votes, respectively.

Two candidates are also running for local Wyckoff school board unopposed: Frank Barbagallo and Christopher Rizzo. They had amassed 1,885 and 1,905 votes respectively.

However, the big battle was over a single Wyckoff seat on the Ramapo-Indian Hills Board of Education, which oversees two regional high schools: Indian Hills High School and Ramapo High School.

Incumbent Brian DeLaite is up for re-election, and Jared A. Geist is running against him. (Read about the race and the issues here).

The board has become controversial, as a new board majority has made some decisions that resulted in protests this year, including voting not to fund certain mental health programs. They changed their minds after an outcry.

DeLaite had voted in favor of the programs.

The race after election night was close, and any uncounted ballots could change it. So far the numbers, as released by the county clerk, are:

Ramapo-Indian Hills School Board Vote Totals For One Wyckoff Seat

• Brian DeLaite: 1,692
• Jared A. Geist: 1,659

Results will be continually updated here.

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