School Board Elections Set For Wantagh and Seaford

Both Wantagh and Seaford will have contested school board elections in a month with three candidates in each district filing petitions prior to Monday’s 5 p.m. deadline.

In Wantagh, incumbent school board member Michael Cucci will be running for another three-year term but trustee Ann-Marie Sturniolo opted not to seek re-election. Seeking to win election to the Wantagh Board of Education for the first time are Michael Soethout and Mitch Zerner.

In Seaford, incumbents Brian W. Fagan and Richard G. DiBlasio are running for a new three-year term on the board. At last July’s school board reorganization meeting, Fagan and DiBlasio were selected president and vice president, respectively. Challenging the two incumbents is Laura Phillips.

Both the Wantagh and Seaford Board of Education elections are scheduled for May 17. In both districts winners will be determined by the top two vote getters.

Check back on Wantagh-Seaford Patch for more in-depth profiles on all the Wantagh and Seaford school board candidates in the leadup to next month's election.