Four incumbents and one newcomer are facing off to fill the four seats on Butler Area School District’s school board in the upcoming general election on Nov. 4.

The school district, currently made up of over 5,000 students, serves families in Butler, Center, Clearfield, Connoquenessing, Oakland and Summit townships; and East Butler, Connoquenessing and Butler city.

Current school board members — John Conrad, Gary Shingleton, Nina Teff and Al Vavro — will seek to defend their seats against Eric Reffert.

Since school board candidates can cross-file, Shingleton, Teff and Vavro made the November ballot with nods from both the Republican and Democratic parties. Conrad is running in the November election listed as a Republican, and Reffert is running listed as a Democrat. Meet the candidates

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