Incumbents roll in Arlington Heights Dist. 25
Michael King and Steve Weseman were unsuccessful in trying to claim one of the four board seats on Tuesday's ballot.
With 57 of 58 precincts reporting, unofficial totals showed Glasgow with 4,831 votes, Page with 4,198 votes, Nielsen with 4,193 votes, and Crusius with 3,803 votes.
King had 2,918 votes and Weseman had 2,717 votes.
"I think it shows we've done some great things for the district and the community," Glasgow said late Tuesday.
Current board member Dan Petro decided not to run for re-election, opening a spot on the board for someone new. The voters chose Crusius.
"I'm looking to keep up the quality of education and at the same time keep the budget balanced," said Crusius, a software engineer and father of two.
Among his top priorities as a board member will be to look into televising school board meetings, he said.
Lacking any hot button issues, all the candidates backed the current plan to air-condition all District 25 schools and stressed the need for fiscal responsibility in the midst of an economic downturn.
"We have already seen delays in revenue from the state, and do not yet know what priority or funding level our new governor will bring to education. We must watch the budget carefully," Crusius said during the campaign.
Nielsen was the only candidate to stand alone on certain topics during a candidates forum in March. For example, he said year-round schools were a good idea and also expressed reservations about introducing foreign language classes to elementary school students.
"Two years ago I went to a workshop on year-round schools and talked to teachers and administrators who all thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread," Nielsen said. "It's not like there will be no breaks. There will be breaks."
Other candidates didn't like the idea.
"That really has to be community and parent driven if we're going to have success with that," Glasgow said.
She said the district already offers six weeks of summer school programs for remedial and gifted students.
The board members elected Tuesday will serve four-year terms.