After a hard-fought election, Jeremy Way and Julie Scott won with a combined total of 55.98% of the votes, according to the St. Charles County Election Authority. Scott earned the highest number of votes, with a total of 5,850. Way came in a close second with a total of 5,799 votes.

Scott is also a reelect for the board of education.

“I am so thankful for the community support in my reelection. I believe this win shows that the community wants a board that supports its students, teachers, staff, and also public education,” Scott said.

The elected board members will be sworn into their positions during an upcoming Board of Education meeting.

The other candidates, Christina Macormic and Danielle Looney, received the other 43.68 percent of the votes. Danielle Looney

received 4,683 votes and Christina Macormic received 4,408 votes.

Along with that, there were a total of 70 write in votes, making up just 0.34% percent of the total votes.

The other school-related initiative on the ballot was the Wentzville School District’s $135 million zero rate change bond, proposition L. It failed by a razor-thin margin of just 0.2%. It failed because it did not meet the 57.14% threshold for “YES” votes. Prop L received 56.94% of “YES” votes.

You can read more about proposition L here.

Many people in the local community learned about two of the candidates through a live-streamed event held by LHS Publications known as Town Hall. This livestream invited all candidates to come and answer questions pulled from the community and generated by the team.

Lucy Bowen (12) was a first time voter.

“I was nervous going in, but also very excited for the new responsibility,” Bowen said. “I did a lot of research into the issues and candidates on the ballot before voting. I also watched the [WSD] town hall to get to know some of the candidates better.”

Overall, the local elections are a lot smaller than the national elections seen this last year. They have a lot fewer votes than before.

“It’s really important because you have a bigger voice,” Earth club president Clara Walker (12) said. “Your vote really does count and it’s the most important way to get your voice heard for something that really does affect you.”

A correction was made on April 9: An earlier version of this story was misstated that proposition L had passed, when in fact it failed by .2%