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New Face Joins Familiar Ones of 3 Re-Elected D140 Trustees

Andrew Leoni earns a seat on the Kirby school district board, while incumbents John Mirecki Sr., Thomas J. Martelli and Carol DeMicheal retain their seats.

The three current members of the Kirby School District 140 Board of Education up for re-election kept their seats Tuesday. But a Tinley Park native of 20 years also became a member of the board.

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Incumbents John Mirecki Sr., Thomas J. Martelli and Carol DeMicheal will continue to serve on the board. They will be joined by Andrew Leoni, 33, who beat out John T. Lutz for the final open seat.

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Leoni ran on a three-pronged platform of accountability, communication between stakeholders in the district and an emphasis on technology as an essential learning and teaching tool D140. He also highlighted his experience as a financial planner as being a key to the district's economic stability.

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"Andrew wants to make sure that Kirby School District 140 is on solid financial ground with the best teachers in the most secure community possible to safeguard his future child and everyone else in Tinley Park," stated his personal campaign website.

Watch the video in this article for more about newly elected D140 board of education trustee Leoni.


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