Hernandez, Escobedo, Monge win Los Nietos School District board seats

Special-education aide Marisa B. Hernandez, incumbent Art Escobedo and parent volunteer Silvia Monge have won the race for three open board seats at the Los Nietos School District.

Hernandez was the top votegetter with 563 ballots cast in her favor, which came out to about 27 percent of the vote.

Escobedo won a second term on the board with 483 ballots cast in his favor, or about 23 percent of the vote; and Monge received 312 votes, or about 15 percent of the vote.

Hernandez, Escobedo and Monge had all been endorsed by the Los Nietos Teachers Association.

Incumbents Diana Villalba and Grisel Vasquez trailed in fourth and fifth place, respectively, while challenger David Nava brought in the least amount of votes.