CRANBERRY TWP — Of the six Seneca Valley School Board members up for reelection, three will face opposition — all from write-in candidates.

Leslie Bredl, the Region 1 incumbent, is challenged by write-in candidate Erin McClymonds; in Region 4, write-in candidate Nunzio Martin challenges incumbent Frederick Peterson Jr.; and in Region 5, incumbent Tim Hester faces write-in candidate Chris Marnik Jr.

Bredl said her goal in running originally was to be more involved with the school district, which her three children attended and for which she'd volunteered for decades.

McClymonds said she wants to see more transparency, communication and understanding from the current directors.

Martin wrote in an online biography that he feels the district has stepped too far into what should be the decisions of parents.

Peterson has expressed a desire for education as more than a one-size-fits-all solution.

Hester, like Peterson, runs for a third term on the board, having first been elected in 2013. And, like Bredl, he wanted to extend his volunteerism to the school board.

Marnik did not respond to a Facebook message — the only way identified on his web page to contact him — seeking comment, but has allied himself with McClymonds and Martin, two proponents of “parental choice and parental voice.”

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