By Susan Motander
The election for Monrovia’s School Board is a close one with Traci Gholar in the lead with more than 23% of the vote, as of Wednesday afternoon. Just behind her was Jennifer Anderson with just about 600 votes behind at almost 22% of the vote. In third place was incumbent Rob Hammond at nearly 20% of the votes. Trailing were incumbent Bryan Wong and Sashary Zaeoyan. The top three vote recipients will be the new members of the board.
Update: Thursday, Nov. 5 at 9:54 a.m.
| Candidate | Percent | Votes |
| Traci L. Gholar | 23.70% | 8,077 |
| Jennifer Baird Anderson | 21.98% | 7,489 |
| Rob Hammond | 19.86% | 6,769 |
| Bryan J. Wong | 17.42% | 5,937 |
| Sashary Zaroyan | 17.04% | 5,806 |
