The Regional School Unit 14 board is now set, with Windham electing six members and Raymond three at the polls Tuesday in an election marked by low turnout.

Also in Windham, a charter amendment regarding the recall of elected officials passed the popular vote, 292-191, but will not be enacted because the issue did not receive the required number of voters.

In order to be valid, the recall charter amendment required that at least 2,002 Windham residents cast a ballot, equal to 30 percent of the voters in the last gubernatorial election. The amendment was put on the ballot through a petition.

In Windham, where 491 total ballots were cast, voters elected to the new RSU 14 board current Windham School Committee members Kate Brix (374 votes), Toby Pennels (361), Mike Duffy (356) and Marge Govoni (334), as well as Kane Loukas (326), and Michael Mack (313). The seventh candidate, Steve Dow, received 260 votes.

In Raymond, which drew 204 voters, Alizah Shriver (155 votes), Catriona Sangster (137) and Jeraldine Keane (117), a member of the current Raymond School Committee, were elected. Abigail Davis (95) and Jennifer Mains (51) rounded out the ballot, while 10 others received write-in votes.

The Windham-Raymond school merger was approved overwhelmingly by voters in both towns at the polls Nov. 4. The two existing school departments will be eliminated and the new Regional School Unit 14 will officially take over July 1, 2009.

The RSU 14 board will meet for the first time Wednesday, Feb. 11, when the new members will elect a chairman and vice chairman, said Windham School Department Superintendent Sandy Prince, who is overseeing RSU 14 for the time being.

They will also have to draw straws to determine each members’ term length, which have been staggered for the sake of continuity, he said. Under the plan, Windham members will have two each of one-year, two-year and three-year terms, while Raymond members will have one of each.

How the new board interacts with the two existing boards will be determined by the respective board chairs, Prince said. It is likely that the RSU 14 board will focus on the 2010 budget, while the existing boards will continue to meet to handle immediate matters, he said.

While the turnout was in line with that of other special elections held outside of the June primaries and the November gubernatorial and presidential elections, it was low when compared to other elections in which school officials were elected.

In June 2008, when elections for the Windham School Committee candidates were held alongside the presidential and congressional primaries, 2,496 out of Windham’s 11,170 voters cast a ballot. In June 2007, with school committee and town council candidates on the ballot, 1,527 voters turned out.

Some special elections, however, have drawn interest from voters. A special election regarding trash bags held in Windham in February 1995 drew 1,901 voters, while one in December 2001 regarding the construction of the new high school brought 2,200 people to the polls.