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Who wants to be your school board member?
Citizens interested in being a school board member have three more weeks to obtain the petitions to run on the Nov. 3 ballot.
Petitions are due to the board of elections by 4 p.m. Aug. 20.
As of Monday, we have 25 people who have taken out petitions for one of the eight school board races in Clark County, according to the board. It’s possibly others have gotten the form online and not notified the board of elections yet of their intention to run for a seat.
Only one person — board member Steve Feagins — has taken out petitions to run for two seats up for grabs on the Springfield City Schools Board of Education, but it hasn’t been returned yet. Board member Don Reed confirmed that he is not seeking re-election in November.
If there aren’t enough candidates to fill all open seats, the board would likely have to accept applications and appoint someone.
Northeastern and Greenon also have fewer candidates than open seats right now. Northeastern board members Leonard Kadel and Edward Steiner have taken out petitions, but haven’t returned them. Tom Flaherty’s seat is also up this fall.
Greenon board member Anna Bucy has pulled petitions, but hadn’t returned them. Seats currently filled by Nelson Henning and Cynthia Boone are also in the mix.
The Clark County Educational Services Center board has had three candidates pull petitions to fill three seats up for vote in November: board members Dale Steinlage and Sarah Weigel will seek re-election and Cindy Knapp will also campaign for a seat. Board member Elliott Turner has not taken out petitions as of Monday.
Five people will vie for three seats on the Clark-Shawnee board, including board members David DeHart and David Speas. The other candidates are: R. Jason Moore, James Hogan and Thomas Markley. Judith Pierce hadn’t pulled petitions as of Monday. DeHart has returned his.
All three Northwestern board members whose terms expire this year (Donna Myers, Bruce Lemley and Keith Baldwin) have taken out petitions, as well as challenger and 2009 Northwestern grad Richard Birt, Jr.
Two seats are up for grabs in Southeastern and neither current board member (Julia Daniels and Tim Sullivan) had pulled petitions as of Monday. Four others have: Frances Edwards, Darron Routzahn, Kari Toops and Tony Entler. Edwards has returned her petition.
And in Tecumseh, all three incumbents (Dan Studebaker, Jane Manemann and Beverly Quinn) have taken out petitions, as well as challengers Mert Christmann and Marc Vlasic.
No one will officially be a candidate until they have returned their petitions and the board of elections has verified the signatures so some of these names could drop off the list before all is said and done.
I suspect we’ll have a few additions too. If someone asks you to sign a petition and I didn’t mention them, shoot me an e-mail.
In the meantime, we’ll be gearing up for election season, sure to be a busy one on the education beat with board races in every district and a few tax issues on the horizon too (Northwestern and Springfield have already started the process).
Send me an e-mail or leave a comment if you have a suggestion for a question for school board candidates during the campaign this fall.
Permalink | Comments (5) | Post your comment | Categories: Clark County Educational Services Center, Clark-Shawnee Local Schools, Greenon Local Schools, Northeastern Local Schools, Northwestern Local Schools, Southeastern Local Schools, Tecumseh Local Schools
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By he-man
July 31, 2009 1:02 PM | Link to this
Routzahn is a racist. I’ve heard him use the “N” word many times.
By Cindi Dennison
August 10, 2009 7:58 PM | Link to this
I cannot believe any parent of any school district would want Edward Steiner as a representative of their school. He alone had his mentally handicapped son sent to prison.
By Warrior Parent
August 30, 2009 11:39 PM | Link to this
Go Northwestern! I think having a recent graduate on the board is a great idea. I’ve know Ricky for years, and not only is wise beyond his years, but has true character and value. I think he will do better than anyone we have on there now!
By Warrior Parent
August 30, 2009 11:40 PM | Link to this
Go Northwestern! I think having a recent graduate on the board is a great idea. I’ve known Ricky for years, and not only is wise beyond his years, but has true character and value. I think he will do better than anyone we have on there now!
By Valium no prescription
December 16, 2009 2:18 PM | Link to this
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