HANCOCK COUNTY — Residents living in the Southern Hancock and Greenfield-Central school districts are the only voters who are going to see contested school board races this fall.
The deadline to file to run for school board positions — nonpartisan races that appear on the ballot only in November — was Friday afternoon. Twelve board positions across the county’s four school districts are up for grabs Nov. 8. The at-large position on Greenfield-Central’s board is contested, along with the District 1 and 2 seats on Southern Hancock’s school board.
Three incumbents aren’t seeking re-election. Dan Leary won’t seek another term to Greenfield-Central’s District 1 seat. Southern Hancock board members Barb Snyder and Tom Tucker are also saying goodbye to their positions.
School board members serve four-year terms, establishing school policies and setting budgets. They also vote on a variety of other school-related issues, ranging from personnel matters to facility needs.
Residents who have filed to run for school board are:
Eastern Hancock School Board District 2
Scott Petry
Eastern Hancock School Board District 3
Jim Jackson
Southern Hancock School Board District 1
Wendy Parish
Matt Ackerman
Southern Hancock School Board District 2
Bill Niemier (incumbent)
Jon Hooker
Southern Hancock School Board District 4
Daniel Walker
Greenfield-Central School Board District 1
Hillary Close
Greenfield-Central School Board District 4
Kathy Dowling
Greenfield-Central School Board, at-large
Ray Kerkhof (incumbent)
Dan Brown
Mt. Vernon School Board, at-large (3 seats)
Tony May
Mike McCarty
Jason Shelton
For more on this story, read Tuesday’s Daily Reporter.
