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Kansas school board elections, 2023

️Tue Aug 01 2023

Kansas was one of 10 states where Ballotpedia provided comprehensive school board election coverage in 2023.
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Elections

The table below contains links to all school board elections within Ballotpedia's regular coverage scope in this state, which included all school districts in the 100 largest cities by population, the 200 largest school districts by student enrollment.

Editor's note: Some school districts choose to cancel the primary election, or both the primary and general election, if the number of candidates who filed does not meet a certain threshold. The table below does not reflect which primary or general elections were canceled. Please click through to each school district's page for more information.

2023 Kansas School Board Elections
District	Primary	General Election	General Runoff Election	Regular term length	Seats up for election	Total board seats	2022-2023 enrollment
Circle Unified School District 375	8/1/2023	11/7/2023	N/A	4	4	7	2,062
Goddard Unified School District 265	8/1/2023	11/7/2023	N/A	4	4	7	6,310
Haysville Unified School District 261	8/1/2023	11/7/2023	N/A	4	4	7	5,788
Maize Unified School District 266	8/1/2023	11/7/2023	N/A	4	4	7	7,999
Wichita Public Schools	8/1/2023	11/7/2023	N/A	4	3	7	46,796

Ballotpedia is covering all other school board elections in Kansas, including those outside of our regular coverage scope. Use the links below to view all covered elections in Kansas.

Quinter Unified School District 293, Kansas, elections

Academic performance

See also: Public education in Kansas

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Education terms

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NAEP scores

See also: NAEP scores by state

The National Center for Education Statistics provides state-by-state data on student achievement levels in mathematics and reading in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The chart below presents the percentage of fourth and eighth grade students that scored at or above proficient in reading and math during school year 2012-2013. Compared to three neighboring states (Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma), Kansas had the highest share of fourth and eighth grade students who scored at or above proficient in math.^[1]

Percent of students scoring at or above proficient, 2012-2013
	Math - Grade 4	Math - Grade 8	Reading - Grade 4	Reading - Grade 8
Kansas	48%	40%	38%	36%
Missouri	39%	33%	35%	36%
Nebraska	45%	36%	37%	37%
Oklahoma	36%	25%	30%	29%
U.S. averages	41%	34%	34%	34%
Source: United States Department of Education, ED Data Express, "State Tables"

Graduation, ACT and SAT scores

See also: Graduation rates by groups in state and ACT and SAT scores in the United States

The following table shows the graduation rates and average composite ACT and SAT scores for Kansas and surrounding states during the 2012-2013 school year. All statements made in this section refer to that school year.^[1]^[2]^[3]

In the United States, public schools reported graduation rates that averaged to about 81.4 percent. About 54 percent of all students in the country took the ACT, while 50 percent reported taking the SAT. The average national composite scores for those tests were 20.9 out of a possible 36 for the ACT, and 1498 out of a possible 2400 for the SAT.^[4]

Kansas schools reported a graduation rate of 85.7 percent during the 2012-2013 school year, tying with Missouri.

In Kansas, more students took the ACT than the SAT in 2013, earning an average ACT score of 21.8.

Comparison table for graduation rates and test scores, 2012-2013
State	Graduation rate, 2013	Average ACT composite, 2013	Average SAT composite, 2013
Percent	Quintile ranking**	Score	Participation rate	Score	Participation rate
Kansas	85.7%	Second	21.8	75%	1752	6%
Missouri	85.7%	Second	21.6	74%	1773	4%
Nebraska	88.5%	First	21.5	84%	1734	4%
Oklahoma	84.8%	Second	20.8	75%	1689	5%
United States	81.4%	20.9	54%	1498	50%
^Graduation rates for states in the first quintile ranked in the top 20 percent nationally. Similarly, graduation rates for states in the fifth quintile ranked in the bottom 20 percent nationally. Sources*: United States Department of Education, "ED Data Express" ACT.org, "2013 ACT National and State Scores" The Commonwealth Foundation*, "SAT scores by state, 2013"

Dropout rate

See also: Public high school dropout rates by state for a full comparison of dropout rates by group in all states

The high school event dropout rate indicates the proportion of students who were enrolled at some time during the school year and were expected to be enrolled in grades nine through 12 in the following school year but were not enrolled by October 1 of the following school year. Students who have graduated, transferred to another school, died, moved to another country, or who are out of school due to illness are not considered dropouts. The average public high school event dropout rate for the United States remained constant at 3.3 percent for both school year 2010–2011 and school year 2011–2012. The event dropout rate for Kansas was lower than the national average at 2.3 percent in the 2010-2011 school year, and 2.1 percent in the 2011-2012 school year.^[5]

State profile

Ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for gubernatorial candidates in New Jersey in the 2025 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in New Jersey, click here.

Filing requirements for gubernatorial candidates, 2025
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Signature formula	Filing fee	Filing fee formula	Filing deadline	Source
New Jersey	Governor	Democratic	2,500	Fixed number	N/A	N/A	3/21/2025	Source
New Jersey	Governor	Republican	2,500	Fixed number	N/A	N/A	3/21/2025	Source

State profile

Demographic data for Kansas
	Kansas	U.S.
Total population:	2,906,721	316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):	81,759	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:	85.2%	73.6%
Black/African American:	5.8%	12.6%
Asian:	2.6%	5.1%
Native American:	0.8%	0.8%
Pacific Islander:	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more:	3.3%	3%
Hispanic/Latino:	11.2%	17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:	90.2%	86.7%
College graduation rate:	31%	29.8%
Income
Median household income:	$52,205	$53,889
Persons below poverty level:	15%	11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Kansas. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Presidential voting pattern

See also: Presidential voting trends in Kansas

Kansas voted Republican in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.

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Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

There are no Pivot Counties in Kansas. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Kansas with 56.7 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 36.1 percent. In presidential elections between 1864 and 2016, Kansas voted Republican 84.21 percent of the time and Democratic 15.78 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Kansas voted Republican all five times.^[6]

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Kansas. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.^[7]^[8]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 29 out of 125 state House districts in Kansas with an average margin of victory of 21.8 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 34 out of 125 state House districts in Kansas with an average margin of victory of 20.9 points. Clinton won six districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.

In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 96 out of 125 state House districts in Kansas with an average margin of victory of 32.8 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 91 out of 125 state House districts in Kansas with an average margin of victory of 35.5 points. Trump won 11 districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.

2016 presidential results by state House district
District	Obama	Romney	2012 Margin	Clinton	Trump	2016 Margin	Party Control
1	34.52%	63.35%	R+28.8	23.35%	71.63%	R+48.3	R
2	39.77%	57.53%	R+17.8	27.77%	66.50%	R+38.7	D
3	46.36%	51.22%	R+4.9	38.05%	54.82%	R+16.8	D
4	30.10%	67.41%	R+37.3	20.25%	74.79%	R+54.5	R
5	32.25%	65.27%	R+33	23.45%	69.48%	R+46	R
6	29.97%	68.18%	R+38.2	26.18%	67.84%	R+41.7	R
7	37.56%	60.32%	R+22.8	27.74%	66.71%	R+39	R
8	29.85%	68.98%	R+39.1	39.07%	55.47%	R+16.4	R
9	34.83%	62.80%	R+28	26.84%	66.79%	R+39.9	R
10	56.98%	40.00%	D+17	56.46%	35.14%	D+21.3	D
11	30.79%	66.61%	R+35.8	24.48%	70.05%	R+45.6	R
12	22.13%	75.66%	R+53.5	16.45%	78.95%	R+62.5	R
13	22.55%	75.21%	R+52.7	16.51%	77.88%	R+61.4	R
14	35.33%	63.12%	R+27.8	40.81%	52.23%	R+11.4	R
15	41.90%	55.57%	R+13.7	42.04%	48.78%	R+6.7	R
16	42.20%	56.14%	R+13.9	47.32%	45.91%	D+1.4	D
17	41.27%	56.85%	R+15.6	47.24%	45.90%	D+1.3	R
18	43.81%	54.18%	R+10.4	45.07%	47.41%	R+2.3	D
19	44.88%	53.47%	R+8.6	53.76%	39.96%	D+13.8	R
20	37.95%	60.61%	R+22.7	48.15%	46.37%	D+1.8	R
21	50.02%	48.02%	D+2	57.77%	35.71%	D+22.1	D
22	52.33%	44.57%	D+7.8	52.46%	38.89%	D+13.6	D
23	49.29%	48.38%	D+0.9	51.80%	40.42%	D+11.4	R
24	53.41%	43.84%	D+9.6	54.71%	37.19%	D+17.5	D
25	50.47%	47.54%	D+2.9	59.32%	33.38%	D+25.9	R
26	32.80%	65.25%	R+32.4	33.61%	58.71%	R+25.1	R
27	29.93%	68.57%	R+38.6	36.38%	57.73%	R+21.4	R
28	31.83%	66.95%	R+35.1	42.47%	52.42%	R+9.9	R
29	44.53%	53.59%	R+9.1	49.08%	44.00%	D+5.1	D
30	43.67%	54.04%	R+10.4	47.90%	44.60%	D+3.3	R
31	68.34%	29.12%	D+39.2	64.49%	28.46%	D+36	D
32	70.85%	26.33%	D+44.5	69.13%	24.93%	D+44.2	D
33	53.07%	44.74%	D+8.3	46.77%	46.81%	R+0	D
34	87.52%	11.61%	D+75.9	82.15%	14.18%	D+68	D
35	83.97%	14.71%	D+69.3	79.07%	17.21%	D+61.9	D
36	57.58%	41.19%	D+16.4	54.32%	40.28%	D+14	D
37	60.83%	36.66%	D+24.2	53.70%	39.94%	D+13.8	D
38	34.73%	63.29%	R+28.6	30.42%	63.22%	R+32.8	R
39	35.39%	62.94%	R+27.5	39.04%	53.11%	R+14.1	R
40	40.75%	57.27%	R+16.5	38.32%	53.56%	R+15.2	D
41	46.66%	50.70%	R+4	39.81%	50.78%	R+11	D
42	36.18%	61.14%	R+25	31.04%	61.02%	R+30	R
43	34.15%	63.16%	R+29	31.41%	59.98%	R+28.6	R
44	62.77%	34.89%	D+27.9	67.49%	25.53%	D+42	D
45	54.91%	42.82%	D+12.1	59.16%	33.32%	D+25.8	R
46	77.64%	19.20%	D+58.4	76.44%	14.71%	D+61.7	D
47	38.18%	59.43%	R+21.3	31.44%	61.94%	R+30.5	R
48	36.29%	62.51%	R+26.2	45.15%	48.99%	R+3.8	R
49	38.40%	59.65%	R+21.3	42.61%	49.98%	R+7.4	R
50	37.85%	59.91%	R+22.1	32.39%	60.99%	R+28.6	R
51	28.55%	68.80%	R+40.3	24.87%	67.57%	R+42.7	R
52	38.48%	59.83%	R+21.4	41.24%	52.33%	R+11.1	R
53	49.46%	48.55%	D+0.9	48.48%	44.69%	D+3.8	D
54	36.08%	61.42%	R+25.3	31.53%	61.19%	R+29.7	R
55	58.75%	38.23%	D+20.5	56.22%	35.86%	D+20.4	D
56	50.35%	47.61%	D+2.7	47.52%	45.37%	D+2.1	D
57	60.24%	37.08%	D+23.2	52.56%	40.10%	D+12.5	D
58	68.89%	28.89%	D+40	62.81%	30.95%	D+31.9	D
59	34.91%	62.26%	R+27.3	27.17%	65.34%	R+38.2	R
60	44.81%	52.89%	R+8.1	41.23%	50.34%	R+9.1	R
61	28.37%	68.24%	R+39.9	21.25%	72.95%	R+51.7	R
62	23.43%	74.47%	R+51	17.38%	77.05%	R+59.7	R
63	35.08%	62.22%	R+27.1	26.76%	66.59%	R+39.8	R
64	25.27%	72.77%	R+47.5	20.43%	73.29%	R+52.9	R
65	43.74%	54.05%	R+10.3	34.93%	58.47%	R+23.5	R
66	50.12%	46.43%	D+3.7	51.05%	38.79%	D+12.3	D
67	40.06%	57.80%	R+17.7	42.63%	49.20%	R+6.6	R
68	34.43%	63.50%	R+29.1	29.68%	63.68%	R+34	R
69	35.59%	61.03%	R+25.4	30.21%	60.42%	R+30.2	R
70	23.84%	73.94%	R+50.1	19.14%	74.53%	R+55.4	R
71	32.78%	64.93%	R+32.1	30.30%	61.66%	R+31.4	R
72	40.72%	57.33%	R+16.6	36.99%	55.92%	R+18.9	D
73	26.35%	71.50%	R+45.2	22.73%	70.59%	R+47.9	R
74	29.70%	67.81%	R+38.1	26.47%	66.27%	R+39.8	R
75	30.67%	66.90%	R+36.2	24.51%	69.40%	R+44.9	R
76	30.91%	66.27%	R+35.4	24.82%	68.60%	R+43.8	R
77	27.21%	70.71%	R+43.5	22.92%	70.69%	R+47.8	R
78	34.61%	63.40%	R+28.8	38.30%	53.87%	R+15.6	R
79	32.96%	65.00%	R+32	28.05%	65.25%	R+37.2	D
80	35.06%	62.13%	R+27.1	26.70%	67.44%	R+40.7	R
81	33.84%	63.99%	R+30.2	31.03%	61.27%	R+30.2	R
82	30.06%	67.52%	R+37.5	26.99%	65.38%	R+38.4	R
83	54.37%	43.11%	D+11.3	51.85%	39.65%	D+12.2	D
84	70.84%	26.86%	D+44	68.69%	24.53%	D+44.2	D
85	34.31%	63.97%	R+29.7	37.32%	56.24%	R+18.9	R
86	53.12%	43.21%	D+9.9	48.15%	43.40%	D+4.7	D
87	37.57%	60.74%	R+23.2	40.94%	52.41%	R+11.5	R
88	49.69%	48.03%	D+1.7	47.67%	44.31%	D+3.4	D
89	61.51%	37.13%	D+24.4	59.18%	34.73%	D+24.4	D
90	24.03%	73.80%	R+49.8	22.19%	71.68%	R+49.5	R
91	30.91%	66.80%	R+35.9	29.71%	63.58%	R+33.9	R
92	50.33%	46.78%	D+3.5	49.74%	42.40%	D+7.3	D
93	27.30%	70.28%	R+43	21.81%	71.39%	R+49.6	R
94	29.42%	68.69%	R+39.3	29.97%	63.69%	R+33.7	R
95	47.49%	49.01%	R+1.5	43.07%	48.91%	R+5.8	D
96	46.56%	50.44%	R+3.9	39.83%	52.31%	R+12.5	D
97	36.12%	61.26%	R+25.1	30.50%	61.72%	R+31.2	R
98	40.62%	56.26%	R+15.6	33.41%	58.84%	R+25.4	D
99	26.09%	72.26%	R+46.2	28.46%	64.66%	R+36.2	R
100	31.22%	66.92%	R+35.7	31.69%	61.73%	R+30	R
101	23.17%	75.00%	R+51.8	21.32%	72.49%	R+51.2	R
102	44.74%	51.67%	R+6.9	36.80%	53.97%	R+17.2	D
103	64.24%	33.10%	D+31.1	59.09%	33.27%	D+25.8	D
104	31.01%	67.13%	R+36.1	29.17%	64.11%	R+34.9	R
105	37.77%	59.32%	R+21.5	36.00%	56.30%	R+20.3	R
106	23.27%	74.50%	R+51.2	18.06%	76.25%	R+58.2	R
107	21.11%	76.29%	R+55.2	16.89%	77.37%	R+60.5	R
108	28.23%	68.87%	R+40.6	24.51%	68.39%	R+43.9	R
109	18.44%	79.59%	R+61.2	14.04%	81.00%	R+67	R
110	17.45%	80.37%	R+62.9	13.13%	82.19%	R+69.1	R
111	26.84%	71.10%	R+44.3	24.33%	69.49%	R+45.2	D
112	23.09%	75.31%	R+52.2	19.09%	75.85%	R+56.8	R
113	24.26%	73.83%	R+49.6	18.44%	76.06%	R+57.6	R
114	26.19%	71.17%	R+45	20.18%	73.85%	R+53.7	R
115	19.36%	78.60%	R+59.2	15.93%	78.96%	R+63	R
116	24.38%	73.12%	R+48.7	16.94%	76.79%	R+59.8	R
117	20.29%	78.08%	R+57.8	15.14%	79.76%	R+64.6	R
118	14.70%	83.44%	R+68.7	11.38%	84.39%	R+73	R
119	35.54%	62.75%	R+27.2	33.22%	61.23%	R+28	R
120	17.37%	80.09%	R+62.7	12.51%	82.46%	R+70	R
121	34.73%	63.15%	R+28.4	37.99%	54.71%	R+16.7	R
122	21.80%	76.17%	R+54.4	20.40%	74.49%	R+54.1	R
123	32.30%	65.78%	R+33.5	35.21%	58.47%	R+23.3	R
124	16.22%	82.22%	R+66	15.64%	79.80%	R+64.2	R
125	29.14%	69.53%	R+40.4	32.81%	62.26%	R+29.4	R
Total	38.08%	59.72%	R+21.6	36.28%	57.01%	R+20.7	-
Source: Daily Kos

Additional elections

See also: Kansas elections, 2023

Battleground election

Leavenworth Unified School District 453

See also: Leavenworth Unified School District 453, Kansas, elections (2023)

Ballotpedia identified the November 7, 2023, general election as a battleground race. The summary below is from our coverage of this election, found here.

Incumbent Judi Price, incumbent Dannielle Wells, Karen G. Overbey, and Jessica Wilson won election to the Leavenworth Unified School District 453 school board in Leavenworth County, Kansas, on November 7, 2023. Four of seven school board seats were up for election, and voters could choose up to four candidates.^[9]

The district had approximately 3,695 students during the 2021-2022 school year.

There were two slates that fielded four candidates each. In addition, two candidates did not belong to either slate.

Incumbent John Goodman, Deborah Brown, Jason Claire, and Karen G. Overbey ran as a slate of candidates. Their campaign priorities included: maintaining a flat property tax, academic achievement, parental rights, fiscal transparency, and politically neutral classrooms.^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13] State Rep. Pat Proctor (R) and incumbent school board member Vanessa Reid said they would vote for each member of the slate.^[10]^[14]

Incumbent Judi Price, incumbent Dannielle Wells, George A. Johnson, and Jessica Wilson ran as a slate of candidates.^[15]^[16]^[17] Their campaign priorities included: student success and well-being, promoting university and trade school pathways, parent-school board partnerships, academic achievement, and student-centered decision making.^[18] Game on for Kansas Schools, a nonpartisan organization that advocates for high-quality public education, endorsed the slate.^[19]^[20]

Douglas A. Darling and Ronald S. Grossman did not belong to either slate. Darling said he wanted to ensure the district received funding that would help staff and students achieve success.^[18] Grossman said his campaign priorities included: voting socialists off the school board, ensuring parental rights, reducing truancy rates, ending driver's education, installing cameras in schools, and decertifying the teachers' union.^[18]

The election followed an effort to recall Vanessa Reid. In early 2023, Rep. Proctor visited a library in the school district and took photos of students' artwork from an assignment on who was welcome in the library. One of those photos, which featured a rainbow flag, was shared in Proctor's February newsletter. “It was clear that the school library was doing more indoctrinating than educating,” Proctor wrote. “I am proud to stand with Conservative School Board Member Vanessa Reid in her fight to protect our kids’ from the radical woke agenda that threatens Leavenworth Schools.”^[21]^[22]

Courtney Ricard, the parent of the student whose artwork appeared in Proctor's newsletter, initiated the recall, saying, "My child’s artwork was used without consent. ... I think [Reid] betrayed the students of Leavenworth by allowing this to happen."^[21]^[23] Reid said, "As a lifetime resident of this wonderful city, I love all of our students. I will not be distracted by deliberate attempts by a few who have taken it upon themselves to launch a campaign of misrepresentation and character assassination over a difference of perspective on topics that are under debate nationwide."^[23]

The recall effort did not make the ballot. In Kansas, recall supporters have 90 days to collect signatures equal to 40% of votes cast for the office in the last election.^[24] Recall supporters did not file any signatures by the July 24, 2023, deadline.^[25]^[26]

To run for school board in Leavenworth Unified School District 453, candidates must be registered to vote in the district. Once elected, school board members serve four-year staggered terms.^[27]

Wichita Public Schools

See also: Wichita Public Schools, Kansas, elections (2023)

Ballotpedia identified the November 7, 2023, general election as a battleground race. The summary below is from our coverage of this election, found here.

Melody McCray-Miller (At-Large), Stan Reeser (District 4 - Incumbent), and Ngoc Vuong (District 3) won the nonpartisan general elections for three seats on the Wichita Public Schools school board in Kansas on November 7, 2023. McCray-Miller, Reeser, and Vuong were all affiliated with the Democratic Party and defeated Republican-affiliated candidates in each of their races.

Wichita Public Schools (WPS) is the state's largest school district by enrollment, with 46,657 students during the 2021-2022 school year. The school board consists of seven members elected to four-year terms. Six board members are elected by district, and one is elected at large. Members are elected on a staggered basis in November of odd-numbered years.

While school board elections are nonpartisan, a slate endorsed by the Sedgwick Republican Party won three of the four seats up for election in 2021.^[28] According to The Wichita Eagle’s Matthew Kelly, the results of the 2023 election could have decided the ideological majority on the seven-member board.^[29]

District 3, District 4, and the At-Large District were up for election. School safety, behavioral issues, and community engagement were among the issues in the campaign.

According to The Wichita Eagle, candidates Vuong, Reeser, and McCray-Miller were Democrats:^[30]

Ngoc Vuong (District 3): Vuong was a community psychology doctoral student. In his Candidate Connection survey responses, Vuong listed "ensur[ing] student success and school discipline, improv[ing] family and community engagement, and strengthen[ing] and protect[ing] our public schools" as key issues.

Stan Reeser (District 4 - Incumbent): Reeser had served on the board since 2017 and was a member of the Wichita City Council from 1991 to 1995. Reeser said he ran "to fight to keep our teachers, improve student behavior issues, and improving transparency on behalf of our students, their families, and our staff."^[31]

Melody McCray-Miller (At-Large): McCray-Miller served in the Kansas House of Representatives from 2005 to 2013 and as Sedgwick County commissioner. She said she wanted "to create a leading school district in Kansas, where board-level accountability ensures consistent standards across all schools, and an action-plan that improves student and teacher achievement, behavior, and building performance."^[32]

Candidates Ken Carpenter (District 3) and Jason Carmichael (District 4) were Republicans, while Brent Davis (At-Large) ran as part of the Republican-endorsed slate in 2021:^[30]

Ken Carpenter (District 3): Carpenter listed test scores, parental rights, and behavioral problems in schools as his top issues.^[33]

Jason Carmichael (District 4): Carmichael, a veteran and residential property manager, said increasing police presence at schools, "teaching how to read and stopping social promotion until the standard of reading is met, ... and [r]eversing the plague of absenteeism by making more schools magnet schools" were among his priorities.^[34]

Brent Davis (At-Large): Davis lead an educational services business. His priorities were to "raise all students to grade level or above, ...protect Students, ...elevate Excellent Educators," and have "greater local choice, communication and clarity."^[35]

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