School Board Races Largely Uncontested Election Will Be May 18

Friday’s filing deadline for Idaho school board candidates left many positions unchallenged. Trustees make up the governing bodies of school districts, taking recommendations from administrators to craft policies and make decisions about curriculum, hiring, school facilities and other district practices.

Elections will be held May 18. Here are the North Idaho candidates:

Coeur d’Alene

Zone 4: Edie Brooks (incumbent)

Zone 5: Herb Cheeley (incumbent)

Post Falls

Zone 4: Donagene Turnbow (incumbent), Delores Lawless

Zone 5: Ed Adamchak (incumbent), Mary Rutkowski

Lakeland

Zone 2: Gary MacDonald (incumbent)

Zone 3: William Reese (incumbent), Don Soltman Kootenai

Zone 4: Dana Schmitz (incumbent)

Kellogg

Zone 3: Debbie Fulton (incumbent)

Zone 5: Brad Corkill (incumbent), Bill Scudder, David Leeds Mullan

Zone 4: Vanner Hegbloom (incumbent)

Zone 5: David Autio (incumbent)

Wallace

Zone 2: Kathy Sullivan-Orton (incumbent)

Zone 3: Mike Lee (incumbent), Nancy McGee

Zone 4: Tom Fudge, Melissa Magnuson, Paula Ostoj

St. Maries

Zone 4: Kim Schwanz, Margie Gannon

Plummer/Worley

Zone 1: Lanette Higgins (incumbent)

Zone 5: Glen Abbott (incumbent), Sylvia Baheza

Zone 6: vacant

Boundary County

Zone 1: Fred Zobel, Timothy Rhyne, Lisa Pluid

Zone 2: Leonard Kucera Jr. (incumbent), Mary Ann Luedtke, Jacque Tanner

East Bonner

Zone 1: Dexter Vogel

Zone 2: Ann Souza, Keith Contor, David Stelly

Zone 3: Tom Scott

Zone 4: James Cooper

Zone 5: Peter Prandato

West Bonner

Zone 1: Vernon Melvin

Zone 2: Bill Boyd

Zone 3: Eric Eldenburg, James Martinson

Zone 4: Ann Yount, Leonard Parenteau

Zone 5: Kenneth Corning