Schools

Three Incumbents, One Newcomer Take Out BOE Petitions

No official declarations made for three seats on school board.

Three incumbents and one newcomer have signed out candidate kits to potentially seek seats on the Board of Education in April's school election.

Board President Ginny Leiz, Vice President Julia Walker and board member Richard Solomon have all signed out petitions to run for re-election. Newcomer Daniel Bloomfield has also signed out a candidate kit from the board secretary's office.

The candidate kit contains a petition to obtain a spot on the ballot in the election on April 20, along with information on serving as a school board member, school election rules and information about school board candidate training sessions. Completed petitions need to be handed in to the board secretary's office by 4 p.m. on March 1. No petitions have been turned in thus far.

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Leiz and Solomon are completing their third three-year terms on the board, with Walker completing her second three-year term. Walker served a one-year unexpired term before starting her first full term. Leiz, who was the first to sign out a candidate kit, is completing her third year as board president. Bloomfield, according to his bio on the Web site of a non-profit he advises,  is a research executive at Merck and former medical professor at Columbia University.


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