Thirteen people filed petitions to run for the six seats up for election next year on the Hamilton County school board.
The deadline to file was Thursday. Many of the candidates are parents, several are current or former educators, and one is an incumbent.
When the winners are sworn in next fall, they'll be joining a young school board. With five incumbents not running for reelection, two of the board's 11 members will have been elected before 2022.
School Board Member Jill Black, D-Lookout Mountain, is the sole incumbent whose term is ending and is seeking another.
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Candidates
The primary election will be March 5, and the general election Aug. 1. It will be the second school board election in which candidates will be listed on the ballot with partisan affiliations.
Republican Steve Slater and Democrat Tammy Barnes are running to represent District 1. The district includes Allen Elementary, Daisy Elementary, North Hamilton County Elementary, Sale Creek Middle/High, Sequoyah High, Soddy Elementary, Soddy Daisy Middle and Soddy Daisy High.
In District 2, independent Crystal Boehm and Republican Ben Daugherty have qualified to run. The district serves Nolan Elementary, Red Bank Elementary, Signal Mountain Middle/High and Thrasher Elementary.
Democrats Jackie Anderson-Thomas and Missy Crutchfield are vying for the District 4 seat. The district includes Brown Academy, Chattanooga School for Arts and Sciences, Garber Construction Academy, Collegiate High School at Chattanooga State, Hamilton County Virtual School, Hardy Elementary, Orchard Knob Elementary, Orchard Knob Middle, STEM School Chattanooga and the Washington Alternative Learning Center.
In District 7, independent David Sean Kelman and Republicans Ed Garcia and Jodi Schaffer have qualified to run. The district serves Apison Elementary, East Brainerd Elementary, East Hamilton Middle, East Hamilton High and Westview Elementary.
Republican Felice Hadden and Democrat Angie Stone Jackson are running in District 10. The district includes Ooltewah Elementary, Ooltewah High, Ooltewah Middle, Bess T. Shepherd Elementary and Wolftever Creek Elementary.
In District 11, Black and Republican Sherrie Guinn Ford have qualified to run. The district serves Battle Academy, Calvin Donaldson Academy, Clifton Hills Elementary, East Lake Academy of Fine Arts, East Lake Elementary, East Side Elementary, Graduation Success Program, Howard Connect, Lookout Mountain Elementary, Lookout Valley Elementary, Lookout Valley Middle High and The Howard School.
Candidates have until noon Dec. 21 to request to be removed from the ballot.
Contact Shannon Coan at scoan@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6396.