Candidates file for school board seats
The Western News | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 14 years, 2 months AGO
The race for Libby School District
Board is heating up with five candidates filing for two seats.
Lori Benson, Amy Fantozzi, Ruby Kahnt,
Tony Rebo and Matt Skranak have filed to run in the election.
Rebo is the only incumbent seeking
re-election for the two three-year terms. Paula Darko-Hensler’s
spot also expires this year, but she did not file for
re-election.
In the Troy School District, the
election seems a bit quieter with only two candidates filing for
two seats on the board.
John Konzen has filed for the
elementary spot currently held by Steve Garrett. Konzen is a former
Lincoln County Commissioner.
Incumbent Keith Haggerty has filed for
re-election in the high school spot.
The deadline for candidates to file was
March 24. Candidates can still run as write-in candidates in the
May 3 election.
Also on the ballot in the Libby School
District is a $200,000 mill levy.
Dwindling enrollment has contributed to
an estimated $450,000 shortfall in the district’s budget. If
approved, the board hopes that the levy will make up some of
that.
Voters earlier this year rejected a $12
million bond issue, which would have helped the district remodel
schools as it prepares to close Asa Wood elementary.
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