Whitefish, Creston and Marion school districts have levy requests in the May 3 school election.

Columbia Falls, Evergreen, Kalispell and Smith Valley school districts will hold elections only for school trustees.

Twelve school districts have canceled elections due to uncontested trustee positions and no levy requests.

Whitefish School District is seeking building reserve levies that would provide $400,000 for the elementary district and $300,000 for the high school district annually over seven years.

Over that time period, this would bring in a total of $2.8 million for the elementary and $2.1 million for the high school to support ongoing facility and property maintenance, renovations, repairs and technology upgrades.

If the levy requests are approved, elementary district taxpayers can anticipate annual taxes increasing by $21.22 for owners of a home with a $200,000 market value. Taxpayers living in the high school district could see taxes increase by $15.33 on a $200,000 home.

Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. May 3 at the Whitefish School District Office in the Whitefish Middle School.

More information is available at www.wsd44.org.

With uncontested trustee races, Anna Deese and incumbent Nick Polumbus will be seated by acclamation. Both will serve three-year terms. Incumbent Ruth Harrison also will be seated by acclamation for a two-year term.

Creston School District is requesting a five-year building reserve levy that would bring in $15,000 annually or a total of $75,000 to renovate and maintain school facilities. Approval of the levy would increase taxes by $16.65 on a home with an assessed market value of $200,000.

Polls will be open from noon to 8 p.m. in the school gym.

Creston’s uncontested trustee race means Jeff Sullivan and Matt Hartle will be seated by acclamation for three-year terms.

Marion School is proposing a general fund levy of $48,064 annually for the day-to-day operations of the school. If approved, owners of a $200,00 home can anticipate taxes to increase by $18.69.

Polls will be open from noon to 8 p.m. at the Marion Fire Department across from the school.

Following is trustee election information for Columbia Falls, Evergreen, Kalispell and Smith Valley.

- Columbia Falls elementary district candidates are Elen Joy Hoerner, Benjamin Shafer and incumbents Barbara Riley and Larry Wilson. They are competing for two open board positions.

Polls will be open from 7 to 8 p.m. Precincts 14 and 23 may vote at Canyon Elementary. All other precincts will vote at Glacier Gateway Elementary.

- Evergreen School District’s trustee election includes two seats with three-year terms. Candidates are incumbent Dave Lowitz, Tamara Williams and Brant Karlstad.

Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the administrative building at 18 West Evergreen Drive.

- Kalispell Public Schools has one contested trustee race in the elementary district and will run a mail-ballot election. Ballots go out April 18.

Two seats with three-year terms and one seat with a two-year term are available. Candidates seeking a three-year term are Diane Morton Stout and incumbents Anna Marie Bailey and Mary Tepas. Candidates Rebecca Linden and Frank Miller are seeking the seat for a two-year term.

The high school district trustee election is canceled. Jon Endreson will be seated by acclamation to a one-year term representing Marion, Olney-Bissell, Pleasant Valley, Smith Valley and West Valley. Incumbent Steve Davis will be seated by acclamation for a three-year term representing Kila and Lakeside-Somers.

- Smith Valley School District will hold a trustee election. Polls are open from noon to 8 p.m. in the school gym. Two seats with three-year terms are open. Candidates are incumbent Doni Bennett, Rand Norby and Jerril Ren. One seat with a two-year term is also available and the candidates include David Fairbank, Jonathan Sharpe and incumbent Richard Frank Sutton.

The following school districts have canceled elections and will seat candidates by acclamation:

Bigfork — Incumbents Zack Anderson and Paul Sullivan Jr., three-year terms.

Cayuse Prairie — Jack Thatcher, three-year term.

Deer Park — Anne Sutkus, three-year term.

Fair-Mont-Egan — Incumbents Todd Spangler and Megan Koppes, three-year terms; Jennifer Stebbins-Han, one-year term.

Helena Flats — Lacy Hardy, three-year term.

Kila — Conrad Rauscher and Annalise Wilson, both three-year terms.

Olney-Bissell — Incumbent Tony Hagadone and Melissa Duggan, both three-year terms.

Pleasant Valley — Janet Monk, three-year term.

Somers-Lakeside — Incumbent Courtney Shaeffer, Logan Fox, both three-year terms.

Swan River — Cynthia Norred, three-year term.

West Glacier — No applicants. A trustee will have to be appointed by the board.

West Valley — Incumbents Wendy Field and Stephanie Nadasi, three-year terms.

Hilary Matheson is a reporter for The Daily Inter Lake. She may be reached at 758-4431 or [email protected].