Filing begins for open school board seats

The candidate filing period for open school board seats in Nodaway County and other parts of Missouri opened this week.

Candidates for school boards, municipal councils, fire districts, and other local governmental entities have until Jan. 19 to indicate their intention to run for office. Those entities then have until Jan. 26 to turn lists of candidates’ names into the Nodaway County clerk.

Next year’s municipal elections will take place Tuesday, April 5.

Each of the county’s seven public school districts will have two open seats on their seven-member boards next spring.

In Maryville, R-II Board of Education member and current board President Rob Sparks has already indicated his intention to run, according to the district’s central office.

Shawn Sims is the other R-II board member approaching the end of his three-year term.

Other Nodaway County school districts break down as follows:

• West Nodaway R-I: two open seats currently held by Lisa Linville and Jason Hull.

• North Nodaway R-VI: two open seats currently held by Jerime Bix and Kane Oberhauser.

• South Nodaway R-IV: two open seats currently held by Shawn Beck and Debbie Bennett.

• Nodaway Holt R-VII: two open seats currently held by Mike Rosenbohm and Joe Day.

• Jefferson C-123: two open seats currently held by Raymond Meyer and Mike Mattson.

• Northeast Nodaway R-V: two open seats currently held by Darrin Adwell and Travis Burns.