School board elections are rapidly approaching, and we are especially concerned this year as we are seeing a number of candidates throughout the state who appear inexperienced, uninformed and/or are sharing information from or aligning with organizations and individuals who have opposed financial support for our community schools and have supported harmful education policy. Many of them are also being supported by a national anti-CRT PAC (again, CRT is not taught in our schools but is being used as a wedge issue) based in New York or including CRT or other wedge issues in their platforms. There are good candidates in many of these races, but they need your help! 

We urge support for the following candidates:

Shawnee Mission USD 512: 

• Mary Sinclair
• April Boyd-Noronha
• Heather Ousley

Blue Valley USD 229: 

• Andrew Van Der Laan
• Gina Knapp
• Lindsay Weiss

Olathe USD 233: 

• Julie Steele
• Kristin Schultz
• Brian Geary

Spring Hill 230: 

• Jason Winbolt

Gardner Edgerton USD 231: 

• John Parks
• Rob Shippy
• Stacey Coleman
• Monica Jacobs

De Soto USD 232: 

• Calley Malloy
• Brandi Jonasson
• Danielle Heikes

Emporia USD 253: 

• Jamie Reever
• Lilian Lingenfelter

Wichita USD 259: 

• Ben Blankley
• Julie Hedrick
• Mia Turner
• Ron Rosales

Maize 266: 

• Mark Dotson
• Tracy Taton
• Scott Crawford

Baldwin City 348: 

• Susan Schiffelbein
• Chris Perry

Manhattan-Ogden USD 383: 

• Karla Hagemeister
• Jayme Morris-Hardeman
• Teresa Parks

Andover 385: 

• Sonia Cox
• Jill Hodge
• Josh Wells

Louisburg 416: 

• Jo Erin Stuteville
• Michael Phillips
• Kelli White
• Jim Foote

Auburn Washburn USD 437: 

• Jacqueline Whitney Lightcap

Shawnee Heights 450: 

• Rosa Cavazos
• Erica Price
• (write in) Sarah Sanders

Garden City USD 457: 

• Lara Bors
• Alex Wallace
• Isidro Marino

Lansing USD 469: 

• Susie Werth
• Roy Foster
• Beth Stevenson

Originally posted to Facebook 10/6/2021, Updated 10/26/2021