School board election race shapes up

All four Marysville school board incumbents whose terms are up for election this spring have filed their candidacy, and one challenger has entered the race.

Incumbents who have filed are board president Sonya Stohs, Position 1; Betty Temple, Position 2; Todd Milner, who holds Position 3; and Kevin Samuelson, Position 7. Lanny Carpenter, a former school counselor, filed Monday for Position 2.

Todd Frye, incumbent Ward 4 Marysville City Council member, filed for re-election.

The city and school election will be April 7. The candidate filing deadline is noon Jan. 27.

Sonya Stohs

Stohs, who is board president, is seeking her third four-year term. She said she filed for re-election to continue to work with the current administration, fellow board members, teachers and staff to bring to reality our vision, mission and goals for the district.

She said that in the last six months the district has applied and been accepted into the Coalition of Innovative Districts, using ACT Aspire as the testing tool to measure student performance; has seen the installation and upgrade of security and camera systems in all buildings; and is working to implement 1:1 technology in all schools by spring 2016.

Great things are happening but we have hard times and decisions to make now and in the future, and I feel that I can continue to be a true asset in turning our goals into reality, Stohs said.

She said she wants to continue building on the foundation that the school district and its current school board has laid.

We as a district have a goal to have our children college and career ready when they walk across the stage and receive their diploma. In order to do this we need to continue to work as a team and think outside of the box. I am a member of the finance committee, and we are moving forward working with the superintendent in being a fiscally sound district by collecting and reviewing of data to make sure we are being as efficient with taxpayer dollars as we can while providing the highest quality of education to our students.

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School board election race shapes up