By a margin of about 2-to-1, Wichita school district voters opted to ditch the current hybrid voting system, which has been in place since 1994. Beginning next year, Wichita school board members will be elected in a fashion similar to city, county and state representatives.
Voters in the Wichita school district will decide whether they want to change the method for selecting school board members, possibly bringing those elections in line with the way city, county and state representatives are elected.
The Wichita Board of Education voted 4-3 this week to put a question on the Nov. 8 ballot. It will ask voters whether they want to change to a district voting model the way city, county and state representatives are elected or keep the current system.
School board candidates opposing mask mandates and lessons about racism in U.S. history won in red states and some politically divided districts but often came up short in their bids to shape policy for school districts over the newest culture war issue.