The second batch of unofficial election results on Tuesday show Garfield Re-2 School Board candidates Chance Jenkins and Cassie Haskell still leading their challengers. Jenkins, running for a District D seat, is currently leading challengers.
The 2023 Garfield Re-2 School Board election is slated for Tuesday. Current incumbents include District C’s Christina Maness and District B’s Jason Shoup. Dawn Evridge formally represented District D but resigned in September. Shoup, Maness.
A Garfield Re-2 School Board Candidate Forum was held at the Rifle Branch Library on Monday. Hosted by the West Garfield Education Association, the candidates in attendance included Fathom Jensen, who is running unopposed in.
A new proposed policy that would prohibit knives of all lengths from being in possession of students and teachers both on campus grounds and campus-authorized vehicles was brought to the attention of the Garfield Re-2.
After interviewing five candidates at Riverside Middle School in New Castle on Wednesday, the Garfield Re-2 School Board voted unanimously to appoint a new member to the board. The school board had a vacancy to.