Springfield School Board has three seats up for election and nine candidates who would like to hold those positions.
Credit Springfield School District
The only uncontested seat is held by Emilio Hernandez Jr. who is seeking re-election for his second term.
The current board member for Position 3 is not seeking re-election. The candidates looking to fill this seat are:
Steven Hadley, who graduated from University of Oregon and is Global Director of Quality Assurance for ABCAM.
Brandy Crosby, who is a Journeyman Electrician.
Anthony Reed is a Journeyman Carpenter and was a delegate at the Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters.
As they say, all politics is local, and in Lane County, local politics gets heated when it’s school board elections.
The issues are huge in K-12 education racism and diversity, COVID, standardized testing and more. We are impressed by all the people willing to take on this tough and important duty. Good board members are simultaneously independent thinkers, willing to question how the board is voting and why, and yet also able to function effectively with other board members they may not always agree with to get things done.
It’s great when voters and candidates get fired up about the school board especially if it means positive changes for the kids. So knowing that Eugene and surrounding communities take their school boards seriously, our small editorial board Zoomed with as many candidates as we could, and sent surveys out to the ones who we either couldn’t squeeze in or who didn’t respond. Some candidates didn’t respond in time or at all.