Who’s running for school board seats in Linn and Johnson counties? A look at this year’s candidates

Thursday was the deadline for candidates for school board to file their affidavits of candidacy and nomination petitions.

School boards establish the vision and goals for the public schools in their district and set standards for the performance of schools and superintendents, according to the National School Boards Association.

School boards — whose members are unpaid in Iowa — are responsible for making the final financial and policy decisions for their districts.

The following is the list of school board candidates The Gazette has obtained so far to run for seats in school districts in Linn and Johnson counties. Some districts have not finished verifying signatures on nomination petitions; a full list will be published when available.

Incumbents are noted with (i).

Cedar Rapids Community School District

District 1 (one seat)

Stacie Johnson

David Tominsky (i)

District 4 (one seat)

Kaitlin Byers

Dexter Merschbrock (i)

Director At-Large (two seats)

Cindy Garlock (i)

Jennifer Neumann (i)

Richard David

Don Taylor

Barclay Woerner

Iowa City Community School District

Charlie Eastham (i)

Molly Abraham (i)

Lisa Williams (i)

Micha Broekemeier

Mitchell Lingo

Robert Decker

Jacob Onken

Clear Creek Amana Community School District

District 1 (one seat)

Allison Momany

April Schmitz

District 2 (one seat)

Jennifer Downes (i)

Pat Higby

District 3 (one seat)

Jen Bollers

Director At-Large (two seats)

Abdouramane Bila

Gabe Schaapveld

Joe Burns (i)

Sarah Rivera