The passage of Senate Bill 1108 makes it more important than ever to have school board members with students’ and educators’ best interests at heart. Friday, March 18, is the deadline to file to run in school board elections this May.
Below is a list of the seats up for election May 17. (Terms will begin July 1.) Incumbents’ names are provided. You will want to review these office holders’ records and ask them about their stands on the Luna legislation before deciding whether or not to run. Some are supportive of preserving educators’ rights despite the new legislation; others may not be.
Eligibility requirements vary, so call your school district office to be sure you are eligible to seek the seat that interests you. Educators: While you are not eligible to serve as a board member for the district where you work, you can run in the district where you live, if that is different.
The Secretary of State's office has more info and a filing packet here.
Aberdeen school district #58
Zone 2: Marc Foster
Zone 3: Elaine Blick
American Falls school district #381
Zone 1: Donieta Garner
Zone 3: Laine Lankford
Basin school district #72
Zone 3: Lisa St. Claire
Zone 4: Theresa Pledge
Zone 5: Ken Gordon
Bear Lake school district # 33
Zone 1: Roy Bunderson
Zone 3: Glen Wallentine
Blackfoot school district #55
Zone 2: Jaydee Tolman
Zone 3: R Scott Reese
Blaine County school district #61
Zone 1: Daniel Parke
Zone 3: Kathryn Graves
Zone 5: Julie Dahlgren
Bliss school district #234
Zone1: Steve Goolsby
Zone 3: Allison Janss (not running)
Bonneville school district #93
Zone 1: Kip Nelson
Zone 4: Annette Winchester, Vice Chair
Boundary Co. school district #101
Zone 3: Sulet Hiatt
Zone 4: Melanie Staples
Bruneau-Grand View school district #365
Zone 2: Dixie Black
Zone 4: Joe Merrick
Buhl school district #412
Zone3: James Barker
Zone 4: Barbara Bremers
Butte County school district #111
Zone 2: Alison Boyer
Zone 3: Makayla Callister
Zone 5: Terry Schwartz, Chair
Caldwell school district #132
Zone 2: LeeAnn Simmons
Zone 3: Dr. Richard Roberge
Zone 4: Jackie Hopper
Camas school district # 121
Zone 1: Michelle Wolf
Zone 4: Megan Schoreder
Zone 5: Keith Lemons
Cambridge school district #432
Zone 1: Dean Dunham
Zone 3: Roy Braun (not running)
Zone 4: Candy Clark
Cascade school district #422
Zone 1: Linda Cimbalik
Zone 2: Jason Speer
Zone 5: Dr. Mikael Bedell
Cassia County school district #151
Zone 1: Deborah Critchfield
Zone 2: Steve Lynch
Castleford school district #417
Zone 1: Todd Wells
Zone 2: Glenn Eastman
Zone 3: Jayme Gandolfo
Central Idaho school district #244
Zone 1: Lott Smith
Zone 2: Keith Evans
Zone 3: Cindy Dollar
Challis school district #181
Zone 1: Randy Somerville
Zone 2: Patrick Miller
Zone 5: Trish Dowton, Chair
Clark Co. school district #161
Zone 2: Kelli Whittier, Chair
Zone 3: Erin Haight-Mortensen
Clearwater school district #171
Zone 1: Amy Jared
Zone 2: Don Ebert
Zone 3 : John Schwartz
Coeur d’Alene school district #271
Zone 2: Stephanie Powers
Zone 3: Bill Hemenway
Council school district #13
Zone 1: Kevin Gray
Zone 4: Dennie Paradis
Culdesac school district #342
Zone 4: Rick Milionis (just vacated/resigned this position)
Zone 5: Cecil Martin
Dietrich school district #314
Zone 2: Kris Hubert
Zone 4: Starr Olson
Zone 5: Perry Van Tassell
Emmett school district #221
Zone 3: Tammy Davis
Zone 3: Chris Roeper
Zone 3: Maria Salazar
Filer school district #413
Zone 1: Roger Vincent (not running)
Zone 4: Fred Jaynes
Firth school district #59
Zone 2: Brian Esplin
Zone 3: Barlow Cook, Chair
Fremont school district #215
Zone 1: Larry Thurgood, Chair
Zone 3: James Neubauer, Vice chair
Fruitland school district #373
Zone 2: Diane O'Dell
Zone 3: Debbie Hurrle
Zone 4: Mike Knee (not running)
Zone 5: Kelly Henggeler
Garden Valley school district #71
Zone 2: Vacant
Zone 3: Laurie Snyder
Zone 4: Jeff Bass
Grace school district #148
Zone 1: Todd Jensen
Zone 2: Clint Cregg
Zone 5: Bart Christensen
Genesee school district #282
Zone 1: Jim Hermann
Zone 3 : Jennifer Parkins
Glenns Ferry school district #192
Zone 2: Albert Crawshaw
Zone 3: Teri Crone
Zone 4: Kelly Riggs
Gooding school district #231
Zone 2: Lucinda Rogers
Zone 3: Lois Wartluft
Zone 4: Tracie Anderson
Hagerman school district #233
Zone 2: Karl Emrson
Zone 3: Becci Tupper
Hansen school district #415
Zone 2: Doug Brown
Zone 3: Louise Baily
Highland school district #305
Zone 1: Don Johnston
Zone 3 : Ed Pentzer
Homedale school district #370
Zone 1: Kurt Shanley
Zone 5: Shane Muir
Horseshoe Bend school district #73
Zone 2: Adam Fry
Zone 3: Scott Christensen
Zone 4: Vacant
Idaho Falls school district # 91
Zone 3: Lisa Burtenshaw
Zone 4: Ernest Jensen, Treasurer
Zone 5: Deidre Warden, Clerk
Jefferson Co. school district # 251
Zone 4: Michael Peterson
Zone 7: Leon Clark
Jerome school district #261
Zone 3: Don Mitchell
Zone 4: Byron Burnum
Zone 5: Rob Williams (not running)
Kamiah school district #304
Zone 2: JuLee Harper
Zone 3: Howard Daugherty
Zone 5: LaRoy Kidder (not running)
Kendrick school district #283
Zone 1: Steve McDowell
Zone 4: Jenifer Curry (not running)
Kimberly school district #414
Zone 1: Robert Champlin
Zone 4: Dave Fullmer
Zone 5: Myron Nield
Kootenai school district #274
Zone 2: Mitch Donohoe
Zone 3: Rick Palmiter
Kuna school district #3
Zone 1: Ginny Greger
Zone 2: David Case
Zone 5: Carl Ericson
Lakeland school district #272
Zone 1: Kyle Olmstead
Zone 2: Barbara Puckett
Zone 3: Tim Skubitz
Lake Pend Oreille school district #84
Zone 1: Ashley Aumick
Zone 4: Mindy Cameron
Lapwai school district # 341
Zone 1 – Thunder Garcia
Zone 2 – Lori Johnson
Zone 4 – Lana Hammond
Zone 5 – Susan Meisner
Lewiston school district #340
Not zoned due to school district charter (all candidates run as district at-large).
Dan Rudolph’s seat is up for re-election.
Mackay school district # 18
Zone 2: Linda Foster
Zone 4: Paul Lanier
Marsh Valley school district #21
Zone 2: Brenda Bates
Zone 4: Kent Whitaker
Zone 5: Randy Armstrong
Marsing school district #363
Zone 2: Chad Showalter
Zone 4: Michelle Jacobi
McCall-Donnelly school district #421
Zone 1: Pattie Soucek
Zone 2: Betty Weida
Zone 5: Mary Hart
Meadows Valley school district #11
Zone 2: Holly McDonald
Zone 3: Stacy Dreyer
Melba school district # 136
Zone 2: Ed Smith
Zone 3: Sam Preisler
Zone 4: Travis Christensen
Meridian school district
Zone 2: Mike Vuittonet, Chair
Zone 4: Anne Ritter
Zone 5: Janet Calinsky
Middleton school district #134
Zone 3: John Orrison
Zone 5: Tammy Gabica
Midvale school district #433
Zone 3: John Whitener
Zone 5: Jerry Lunsford
Minidoka County school district #331
Zone 2: Tammy Stevenson
Zone 3: Doyle Price
Zone 5: Mark Sanderson
Moscow school district #281
Zone 1: Julia McIlroy
Zone 3: Kim Campbell
Zone 4: Dawn Fazio
Mountain Home school district #193
Zone 1: Toni Reynolds
Zone 3: Tom Rodney
Zone 5: James Alexander
Mullan school district #392
Zone 3: Jerry Ploharz
Zone 4: Dale Newell
Zone 5: Mike Summercamp
Murtaugh school district #418
Zone 3: Jose Alcala
Zone 5: Stuart Tolman
Nampa school district #131
Zone 1: Benjamin Gall
Zone 2: Daren Coon
New Plymouth school district #372
Zone 1: Herb Foust
Zone 2: Dave Broagn
Zone 5: Ann Moscrip
Nezperce school district #302
Zone 2: Rhonda Wemhoff
Zone 3: Carrie Wahl
Zone 4: Ken Hart
North Gem school district #149
Zone 2: Dennis Reed
Zone 5: June Angus
Notus school district #135
Zone 4: George Bratton
Oneida school district #351
Zone 3: Kathleen Atkinson (not running)
Zone 4: Sheri Johnson (not running)
Parma school district #137
Zone 3: Melinda Smyser
Zone 4: Doug Merges
Payette school district #371
Zone 2: Karen Davis
Zone 4: Nial Bradshaw
Plummer/Worley school district #44
Zone 2: Tami Gauthier
Zone 4: Rich McCully
Zone 5: Tim Clark
Zone 6: Marlow Thompson
Pocatello school district #25
Zone 3: Frank Rash
Zone 4: Marianne Donnelly
Post Falls school district #273
Zone 2: Michelle Lippert
Zone 3: Dave Paul
Potlatch school district #285
Zone 2: Mark Moorer
Zone 4: Heidi Davis
Prairie school district #242
Zone 3: Gus Hoene
Zone 4: Della Gehring
Preston school district #201
Zone 1: Brian Jensen
Zone 2: Verl Christensen
Zone 4: Fred Titensor
Rexburg school district # 321
Zone 1: David Ward
Zone 3:
Zone 4: Melodi Johnson
Richfield school district #316
Zone 2: Delbert Tree
Zone 3: Gary Brockman
Ririe school district # 252
Zone 1: Howard Johnson
Zone 2: Myrna Smith
Zone 3: Bert Brown, Chair
Rockland school district #382
Zone 1: Brad Ralph (not running)
Zone 5: Sheri Peterson
Salmon school district # 291
Zone 1: Robyn Holmes
Zone 3: Preston Rufe
Zone 4: Dorothy Prange
Salmon River school district #243
Zone 1: Seth Allen
Zone 2: Carolyn Friend
Zone 3: Eric Hook
Shelly school district # 60
Zone 1: Loren Lund
Zone 2: Scott Fredrickson
Zone 3: James Higham
Shoshone school district #312
Zone 2: Tony Bozzuto
Zone 3: Terrill Zech
Zone 4: Carl Horn
Snake River school district #52
Zone 2: Carol Hepworth
Zone 3: Randy Jones (not running)
Soda Springs school district #150
Zone 3: Chad Christensen
Zone 5: Jim Store
South Lemhi school district # 292
Zone 2: Von Bean
Sugar-Salem school district # 322
Zone 2: Norm Spackman, Chair
Zone 3: Doug McBride
St. Maries school district #41
Zone 3: Sam Cummings
Zone 4: Margaret Gannon
Zone 5: Marjorie Welch
Teton County school district #401
Zone 1: Nancy Arnold
Zone 4: Doug Petersen, Chair
Zone 5: Monica Lohn
Troy school district #287
Zone 2: John Menter
Zone 4: Diane Kirkland (not running)
Zone 5: Wendy Fredrickson
Twin Falls school district #411
Zone 2: Kenny Young
Zone 4: Lori Ward
Zone 5: Richard Crowley
Valley school district #262
Zone 2: David Kohtz
Zone 4: Mark Okelberry
Zone 5: Katherine Carlquist
Vallivue school district #139
Zone 3: Toni Brinegar
Zone 4: Jeff Hon
Zone 5: Brian Patterson
Wallace school district #393
Zone 3: Nancy McGee
Zone 5: Mindy Beehner
Weiser school district #431
Zone 1: Cary Gibbs
Zone 4: Mark Pritchard
Zone 5: Kerry Nyce
Wendell school district #232
Zone 1: Darlene Neal
Zone 2: Doyle Hope
Zone 5: John Wright
West Bonner school district #83
Zone 1: Galen Miller (not running)
Zone 3: Eric Elsenbury
Zone 5: Phillip Hickson
West Jefferson school district # 253
Zone 1: Burt Allen
Zone 2: Holly Burtenshaw
West Shoshone school district #391
Zone 3: Bob Stovern
Zone 4: Thad Samuelson
Zone 5: Caroline Turner
West Side school district #202
Zone 2: Matt Sharp
Zone 5: RaWorell Cook
Whitepine school district #288
Zone 2: Steve Henderson
Zone 3: Aaron Proctor
Zone 5: Kim Workman
Wilder school district #133
Zone 2: Lucia Vasquez
Zone 4: Patricia Clegg
