Coconino County Superintendent of Schools Risha VanderWay is encouraging residents to get involved in local education by becoming volunteer school board members.
In Tuba City there are two districts with open school board seats, the Tuba City Unified School District has three seats up for election, while the Northern Arizona Technological Institute of Vocational Education, or Native, has one open seat.
Two districts in the Page area have six open school board seats which will be filled come Election Day on November 8th. Page Unified School District has three open seats and the CAVIAT Page Unified School District Representatives will also see three board seats open this year.
Candidates must be Arizona registered voters and residents of the school district for at least one year prior to the Nov. 8 Election Day. Candidates or their spouses may not be an employee of the district.
To become a candidate one must first submit a completed $500 Threshold Exemption form. The filing of the exemption form can be done at any time, but must be done before obtaining any petition signatures or doing any other campaign related tasks. Once filed you will receive a committee ID #. Candidate petitions and a nomination paper must be turned in no earlier than July 11 through August 10 by 5 p.m.
Nomination packets can be mailed or picked up at the Coconino County Superintendent of Schools at 2384 N. Steves Blvd., Flagstaff, AZ 86004, inside the Ponderosa High School building.
For more information or to request a packet by mail, please call Kim Graves at 928-679-8070 or e-mail kgraves@coconino.az.gov .