Loyd
The candidate filing period for several school board seats up for grabs in the fall election started Tuesday, with just one person filing as of mid-afternoon.
Turning Point President Whittney Loyd filed paperwork Tuesday to run for the Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. School Board District 3 seat, according to the Bartholomew County Clerk’s Office. The District 3 seat is currently held by Todd Grimes.
Several school board seats will be on the ballot this year, including BCSC School Board District 3, 5 and 7. Pat Bryant holds the District 5 seat, while Nicole Wheeldon holds the District 7 seat.
Additionally, the Flat Rock-Hawcreek School Board seats held by Matt Bruner and Brian Rose are open for filing.
The filing period ends June 20, according to the Bartholomew County Clerk’s Office.
People who are interested in running for a school board seat must file a petition of nomination with 10 signatures of registered voters.
For the BCSC school board, the signatures can come from any registered voter in the BCSC school district, while for Flat Rock-Haw Creek, the signatures must come from registered voters in the school board district in which the candidate is running, according to Bartholomew County Clerk Shari Lentz.
