School Board Races Look to be Contested in August

School board races in the fifth and sixth districts will be contested in the August 2nd DeKalb County General Election.
The DeKalb County Election Commission reports that Doug Stephens and Boyd Trapp have both picked up qualifying petitions to run for the school board seat in the sixth district.
In the fifth district Incumbent school board member W.J. (Dub) Evins, III has picked up a petition to seek re-election while Kevin D. Hale, who plans to challenge Evins for the seat, has also obtained a petition.
Petitions for the fifth and sixth district school board races can now be picked up at the DeKalb County Election Commission office.
School board members, who run as non-partisan candidates, are elected in even-numbered years in August with the membership being staggered. In August 2012, members in Districts 5 and 6 are to be elected. The qualifying deadline for this election is NOON, April 5.