Incumbents win 2 open seats on the North Kansas City Schools Board of Education
The two open seats on the North Kansas City Schools Board of Education were easily won by two incumbents Tuesday after a third candidate encouraged voters to cast their votes in favor of his opponents.
Laura Wagner, a three-year board member, and Karee Gleason-Miller, a six-year member, were reelected to the board during Tuesday’s municipal election, receiving 48% and 33% of the 12,908 votes, respectively, according to unofficial results reported by Clay and Platte counties’ election boards Tuesday night.
Their lone opponent, Jason Russell, released a statement in March encouraging district residents to vote for the two incumbents to “support their continued service.”
Russell said he initially ran for school board because of his passion for the district and student success, but decided to back down from the race after seeing the only other candidates were two incumbents.
Still, Russell earned 17% of the vote.
As board members, Wagner and Gleason-Miller said student success, teacher support and growing career pathways for students were among their top priorities if reelected.
