In some districts, board trustees elected by acclamation

The Daily Inter Lake

Most local school districts canceled trustee elections this year.

Trustee candidates had until April 9 to file. If, by that date, only one person had declared his or her intent to run for a seat on the school board, that person was elected by acclamation.

That happened in 15 Flathead County school districts this spring. Some, such as Bigfork and Kalispell, have both high school and elementary students and therefore have high-school and elementary trustees. Elementary trustees may vote on any issue in the district; high-school trustees vote on issues specific to the high-school district.

Two districts, Cayuse Prairie and Kalispell, each have one vacant seat with no candidates. The school boards will appoint someone to serve in those positions for the next year, and the remainder of the terms will be up for grabs again in the 2010 election.

Following is a list of trustees elected by acclamation:

Bigfork, high-school board:

Denny Sabo, Swan River district

Cayuse Prairie:

Bart Woods

Columbia Falls, elementary board:

Jill Rocksund

Jim Henjum

Creston:

Stan Uskoski

Deer Park:

Chantal Yacavone

Harm Toren

Evergreen

Paul Wigle

Kalispell, elementary board:

Mary Ruby

Eve Dixon

Kalispell, high-school board:

Ivan Lorentzen, District 3 'representing the Cayuse Prairie, Creston, Deer Park and Fair-Mont-Egan elementary districts)

Kila:

Scott Black

Olney-Bissell:

Tim Bartholomew

Pleasant Valley:

Hope Shamhardt

Somers-Lakeside:

Dave Alexander

Mike Schlegel

Swan River:

Kristy Pancoast

Matt Folkman

West Glacier:

Jill Wiegand

West Valley:

Cheryl Byle

Whitefish:

Shannon Hanson

Pat Jarvi

Reporter Kristi Albertson may be reached at 758-4438 or by e-mail at kalbertson@dailyinterlake.com