Local races for school board

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – The community will play a hand in the future of two districts. They will decide who is on the school board. In Lexington One, five candidates are running for three seats. You have incumbents… Sandra Backman, Debra Knight and Brad Pitts, and there are two new faces… Rich Bolen and Janet Frazier. As for Richland Two, voters may need to take some more time sorting through all the names. 12 candidates are going after four seats. Here’s a list of them: -Melinda Anderson -John Dublin -Cheryl Caution-Parker -Chandra Cleveland-Jennings -Hugh Harmon -James Manning -Paul Manville -Amelia McKie -James Mobley -Steven “Craig” Plank -Barbara Specter -Robert Taylor