Student relations, safety, partisan worries driving school board candidates

School board election in Sioux Falls to be held May 16

Candidates running for the Sioux Falls School Board are (from left) Dawn Marie Johnson, Brian Mattson and Nick Zacharias.

A Minnehaha GOP precinct committeeman, and another who says ultra-conservatives are out to destroy the country, are among three candidates gunning for an open school board spot in Sioux Falls.

Brian Mattson and Nick Zachariasen last week were late entries into the Sioux Falls Board of Education race that will take place next month. They join Dawn Marie Johnson in the contest for the seat being vacated by outgoing Board Member Cynthia Mickelson.

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