We explore the campaign finance reports of the 2021 ISD 197 school board candidates.

We explore the campaign finance reports of the 2021 ISD 197 school board candidates.
In the ISD 197 election, the levy renewal passes with 68% of the vote and Sarah Larsen, Marcus Hill, and Jon Vaupel win seats on the school board. The margin of victory for third over fourth was half a percent, some 91 votes.
This sharable chart shows candidate positions and biographical details for all nine candidates contesting the race, plus info on the levy renewal.
We ask school board candidates how they’ll make ISD 197 better and what specific strategies they have.
We ask school board candidates how they’ll engage with fellow school board and community members who may disagree with them.
We ask school board candidates what they thought of the high school name change process and what the school board should learn moving forward.