School board elections Tuesday

Area voters will go to the polls Tuesday to fill school board seats and decide on bond issues and tax levies.

Election day is scheduled for 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Clovis Municipal Schools school board president Kyle Snider is opposed by Joshua Crisp in District 1 while Cindy Osburn is unopposed in District 2.

Additionally, school district officials said they are asking voters to authorize up to $20 million in general obligation bonds, which they said would essentially continue the existing debt service at the same level and will not result in a debt service tax rate increase — adding the district’s assessed value has continued to grow strong, allowing the district to issue up to $20 million in bonds without increasing the debt service tax rate.

Clovis Municipal Schools Deputy Superintendent of Operations Carrie Bunce said the two-mill capital levy is a $2 tax per $1,000 of taxable value on property.

“It’s important to realize it’s taxable value and not appraisal value,” Bunce said. “We have checked with the county clerk’s office and what they consider taxable value is about one-third of your property value. That is something where we do a lot of maintenance work with our schools. We purchase maintenance equipment, our activity buses are purchased with that and one of the most important things we do with the two-mill levy is it keeps our technology current and up to date for our kids. Without the two-mill levy, we could not keep current programs in computers on the desks of our kids.”

In Texico, Clifford Franklin and Troy Teague are running for Position 5 on the school board. Justin Lee Barnes is unopposed for Position 4 after the withdrawal of Bethany Dru Stevens from the race.

In Melrose, Cedar C. Rush, Tyler W. Belcher and Larry D. DeVaney are unopposed.

Grady voters will decide between Quentin Wood and Colten Lane Grau for the Position 4 school board seat. Emory W. Jones and Phillip Borden are vying for the Position 5 vacancy.

Early voting ended in Curry County with 594 ballots cast, according to the Curry County Clerk’s office. Of those ballots, 584 were cast in the Clovis elections, six in Texico and four in Grady.

Six candidates are running for three at-large positions on Fort Sumner’s school board, with Sharon C. West, Scot Stinnett, Jerry Kyle Sparks, Brent Moyer, Kreston Madrid and Mary “Molly” Kenyon vying for seats.

All Roosevelt County positions are unopposed, but Dora voters are being asked to back a two-mill levy. Superintendent Steve Barron notes the money can’t go toward employee salaries or recurring expenses, and that the money is planned for technology upgrades, playground equipment, lab equipment, building and equipment repairs and activity bus/vehilce purchases.

In Portales, Alan Garrett is running for Position 3 and Antonio Sanchez Jr. for Position 4. Dora candidates are John Mohon for Position 2, Jana Roberts for Position 4, Gary William Simposione for Position 5. Elida has Garland Creighton for Position 3, Virginia Clemmons for Position 4 and Scott Burton for Position 5. In Floyd, Vicki Banister seeks Position 1 and Jeffrey Essary Position 2.

Polling places (Open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.)

Clovis

Colonial Clubhouse (Golf Course), 1300 Colonial Parkway

Youth Recreation Building, 1504 East Seventh Street

Roy Walker Community Center, 316 West Second Street

Trinity United Methodist Church (Gym), 1320 West 21st Street

North Plains Mall, 2809 North Prince Street

Dora

Dora Schools Lobby, 100 School St.

Grady

Senior Center, 104 W. Main St.

Melrose

City Hall, 105 East Ave. B

Texico

Community Building, 215 Griffin St.

Fort Sumner

County Courthouse, 248 East Ave. C

Portales

Memorial Building, 200 E. 7th St.