Four candidates are vying for two open seats on the Anchorage School Board. Board members are elected on an areawide basis, so candidates are running to represent the whole city. This year, two relatively inexperienced challengers are facing sitting board members seeking reelection in the state’s largest school district.
Incumbent Margo Bellamy is running for her third term to fill Seat A on the school board. If she wins, it will be her final term, as school board members may only serve three terms consecutively. Bellamy retired from the Anchorage School District in 2016 after a long career beginning as a clerk and librarian before working as an administrator in each ASD middle school, and at the district office. Bellamy said her top priority is improving student outcomes.
“There’s just so much work to be done,” Bellamy said. “I feel like I’ve started it. I’ve lived it as an employee, but as a board member, I’ve started that work, and I kind of want to see it through.”…