The non-partisan Manatee County School Board District 5 race features three very interesting candidates with very different backgrounds, each of whom brings an interesting resume to the race.
In our review of the candidates, we believe that Chantal Wilford is the best choice. Wilford’s background is in language and linguistics, having completed her undergraduate education in Europe before pursuing postgraduate training in translation and interpreting at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.
Wilford has spent most of her career as a Dutch-to-English translator. She has three children who were educated in Manatee County public schools (two graduates and one current student) after beginning their education via homeschooling…