Three years ago, support from Springfield’s largest teacher union helped newcomers Scott Crise , Danielle Kincaid and Maryam Mohammadkhani get elected to the school board.
All three are running again April 2, in a crowded field of seven candidates, but only one of the incumbents now has the backing of the union.
The Springfield National Education Association announced support late Friday for Mohammadkhani as well as Kyler Sherman-Wilkins , who is running for the first time, and Landon McCarter , who is making his second consecutive bid for the governing body.
“We looked through the lens of what our members are struggling with and we picked people that we felt would make a difference in getting those things addressed,” said Laura Mullins, president of Springfield NEA.
In board meetings and on social media, Mullins has raised concerns about a range of topics but most notably student behavior issues and how discipline has been handled. She organized a “Stakeholders for Safe Schools” protest in late December outside of the Kraft Administration Center.