(Geronimo) – The school board is officially complete in the Navarro ISD. Voters on Tuesday elected three at large trustee positions as well as one two-year unexpired trustee term. Claiming the three at-large positions were Incumbents Clint Scheib and Melissa Sartain and Becki Stephenson. In fact, Stephenson ended the night by leading the pack of eight candidates as the top vote getter. Stephenson received 2,170 of the votes cast followed by Scheib with 2,164 votes and Sartain with 1,433 votes.
Stephenson says she appreciates those who are affording her the opportunity to lead the district.
“I am overwhelmed and increasingly energized to work with and support my community. Our schools are the heart of our community, and I’m very committed to working with fellow board members, educators and parents to support the rapid growth that we’re experiencing and uphold the values that we really cherish here at Navarro,” said Stephenson.
Sartain says she too was humbled to have returned to her leadership position and looks forward to continuing the work.
“I’m just really grateful that the community is entrusting me to represent them and serve them for another four years. I’m really excited about the election results. I think it’s going to be a great board of trustees, and I think we’re going to get a lot of work done,” said Sartain.
The other candidates following closely behind include Kyle Hunter with 1,340 votes; Jared Gallini with 1,042 votes; Kimberly Jones with 814 votes; Kristen Green with 798 votes and Megan Ossinger with 551 votes. It should be noted that Scheib was unavailable for comment following last night’s results.
Meanwhile garnering the most votes for the one unexpired trustee term was Joel Frederick with 1, 352 votes.
Frederick says he’s both excited and ready to get to work.
“I’m just happy of course that it turned out the way it did. It was an interesting race. Politics is a different world that I’m not used to in my volunteer life. But ultimately, I’m just ready to go to work and continue to work for Navarro,” said Frederick.
The other three candidates included Jacob Coppedge with 1,227 votes followed by Matthew Reed with 791 votes and Russell Trotti with 263 votes.