7 candidates vie for Milaca School Board seats

Voters in the Milaca School District will choose among seven candidates in the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Three four-year seats are up for election, and a separate special election will fill one seat for a two-year term. Six candidates are running for the four-year seats: Steve Bistrup, Jennifer Corrow, Sara Grieser, Sara Herr Larson, Kayla Moeller and Joshua Hurt. Corrow, Grieser and Herr Larson are incumbents. Incumbent Jere L. Day is the candidate named for the special election seat.

The local newspaper, the Union-Times, gave all candidates the same questions about why they are running, what key issues they see and what their priorities would be. Answers are printed in the candidates' own words, lightly edited, and the paper notes that the views and factual claims belong to the candidates. In the text provided, the answers are not labeled with candidate names. The candidates describe a range of backgrounds, including current and former board members, a retired district technology director, nurses, a small business owner and a retired teacher.

Declining enrollment and its effect on school funding come up in many of the answers. Other themes include fiscal responsibility, more community involvement and clearer communication, smaller class sizes, student achievement and test scores, and staff support. One answer calls the school funding model outdated and criticizes reliance on property taxes. The article does not describe any other election details.