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Candidates to run for school board
Six candidates will vie for two four-year terms on the school board
By Brian Cox, Staff Writer
PUBLISHED: February 15, 2007
With two Saline school board incumbents choosing not to seek re-election in May, six candidates have filed to fill the two four-year terms.
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The deadline for filing with the Washtenaw County Clerk's office was 4 p.m. Tuesday. Among those putting their names in the election hat are three teachers, a lawyer and a former Saline City Council trustee.
Running in the May 8 election are Terrance Bertram, David Friese, Suzanne Klein, Daniel Krus, David Medley and Sarah Slater.
Bertram, 51, is an attorney who served on the district's long-range planning commission. He has lived in the district since 1989. He has one daughter who graduated from Saline High School in 2001 and another who is currently a senior. Bertram said he decided to run because the district faces hard times and he has experience working through tough economic times.
Friese, 63, has lived in the district since 1979. He is a retired teacher who spent 37 years in special education and teaching at the elementary, middle school and high school level.
"I'm very concerned with where we're going in regards to education," Friese said. "I have a feeling of where we've been and where we need to go."
Medley, too, is a teacher. He has taught 36 years at Belleville High School, teaching history and art. Medley, 57, who is retiring this year, was a negotiator for the teachers' union in Belleville and served as union president. He has lived in the district for 20 years and has three children who graduated from Saline High school.
"I know there is a time coming up for some tough decisions," he said. "I can bring knowledge of both sides."
Slater, 36, served two years on City Council and has lived in the district for four years. She has a son in the sixth grade and is a third-grade teacher in Chelsea, where she is also a member of the teachers' union negotiating team.
"I'm very concerned about the state of school funding," she said. "I think my experience will bring a different perspective to the board that will bring some balance."
Krus, who could not be reached for comment by press time, unsuccessfully ran for a school board seat two years ago.
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