For the first time in recent memory, Ignacio School District voters will choose school board members in the Nov. 3 election. Three board seats are open. There are eight candidates.

The Ignacio High School Student Council will host a candidate forum from 6 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 21 in the new IHS auditorium.

Board member Agnes Sanchez is seeking re-election. Board president Toby Roderick and board member Troy Webb are term-limited.

Ballots were mailed to active registered voters this week. The election is being handled by the County Clerk's Office in La Plata and Archuleta Counties.

Along with Sanchez, candidates are Kelly McCaw, Cindy Dale, Doug Little, Michael Montoya, Germaine Ewing, Yvonne Conley-Chapman, and Jay Dee Brunson. Sanchez, Dale, and Little are former edcators.

Profiles of all the candidates in both the Ignacio and Bayfield school district are in this week's edition of the Times or at www.pinerivertimes.com.