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Humble ISD elections nearing the final push.

The first election I covered as a newspaper editor and reporter, my mom and dad asked me how everything turned out. Their interest in local elections was piqued by one of their friends running for mayor in their little town.

I'll never forget my response. "Remind me to wear a rain slicker and rain boots next time!"

I salute all who have put their name on the dotted line. School board elections, or any for that matter, are not for the faint of heart. Board members receive no compensation for the long hours they spend inside and outside the boardroom.

Thank you to all who are willing to serve, and please show civility during the process.

Voting on Saturday begins at 7 a.m. and ends at 7 p.m. Please vote! More than 50 percent of your tax bill goes to the school district so it's critical to speak up.

Have an opinion? Let me hear from you at dtaylor@houstonchronicle.com.

David Taylor
Senior reporter
dtaylor@houstonchronicle.com

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Photo: Susan Barber/Houston Chronicle

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Need to know

Here's where you can read about the candidates for each of the Humble ISD school board positions up for election.

Position 2 - Robert Scarfo (incumbent), Astrubal "Dru" Gutierrez, Reginald Spivey, Erin Greene

Position 6 - Marques A. Holmes (incumbent), Audra Deaver, Holly L. Ham

Position 7 - Nancy S. Morrison (incumbent), Natalie Carter, Michael Grabowski, Leigh S. Marcus

Shout out

Humble ISD has named Susan Mitchell as the District and Elementary Teacher of the Year, and Teresa Aranda as the Secondary Teacher of the Year.

Mitchell teaches at Groves Elementary and is in her 14th year as an educator, and second year as a librarian. "The library is the biggest classroom in the entire school," she said.

Aranda, the dance teacher at Summer Creek High School, has been teaching for 17 years, with 13 at Summer Creek. She started the award-winning Starlettes dance team.

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