17 candidates vie for 5 school board seats

Filing has closed for a seat on the first elected Barnwell County School District board.

All five school board seats will be on the November 5 General Election ballot. Candidate filing opened on August 1 and closed at noon on Thursday, August 15.

“Even-numbered Districts 2, and 4 will be filled for two-year terms. Odd-numbered Districts 1, 3, and 5 will be filled for four-year terms,” according to an election notice posted in a recent edition of the newspaper.

The five members who are elected on Nov. 5 will replace the appointed five-member board that has overseen the consolidation process since lawmakers created the district in 2023. That board currently includes Becky Wier Huggins, Sexton, Brown, Dr. Andy Sandifer, and Terry Richardson.

The following candidates have filed for the five seats:

• District 1: Bob Snead, Becky Wier Huggins, Crystal Nix, and Alan Kennedy.
• District 2: Felicia Robinson Devore, Vanessa Taylor Childs, and Dawn Mansfield.
• District 3: Rosey Anderson, Teresa B. Hughes, and Abraham Sexton
• District 4: Ronnie Brown, Paula Marie Little, and John Melton. 
• District 5: Catrena Hughes-Parker, Ethel Faust, Ed Rockwell and Tim Scott.

The People-Sentinel will have candidate profiles in an upcoming edition prior to the November election.