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| Mr. Brian Jones |
There are now just three candidates for the April 2 Columbia Board of Education election with Brian Jones’ Thursday statement that he’s withdrawing from the race.
His name will remain on the ballot, Boone County Clerk Brianna Lennon wrote in an email.
He emailed a statement to reporters writing that he made the decision “with great sadness.”
“I was presented with an unexpected employment opportunity that I have accepted in the best interests of my family,” he wrote. “We are relocating to Wisconsin at the end of this month.”
He thanked supporters in the email and wished good luck to remaining candidates, also challenging them to “foster an inclusive environment where every student, staff member and educator can feel safe being their authentic self at school each day!”
The other candidates are Della Streaty-Wilhot, Blake A. Willoughby and Jay Atkins. Voters will elect two to the school board. Incumbents Jim Whitt and Jan Mees didn’t seek re-election.
Lennon wrote that Feb. 5, the eighth Tuesday before the election, was the deadline to withdraw in order for one’s name to be removed from the ballot. A state law prevents it from being removed from the ballot after that date.
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