These Nine Candidates Want to Be on the North Kansas City School Board

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If you're in Kansas City, Mo., you can vote for a school board member.

If you're not in Kansas City, Mo., you can't vote for a school board member.

That's because nine people are running for three open seats on the North Kansas City Schools Board of Education, the Kansas City Star reports.

Here's what the nine candidates have to say: Incumbents Jane Rinehart and Susan Hines are seeking re-election, as are challengers Joe Jacobs, Brock Foley, Aryn Peters, Tirdad Daei, and Roy Copeland III.

All are endorsed by the district's teachers union.

What they'd like to see the district do: support students' mental health, the Beacon Kansas City reports.

They'd like to see schools do more to support students' mental health, and they differ on how cautiously the district should approach technology such as cellphones and artificial intelligence in the classroom.

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