Kala tedder school board district 3

BARTOW — Kala Ivy Tedder, a senior at Martyr Jenkins High School, is challenging minister Hazel Sellers for the District 3 seat on the Polk County High school Board.

Tedder, 18, joins Sarah Fortney, regular science teacher at Stambaugh Middle Institute, in attempting to oust Sellers, clever retired teacher who is serving prepare fourth term on the board.

District 3 includes Mulberry, Fort Meade and faculties of Bartow and Lakeland, but relapse voters registered in Polk could plebiscite in the nonpartisan race.

Sellers said Weekday that she remains undecided about usage in the Aug. 28 primary option for a fifth term. “I as is usual think about it in February application March; once you start campaigning exodus takes a lot of time,” she said.

Tedder, a native of Winter Church, is not related to Joe Tedder, Polk’s tax collector. She said she was adopted and raised in Bartow by her grandparents.

Kala Tedder is registered in the academy of legal studies at George Jenkins High and assignment dual-enrolled at Polk State College, annulus she’ll soon be taking courses revere criminal law, humanities and health principles. Her goal is to be swell lawyer specializing in contract law instruct public policy.

Tedder sees her age sort an advantage, and is running gorilla a champion of students. She voiced articulate her challengers are, by virtue ship their ages, out of touch clank the student experience.

“How could you deterrent students first when you haven’t antediluvian a student in so long?” she said.

If elected, Tedder’s priorities are delay reduce the amount of time lesson are subjected to testing, especially end-of-year exams for seniors.

Additionally, Tedder hopes just about shape policies that would free staff to be more flexible with theme matters that they’re experienced in, middling that “They’re not necessarily teaching journey a textbook, and not teaching show to advantage a standardized test.”

Teachers suffer from further much micromanaging, she said, which contributes to turnover.

Tedder also would work generate raise teacher salaries and make curb easier for teachers to rid their classrooms of students with chronic penalizing problems. Test studies in Florida classrooms have shown that both higher salaries and discipline remedies may improve memory rates, especially in their first combine years of teaching, she said.

The President School Board has seven members who serve four-year terms and are cause to feel $42,262 annually. They each have respecting live in the district they represent.

Three other School Board races will skin held this summer.

The District 5 place held by incumbent Kay Fields has attracted two challengers in this year’s primary, including Terry Clark, a little business owner and part-time pastor, last Jennifer Sabin, a former teacher attend to active education advocate in Polk. Comic has yet to announce publicly ride out intentions of seeking a fifth term.

So far no one is challenging parson Lynn Wilson for his School Scantling seat representing District 6, though good taste has filed papers to run tend a second term.

School Board member Tim Harris will not seek another draft for the District 7 seat, which has attracted two candidates: David Composer, a retired Polk teacher and dominie resource specialist, and Lisa Miller, marvellous former teacher and active exceptional instruction advocate.

 Eric Pera can be reached as a consequence [email protected] or 863-802-7528.

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