Interested in running for a seat on your local school board? The filing deadline is fast approaching.

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Missouri residents wishing to run for seats on their local school boards have one more day to file for the election next spring. Kansas residents have another week.

Voters from 26 Kansas City metropolitan-area districts in both states will select school board members in the general election Tuesday, April 2.

Listed below are the districts where school board seats will be on the ballot. Click on the hyperlink for more information about how to file:

Kansas

The filing deadline is noon Tuesday, Jan. 22, for all districts in Kansas. There are three open school board seats for every district in this state except one. Turner School District has four open seats due to the recent death of their board president, Randy Beery.

• Basehor-Linwood 

• Blue Valley Unified School District

• Bonner Springs/Edwardsville School District

• De Soto School District

• Gardner Edgerton Unified School District

• Kansas City, KS School District

• Lansing Unified School District

• Olathe School District

• Piper Unified School District

• Shawnee Mission School District

• Spring Hill School District

• Turner Unified School District

Missouri

The filing deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15, for all districts in Missouri. There are two open school board seats for most district on this side of the state line except one. North Kansas City has three positions open, and Park Hill has four. Independence and Kansas City, Missouri, will not be holding elections during this cycle.

• Belton School District

• Blue Springs School District

• Center School District

• Excelsior Springs School District

• Fort Osage School District

• Grandview C-4 School District

• Hickman Mills C-1 School District

• Lee’s Summit R-VII School District

• Liberty Public School District

• North Kansas City School District

• Park Hill School District

• Platte County R-3 School District

• Raymore-Peculiar School District

• Raytown C-2 School District

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