Petitions may be circulated for school board elections

School Board elections in the state of Arkansas are set for Tuesday, May 13.

Anyone who wishes to be a candidate may now pick up a petition at the county clerk’s office and begin collecting signatures. The filing period for those petitions is Feb. 24-March 3 at noon.

Petitions up for grabs this year on the Osceola School Board include Zone 4, currently held by Ollie Collins; Zone 5, Jacquelin Baker; and the At-Large Zone, Torian Bell.

There will also be elections in three zones on the Rivercrest School Board. Those include, Zone 3, currently held by Kevin Weathers; Zone 5, Lisa Jo Booker; and Zone 7, Calandra Kimbrough.