Jernigan widens lead over Jacobs in school board race

School Board Directors have to live in their District
but every voter votes for all the districts.

Newcomer Meghan Jernigan widened her lead over School Board President Mike Jacobs for School Director #1 in today's returns and Sara Betnel has virtually shut out Joe Cunningham for the open seat in District #5

Jernigan holds 54% of the vote to Jacobs' 46%, with 27% of the votes counted. Betnel has 65% to Cunningham's 35%.

Rebeca Rivera was unopposed in District #4.

The school district includes the cities of Shoreline and Lake Forest Park. School Board Directors, i.e. School Board members, have to live in their district but every voter in both cities votes on all the positions.

--Diane Hettrick