{"id":1393199,"date":"2025-02-27T11:29:33","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T17:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1393199"},"modified":"2025-02-28T23:08:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T05:08:48","slug":"bullard-isd-calls-school-board-election-for-may-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1393199","title":{"rendered":"Bullard ISD calls school board election for May Third"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bullard \u2013 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/02\/Bullard-B-logo-200x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1393200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/02\/Bullard-B-logo-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/02\/Bullard-B-logo-350x350.png 350w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/02\/Bullard-B-logo-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/02\/Bullard-B-logo-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/02\/Bullard-B-logo.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>The Bullard Independent School District (BISD) Board of Trustees has officially called for a<br \/>\nschool board election to be held on Saturday, May 3, 2025. This election will determine the representatives for<br \/>\nPlace 6 and Place 7 on the Board, as the current terms for these positions are set to expire. The election was<br \/>\ncalled at the regular monthly board meeting on February 10, 2025.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Running for the Place 6 position will be Susie Turner Saxion (incumbent), John Turner, and Cody Whitehead.<br \/>\nGerald Hawkins and Brian K. Hebert will run for the Place 7 position. Cory Zahirniak currently represents the<br \/>\nPlace 7 position.<br \/>\nCandidacy packets were available at the Bullard ISD Administrative Offices from January 15, 2025, to February<br \/>\n14, 2025. Trustees serve without pay for overlapping three-year terms and do not represent specific<br \/>\ngeographical areas.<br \/>\nAll registered voters residing within the Bullard ISD boundaries are eligible to participate in this election.<br \/>\nBecause Bullard ISD falls in both Cherokee and Smith Counties, election code allows the district to run<br \/>\nelections through only one county, rather than paying election fees for both counties. All district voters who live<br \/>\nin Cherokee and Smith counties will vote at Smith County voting locations.<br \/>\nKey dates and info to remember:<br \/>\n? April 3, 2025: Last day to register to vote.<br \/>\n? April 22, 2025: First day of early voting by personal appearance and last day to apply for a ballot by<br \/>\nmail (must be received, not postmarked).<br \/>\n? April 29, 2025: Last day of early voting by personal appearance.<br \/>\n? May 3, 2025: Election Day; polls open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.<br \/>\n? All Bullard ISD voters (Cherokee County and Smith County residents) will vote at Smith County voting<br \/>\nlocations.<br \/>\nPlease visit the Smith County website for more information on voter registration, voting locations, and election<br \/>\nupdates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bullard \u2013 The Bullard Independent School District (BISD) Board of Trustees has officially called for a school board election to be held on Saturday, May 3, 2025. This election will determine the representatives for Place 6 and Place 7 on the Board, as the current terms for these positions are set to expire. The election &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1393199\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bullard ISD calls school board election for May Third<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1393203,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/02\/Bullard-B-logo-200x200.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1393199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-09 16:19:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/02\/Bullard-B-logo-200x200.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1393199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1393199"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1393199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1393494,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1393199\/revisions\/1393494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1393203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1393199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1393199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1393199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}