Coming Up: Bossier Parish School Board Elections

Bossier Parish School Board elections are coming up in just a few months. Every member of the board will be up for re-election.
A lot has changed in the last four years.
Ken Kruithof retired after all of the scandals last year, and the board refused to mount even a regional search for a new superintendent. It was pretty well determined before any applicants were interviewed that D. C. Machen would get the job.
Machen was the Assistant Superintendent for Administration during the time that several employees and a vendor were stealing almost $1,000,000 from the system, a few thousand at a time. The board refused to hold anyone in a management or supervisory position responsible for the debacle. The (now) former employees were all sentenced to prison.
A lot of people were grumbling at the time, and some were outspoken in their criticism of the board, promising to hold them accountable at election time.
We’ll see.
It’s not a good time to be an incumbent in any office at any level. The Tea Party movement is very active in Bossier Parish, and they are out for accountability. Whether that will reach to the school board, I have no idea.
Rumors have been floating that Michael Mosura, the Board President, may run for the state legislature in 2011, the same rumor is making the rounds about Kostelka.
Qualifying will be in July or August, and we’ll find out at that time who’s in and who’s out so far as candidacy. I do predict that there will be more challengers than we have seen in the past.
Below is the current board.

District 1
Jack Raley
P.O. Box 85
Haughton, LA 71037
318-949-3675
jack.raley@bossierschools.org

District 2
Brad L. Bockhaus
111 Harvest Ln.
Haughton, LA 71037
318-949-6680
brad.bockhaus@bossierschools.org

District 3
Dr. Allison Brigham, VP
511 Lee Street
Benton, LA 71006
318-426-2911
allison.brigham@bossierschools.org

District 4
Tammy Smith
183 Willow Bend Road
Benton, LA 71006
318-965-9839
tammy.smith@bossierschools.org

District 5
Michael S. Mosura II, President
6014 Jason Street
Bossier City, LA 71111
318-742-3700
michael.mosura@bossierschools.org

District 6
William C. Kostelka
309 Audubon Drive
Bossier City, LA 71111
318-747-6966
bill.kostelka@bossierschools.org

District 7
J. W. Slack
2424 Douglas Drive
Bossier City, LA 71111
318-746-5752
jw.slack@bossierschools.org

District 8
Kenneth M. Wiggins
3201 Cloverdale Place
Bossier City, LA 71111
318-742-0251
kenneth.wiggins@bossierschools.org

District 9
Eddy Ray Presley
1816 Lee Street
Bossier City, LA 71112
318-286-9049
eddy.presley@bossierschools.org

District 10
Julian Darby
1130 Beverly Street
Bossier City, LA 71112
318-747-0818
julian.darby@bossierschools.org

District 11
Lindell Webb
1830 Venus Drive
Bossier City, LA 71112
318-746-0672
lindell.webb@bossierschools.org

District 12
Mack Knotts
5007 Kenilworth Drvie
Bossier City, LA 71112
318-747-4166
mack.knotts@bossierschools.org