NFISD board election draws 11 candidates

Two incumbents and nine challengers make up the field of candidates vying for three seats on the North Forest ISD Board of Trustees in the November election.
The election will be held Nov. 6. With early voting from Oct. 22 to Nov. 2.
Residents had until Oct. 9 to register to vote in this election.
Filing for the Nov. 6 election ended Sept. 5, with three candidates dates meeting the deadline to run for the Position I seat; three for Position 6: and five candidates for Position 7.
Both Trustee Silvia Brooks Williams, who was appointed by the board in 2006 to till the unexpired term of former Trustee Jarvis Clark and Board Vice-President Alien Provost filed to run in the Position I and Position 6 races, respectively. Veteran Trustee Maxine-Lane Seals, who has served on the North Forest ISD Board of Trustees for a total of 19 years did not seek reelection.

Albert Coleman, a 69-vear-old retired police officer, and Gary Pratt, a 43 year-old consultant, will challenge Silvia Brooks-Williams, 64 an HISD school administrator, for the Position I seat.
Henrietta Cage, 60, a registered nurse administrator, and Jackie Mayhorn, 47, who works as a change manager in information technology, will face Allen Provost, 60, a substance abuse monitor for Position 6.
Without an incumbent in the Position 7 race, five challengers have filed to run for the seat.
They are Roy ‘Rabbit” Grant, 67, a security guard; Loutrice Hicks-Holmes, a 44 year-old child care worker; Willie Hunter, 61, a retired city employee; Albert Lemmons, 62, an HISD administrator; and education consultant Paula Sharon Settles, 47.
Each member of the seven-member board of trustees is elected to serve a three-year staggered term without compensation.