Frisco ISD election: Four candidates will be on the ballot

Two board seats are up for grabs in the Frisco Independent School District, with four people vying for the seats, including incumbent Dynette Davis.

Board members are elected to three-year, at-large staggered terms representing the entire Frisco ISD community. Places 4 and 5 are on the May ballot this year, currently held by Davis (Place 4) and Debbie Gillespie (Place 5).

Gillespie announced in January that she would not seek reelection.

Davis, an educator, has lived in the district for 10 years. She was elected in 2020. Challenging Davis is Reed Bond, an IT project execution lead who has lived in the district for 10 years.

Place 5 candidates include Mark Hill, an attorney who has lived in the district for 17 years, and Susan Kershaw, a registered nurse and homemaker who has also lived in the district for 17 years.

In 2022, Place 2 trustee Natalie Hebert, who joined the board in June 2019, lost her seat to challenger Marvin Lowe by 51 votes in a race that saw more than 15,000 ballots cast.

In Frisco ISD, there are no runoff elections; whoever receives the most votes wins.

Hebert requested a recount, which did not change the outcome but tightened the margin. The 51-vote difference between Lowe and Hebert resulted in two votes fewer than election night totals, which showed a 53-vote margin and one less the canvassed results, which showed a 52-vote margin