Five races for school board posts in Sequoyah County and a school bond election will take place in annual school elections Feb. 24.

The candidates who will be meeting at the polls are:

Gans School, Office 4 - Ron Goff and Melvin Duvaul

Gore School, Office 4 - Arnie David McGee and Bryan Mannon

Roland School, Office 4 - Frank A. Cosner (incumbent) and Jerry Brooks

Sallisaw School, Office 4 - Patsy Thomason (incumbent) and Bill James

Indian Capital Technology Center in Sallisaw - Roy Butch Ogden and Rita Bunch

Those board members who automatically took office or who continued holding their office were:

Belfonte School, Office 4 - Eugene Mooney

Brushy School, Office 2 - David Lee Philpot

Central School, Office 4 - Greg Walton

Liberty School, Office 2 - George E. Lawson Jr.

Marble City School, Office 2 - Timothy Farris

Moffett School, Office 2 - Sylvester Carolina

Muldrow School, Office 4 - Steven Henderson

Vian School, Office 4 - Bill Reynolds

Webbers Falls, Office 4 - Roy Barnes

School Bond

Although voters in the Moffett School District won't be casting their vote on a school board member, they will be going to the polls to vote on a $65,000 school bond.

Moffett School Superintendent John Gordon said if the bond is passed, the money will be used to remodel the old rock building that currently houses the fifth through eighth grades. An older gymnasium is also attached to the building, which is used for physical education classes.

Gordon said the building was previously the main school building, and it was built in 1939. Gordon said the bond money would help fix problems with the building, including structural damage, a leaking roof, and bathroom work.

Gordon said the school, which has 300 students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, has a very low bonding capacity and school officials decided to remodel what they have rather than build.

Gordon said the bond would run seven years and would only be a slight increase for taxpayers. He said this bond is about the same amount as the old bond issue, which will be paid off at the end of June. The bond is $1.04 per $100 of ad valorem tax. The bond must be approved by 60 percent of the votes cast to pass.

"I feel good about it," Gordon said. "I hope it passes. We need it."