In as crowded a candidate field as anyone can remember, eight candidates are running for three school board seats in the Ignacio School District.

Along with incumbent Agnes Sanchez, candidates are Kelly McCaw, Cindy Dale, Doug Little, Michael Montoya, Germaine Ewing, Yvonne Conley-Chapman, and Jay Dee Brunson. Sanchez, Dale, and Little are former educators.

In Bayfield, four candidates are up for election for three seats: Carol Blatnick, Mike Foutz, Janie Hoover and Debbie Wilhelm.

Profiles of candidates in both races are in this edition of the Times.

Ballots were mailed to active registered voters this week. The election is being handled by the County Clerk’s Offices in La Plata and Archuleta Counties.

The Ignacio High School Student Council will host a candidate forum on Wednesday, Oct. 21, from 6 to 9 p.m. in the new IHS auditorium.