Education First Shawnee Mission endorses Mary Sinclair in school board race

A Shawnee Mission political action committee that formed earlier this year to elect “pro-education” candidates to the school board made its final endorsement ahead of the November election on Tuesday.

Education First Shawnee Mission announced it has endorsed Mary Sinclair for the Shawnee Mission East seat.

The seat will be vacated next year when longtime board member Donna Bysfeld leaves the school board. Sinclair faces retired teacher James Lockard in the race.

“Mary exemplifies the change and ideas that we believe are critical to being a member of the Shawnee Mission School Board,” chairwoman Tiffany Johnson said in a statement. “We are excited to have such an experienced education advocate running in this race and look forward to the upcoming election.”