Here’s who will appear on the ballot for the larger school boards in Merced County:
Dos Palos-Oro Loma Joint Unified School District
Area 4
- Lisa Areias, incumbent, retired police officer
- Jasmin Goncalves, parent
Area 6
- Frank Lemos, retired administrator
- Michael Bryant, realtor
Los Banos Unified School District
Area 4
- Gary Munoz, incumbent
- Luis Castro, property manager/parent
Merced Union High School District
Area 3
- Sam Spangler, deputy sheriff
- Julio Valadez, incumbent
Area 4
- Amalee Jayasinghe, incumbent
- Kanwaldeep Kaur Bains, program coordinator/parent
Area 5
- Kurt Kollmann, incumbent, retired educator
- Gameelah Mohamed, program manager/advocate
Merced City Elementary School District
Area 2
- Audrea Tuhn, parent
- Tsia Xiong, director/parent
Area 4
- Annie Delgado, educator/parent
- Birdi Olivarez-Kidwell, incumbent
