Meet the candidates for Salem-Keizer School Board, zone 4

Local voters get a chance to elect three school board directors on May 16, who will guide the Salem-Keizer School District as a new superintendent takes office.

Board directors oversee an annual budget of $1.3 billion and set broad priorities for the education of 40,000 local students.

This year, seats representing zone 2 in northeast Salem, zone 4 in southwest Salem and zone 6 in Keizer are up for election. All voters in the district…