Eight candidates file for four Salem-Keizer School Board seats

Voters will decide between two ideologically opposed slates of candidates for four Salem-Keizer School Board seats.

Eight candidates have filed to run for the board in the May 20 election, including two current board members seeking another term. 

As in past years, two political groups have each promoted candidates and are campaigning for them together. Positions are nonpartisan.

All but two of the candidates are newcomers.

Community for Salem-Keizer Schools, a coalition of union…