Justin Sharpless and Kasen Hampton are running for Polk County School Board District 6.

Kay Fields and Sumanth ‘Sam’ Neelam are running for Polk County School Board District 5.

Kate Wallace, Sarah Corona and Victor Sims are running for Polk County School Board District 3.

School Board Candidates offer competing solutions to familiar challenges ahead of the Aug. 18 election.

Although board races are officially nonpartisan, the campaigns have drawn endorsements from Democratic and Republican elected officials, as well as the local political parties.

Hillsborough County is the seventh-largest district in Florida, with 305 schools and more than 224,000 students.

Three candidates are running for District 5, which has performed well academically and is building new schools due to population growth.

Hernando County voters will get to elect school board members for districts 1, 3 and 5.

Candidates in Districts 2, 3 and 6 discuss the challenges facing Pinellas County schools and their possible solutions.

An incumbent, attorney, media personality, retired communication specialist and a teacher are running in the District 2 race

With two departing incumbents, a crowded race is heating up to fill three Pasco County School Board seats. Some are veteran teachers, and others have business or political commentator backgrounds.