Election for Boundary County School Board will be held Tuesday, May 20.

Incumbent Gil Hagen, a retired grain, hay and alfalfa farmer, will be challenged by community volunteer Ingrid Elena Pavia and retired electrician and electronic technician Walter Burrow.

Only residents who live in Zone 1, or the northern section of the county, can vote for one of these three candidates. The election will be held at Mt. Hall Elementary School.

Incumbent Tim Bertling, a self-employed logger, faces Bonners Ferry Realtor Donna Capurso for Zone 2, which is the Moyie Springs area. Voting for Moyie-area residents only will take place at Evergreen Elementary School.

Polls will be open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. at both locations.

Hagen was appointed to the school board in July 2004 and elected to a three-year term in May 2005. He volunteers at Mt. Hall School, where he works with sixth-graders on reading.

Pavia, a mother of two school-age children, is running to give people a voice. She prides herself on researching matters related to the school district.

Burrow is making his first bid for public office. He is on the board of directors for Bee Line water system, a private, non-profit that serves 200 members from Three-Mile to Rock Creek.

Bertling was elected to a two-year term in 2003 and a three-year term in 2005.

He chose to run again because there’s a couple of projects he’d like to complete, including the development of a softball field at Bonners Ferry High School.

Capurso is running in hopes of improving the school district’s educational system through leadership, fiscal responsibility, a willingness to listen, and a promise to try and create the best environment for children. She owns Selkirk Mountain Real Estate in Bonners Ferry.