Mike Rathbone is running for the District C seat on the Mesa County Valley School District Board of Education. His opponent is incumbent Andrea Haitz.

Rathbone is a Central High School graduate and U.S. Army veteran who recently retired from Veterans Affairs. He’s engaged to a D51 teacher and has four kids who all attended D51 schools. He spends much of his free time as a youth hockey coach at River City Sportplex.

The Daily Sentinel asked Rathbone six questions as part of a Q&A series with each school board candidate. Ballots began mailing out to Mesa County citizens on Friday.

Q: How can D51 address budgetary concerns in the coming years, especially with funding uncertainty at both the state and federal level?

A: By bringing our community together to support our schools.

Q: Followi

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