This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters.

By Melanie Asmar/Chalkbeat

A longtime Denver Public Schools teacher who is a DPS graduate and whose children attended several different Denver schools is running for a seat on the school board.

Deborah Sims Fard is vying for an at-large seat representing the entire city. The seat is currently held by Scott Esserman, who is running for reelection but for a different seat representing central-east Denver’s District 3.

Sims Fard, who lives in the Skyland neighborhood in north Denver, will face two opponents for the at-large seat. If elected, Sims Fard would have to resign from DPS; district employees cannot serve on the school board due to conflict of interest rules.

Sims Fard, 62, sai

See Full Page