Two candidates are running for a Norfolk School Board seat up for special election amid a time of upheaval for the school system. The new member will join a seven-member board working to implement a school closure plan and choose a new superintendent following the surprise firing of Susan Byrdsong.

Jason Inge, who was appointed to the Ward 3 seat in February , faces a challenge from Jodi Slaughter.

Slaughter, 54, is employed as a Virginia Beach behavioral health worker. Inge, 37, is director of community investments at United Way of South Hampton Roads. Neither attended or have children in the school system, but Slaughter said she has worked with hundreds of Norfolk Public Schools students as part of her job.

The winner will serve through 2026. The special election fills the rema

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