Early election results show Dr. Jennifer Johnson leading a three-person race for two seats opening up on the Scottsdale Unified School District Governing Board next year.
Votes will continue to be counted in the coming days and no results are final until canvassed, but Johnson was in the lead Wednesday morning with with 42,720 votes (37.65% of the ballots counted so far).
Johnson has been a teacher, a principal and superintendent in the Glendale Union High School District. She also served as deputy superintendent at the Arizona Department of Education and an associate vice president for academic alliances at Grand Canyon University. She has also volunteered with the School Connect nonprofit since 2018 and is currently the board chairperson.
