Three Candidates Vie for Duval County School Board District 2 Seat

Overview

• Coverage published on Aug. 3, 2026 profiles Donovan Bradley, Terence Myers and Donna Westrich as they actively campaign for the open District 2 seat left vacant when Vice Chair April Carney said in April she would not seek re‑election.
• Each candidate emphasizes a different priority: Westrich highlights two decades of classroom experience and community representation, Myers focuses on more resources for teachers and students with disabilities, and Bradley pushes for expanded career and technical education and changes to testing.
• All three call for greater transparency and community involvement around any potential school consolidations or closures and say consolidation should be used only after other options are exhausted.
• Duval schools face multi‑year budget pressure that has prompted consolidation talk and the district’s fiscal outlook will be directly affected by a 1‑mill levy renewal that voters will decide in November.
• Candidates stress keeping politics out of classroom decisions even as they acknowledge growing state‑level influence on local schools, making local governance and board composition consequential for how district policies are set.