Five Kansas ed board incumbents seeking re-election

? All five members of the Kansas State Board of Education whose terms are ending have filed for re-election this year.

Republicans John Bacon, of Olathe, and Ken Willard, of Hutchinson, filed with the secretary of state’s office this week.

Bacon and Willard are conservatives. In 2005, they supported science testing standards for public schools that reflected skepticism about evolution.

Filing earlier this year were incumbent Democrat Janet Waugh, of Kansas City, and Republicans Sally Cauble, of Liberal, and Jana Shaver, of Independence.

All three were part of a board majority that voted in 2007 to return the state to using evolution-friendly science standards.

The board’s 10 members serve staggered, four-year terms.