After two more candidates filed for the Lawrence school board election Monday, a primary election will now be held for the lone two-year term that’s up for grabs.

Norine Spears, a self-employed graphic artist, will contend for the two-year term seat, upping the pool of candidates to four, thus requiring a primary election March 3.

Jill Fincher.

Norine Spears.

Jill Fincher, a Lawrence Schools Foundation board member, also filed for a four-year term Monday in a race that is separate from the two-year term. She is the seventh candidate to contend for one of the four four-year seats.

Also Monday, Randy Masten confirmed that he will not seek reelection this year.

Unless nine more people file for a four-year term by noon today, there will only be the general election April 7.

Spears, 46, has two children attending Lawrence public schools. She is a member of the district’s Equity Council, the Lawrence High School’s parent-teacher organization and has served on councils for Sunflower Elementary and Southwest Middle schools.

“I was raised in a home with parents who showed me the importance of being involved in your community,” Spears said in a statement. “As a passionate advocate for our schools, I want to carry on that tradition.”

Fincher, 47, has put two children through public schools, according to a statement. She said she manages a family business based in British Columbia, a fishing lodge called Charlotte Clean Adventures, and also spent 10 years working in commercial lending for banks. Fincher has served on several other community boards, including the Lawrence Public Library, the Ballard Center and several parent-teacher organizations for Lawrence schools.

“I don’t have a particular ax to grind,” Fincher said in the statement. “Lawrence public schools and its teachers have done so much for my two children and our entire community, and I want to give back and help them get even better.”

The six other candidates who have filed for the four-year seats are Shannon Kimball, an attorney who is also the board’s president; Rick Ingram, a Kansas University professor of clinical psychology, who joined the board in 2011; Bob Byers, an administrator for the Kansas Department for Children and Families, who first joined the board in 2009; Ronald “G.R.” Gordon-Ross, a health care IT professional; Lindsey Frye, a medical claims collector; and Jessica Beeson, a director of alumni and community engagement at KU.

The two-year seat will be contested by Marcel Harmon, who was appointed to the board this past September; Kelly Spurgeon, a program consultant at the Kansas State Department of Education; and Mary Loveland, a former board member with 20 years of experience.

Candidates have until noon Tuesday to submit their paperwork, which can be obtained at the Douglas County clerk’s office, 1100 Massachusetts St., or on the county’s website, DouglasCountyKS.org.