By Sarah JohnsonRecord Staff WriterThree people are vying for two seats on the Warren County R-III Board of Education.Incumbents John Clinger and John Bradshaw will face challenger Lucy Click in Tuesday’s election.Clinger, who has been on the school board three years, is a retired teacher with more than three decades of experience in education.“I spent 33 years as an educator, with 30 years in the Warren County R-III School District,” he said. Clinger, 60, said he is a strong advocate for public education, and as a former coordinator for the R-III middle school at-risk program, he also is a strong supporter of middle school education.“I believe in a strong teaching community and strive to maintain competitive compensation for educational employees,” he said. “I believe in good planning for the district’s future and in being prepared for its growth and expansion.”Clinger said he thinks the district should strive to regularly evaluate its educational programs in order to provide children with the skills to be successful.Click, who moved to Warrenton about four years ago, said if she’s elected she would bring a vast array of educational experience to the board, as she has been a teacher in both Missouri and Illinois for the past 20 years.Click, who teaches eighth-grade language arts and science in the Wentzville School District, has a master’s degree in education administration.She said she is running for the school board because she believes it’s important to give back to the community in which she lives.“I’m relatively a newcomer, but have fallen in love with this little community,” she said.Click, 55, said if she wins a seat on the board, she would like to help develop ways to retain great teachers and get the community more involved with the schools in the district.She said she thinks bringing “a fresh set of eyes” to the board can be beneficial.“I have a lot of different educational settings by my choice and believe my varied educational experience can be beneficial to the district,” she said.Bradshaw, 51, has been on the board for three years. One of his main goals if he is re-elected is to continue to support the current administration and to develop ways to keep the district’s most valuable asset — its teaching staff.“We need to develop ways in which we can compensate our teachers comparable to other districts in education, salaries and support,” he said. “ We have made good strides in the past three years and are continuing to strive forward to help our district to be successful in educating our students.”Bradshaw, an Army veteran, said he has had a lot of experience with children and their education, as he has coached a plethora of sports teams over the years.“I have coached approximately 200-plus children in basketball, football, baseball, softball and soccer,” he said. “Even though my children will be all through our school system after this year, I still have many children who have touched my life who are still in the school system. A lot of times we hear or even say, ‘I do’t have any horses in this race,’ but I look at it as if I have a thousand or so,” he said.R-III board