Get ready for the 2015 Lawrence school board general election on April 7 by reading up on the candidates and comparing their answers to a Journal-World questionnaire.

Mary Loveland and Marcel Harmon, two candidates with experience serving on the Lawrence school board, beat out their two other opponents in the primary election for the open two-year term on the district's governing body. They will go head to head in the general election.

Also on the ballot will be seven other candidates vying for four other seats for four-year terms. A primary election was not needed to narrow down that field.

Read up on all the candidates below, and find more information about the school board and city commission elections at LJWorld.com/vote2015.

Profiles:

Marcel Harmon, 46, first joined the board in September 2014 as an appointee following the resignation of Adina Morse. He works for an engineering firm, M.E. Group. He served on the Kansas Next Generation Science Standard Review Committee.

Mary Loveland, 66, served on the school board from 1987 to 2003 and again from 2007 to 2011. She has worked as an organizer for youth sports leagues and served on boards for the Kansas University Alumni Association and the Kansas Memorial Union.

Questionnaires:

Marcel Harmon

Mary Loveland

The rest is here:
2015 Lawrence school board election: Final candidate profiles, questionnaires