What will Lisa Bell do after she leaves her post on the Prince William County School Board?
She could serve as the next Neabsco District representative on the Prince William County Board of Supervisors.
A write-in campaign is underway for Bell, who has served on the School Board since 2010. We were the first to report earlier this year she decided to not seek reelection this fall.
The announcement drew surprise from Bell supporters, some of them conservative, who often looked to her as a voice of reason on the school board when it came to delaying a decision on a $10 million swimming pool inside Charles Colgan High School to open next fall. The pool was approved, and the high school will be one of the costliest ever built in Virginia.
The Neabsco District seat has been held by John Jenkins since 1982.
Bell maintains it’s her supporters who are mounting the write-in campaign, not her.
But if elected, she would serve.
“If there was an overwhelming demand, sure. I will always be serving my community in some capacity,” Bell stated in a Facebook message to Potomac Local.
The election is November 3.
