Longtime educator (D) fending off tech businessman (D) in lone Washoe County School Board race

After Washoe County voters in June rejected school board candidates backed by a far-right activist with deep pockets, resulting in three races being decided in the primaries, eyes are now on the remaining race for the District G seat that pits a longtime educator against a tech businessman.

The at-large District G covers the western portion of Washoe County and includes Incline Village. It borders its counterpart, at-large District F, and shares schools with District A, C, D and E. That means voters in those four contiguous districts can also vote in the District G race.

The seat is currently held by Trustee Diane Nicolet, 72, a longtime educator who has worked in K-12 and higher education. In 2016, she was temporarily appointed to the seat for nine months and then after a lapse in service was elected to the post in 2020.

Her experience includes serving as the director of the Truckee Meadows Community College’s E.L. Cord Foundation Child Care for 24 years. Nicolet, a North Dakota native, is also a mother of Washoe County School District (WCSD) graduates and has lived in the Reno area with her husband for 30 years.



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