Five face off in race for two school board seats: Ingram, Pulse

Editor’s note: Pulse and Ingram did not provide photographs to Havre Daily News.

Pulse called Havre Daily News Thursday afternoon to say she had not realized the paper had called her. Havre Daily News called the number provided by the school district as contact information and left messages.

Ingram said he was not available for interview Wednesday but tried to call Havre Daily News Thursday evening. The article was printed Thursday morning. The original version of this story used the wrong day, Thursday, to say when he agreed to be interviewed although the reporter understood the interview to be set for Wednesday.

Two candidates for the two three-year terms up for election on the Havre School Board did not respond to attempts by Havre Daily News to obtain interviews to profile the candidates.

Candidate Erin Pulse did not respond to calls requesting an interview.

A reported called candidate Jacob Ingram to set up an interview and said he agreed agreed to be interviewed Wednesday night, but did not call Havre Daily News or respond to calls attempting to reach him.

The two did participate in a forum sponsored by Havre Education Association.

During the forum, Pulse said she is a consumer department assistant for Independence Bank and also works for Havre restaurant Bow and Marrow. 

She is running because there needs to be more parents in these positions, she said. As a parent she feels she would bring more ideas to make sure the board doesn’t lose track.

Ingram, a lineman for Hill County Electric, said during the forum that he is running because he believes people’s desires for a traditional school setting during the COVID-19 pandemic were ignored.

He said he attended several school board meetings; wrote the trustees, called trustees and also started a petition, but it didn’t make a difference. He thought the next step in trying to make a difference was to run for the school board, he said.