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LPSB's Beasley will have some competition come November

by Patrick Flanagan

Local businessman Erick Knezek will officially announce his candidacy for District 8 of the Lafayette Parish School Board at a press conference Thursday.

Local businessman Erick Knezek will officially announce his candidacy for District 8 of the Lafayette Parish School Board at a press conference Thursday.

Knezek is the CEO for Truston Technologies, and a graduate of both Lafayette High and the U.S. Naval Academy.

He's also the first candidate to enter the field against District 8's incumbent Hunter Beasley, the board's president since January. (Read more on Beasley's track record here.)

Knezek's announcement will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in the median across from Broadmoor Elementary School.