Vicki Gibson, a science teacher with 42 years in the classroom, wants the Clover School District to audit how it spends money on classrooms.

Gibson is running for the at-large seat on the Clover School District Board of Trustees in the Tuesday, Nov. 3, nonpartisan election, according to a candidate spotlight published by YoCo News. She is campaigning on a platform she calls "Classrooms Over Bureaucracy."

In her written platform statement, Gibson claimed teachers in the district are rationing copy paper, losing access to office equipment and paying out of pocket for educational apps.

Those claims have not been independently verified.

"A beautiful new building means very little if the teachers inside are not provided with the fundamental tools they need to do their jobs," Gibson wrote in the Sept. 27 statement. "We must audit our spending to ensure that funding reaches the students first."

The district's official facts page lists a 2025-26 general budget of $138.7 million for 9,019 students and an average teacher salary of $68,264, above the South Carolina average of $64,050.

Gibson wrote that her two sons graduated from Clover High School. Her husband was a state champion football, softball and soccer coach in the district and is a member of the Clover Athletic Hall of Fame, according to her platform statement.

The at-large seat drew the most crowded field in the race. Gibson faces incumbent Matt Burris, Christopher DiFillippo and Travis Johnson, according to the Post and Courier's filing list. Across all four Clover board seats on the ballot, eight candidates filed. That makes it the most contested school board race among York County's four districts.

The next board will also hire a new superintendent. Superintendent Sheila Quinn announced her retirement Aug. 25 after eight years leading the district, as WRHI first reported. The Rock Hill Herald described Quinn as York County's longest-tenured school superintendent at the time of her announcement. The board renewed Quinn's contract while accepting her resignation and said it would explore options from informal conversations to a statewide or national search.

Gibson called for a "rigorous, transparent search" for Quinn's successor and wrote that the process should prioritize community input.

The Clover School District serves Lake Wylie and opened three new schools this fall, including Lake Wylie High School. It is the first time in decades the district has operated two separate high schools.

Early voting details and polling locations for the Nov. 3 race have not yet been published by the York County Board of Elections.