Two candidates are running unopposed for two available seats on the Chelsea school board in the May 4 election.

Sally DeVol, 49, is a homemaker and mother of two children, the youngest of whom is a Chelsea High School senior.

Tammy Lehman, 36, is a real estate agent and mother of a second-grader at North Creek Elementary.

DeVol is seeking a second term after being elected to the Chelsea school board in 2006. She said she had done much volunteer work as her kids grew up, and being on the school board “seemed like the next logical step.” This year, she has served as board secretary.

Her emphasis in the next four years will be to help guide the district through financially troubling times, she said.

She also wants to keep working toward the board’s four stated goals, which are to increase individual student achievement, maintain fiscal responsibility, promote interaction between the school district and community, and maintain a positive and safe school climate.

Of the fiscal crisis that led to the recent layoff of 19 teachers, she said, “All those things got people to come (to board meetings), which is a great thing because they’re asking more questions and getting more information.”

DeVol earned a bachelor of science degree in business administration from California State University, Sacramento.

Lehman is running for the seat being vacated by Jon Bentley. She serves as vice-chairwoman of the Ann Arbor Board of Realtors’ Multiple Listings Committee and sits on the finance committee.

She said she will focus on “maintaining the district’s fiscal stability while maintaining academic excellence by seeking alternative forms of revenue.”

She favors adding a community education program to help increase revenue, as well as partnering with local businesses to attract South and West Washtenaw Consortium students through the high school’s arts program and by teaming with Chelsea Hospital.

She also supports “cost-neutral” means of boosting enrollment, such as promoting Chelsea’s advanced placement classes, supporting student leadership programs and offering elective courses at Beach Middle School.

She would also like to see all-day kindergarten and individualized learning programs for children in all grades.

She attended Washtenaw Community College and Eastern Michigan University.