The Meridian Independent School District’s Board of Education and the Meridian City Council will have contested races during this local election season culminating in May.The eight applicants who filed to run for the two positions on the school board include Tristan Rusk, Matthew Dickinson, Marc Arnold, Larry Denman, Lee Ann Childers Ardeneaux, Jacob Dagley, Robert Garza, and Wendy Cummings.The…