JCPS school board candidates vying for votes ahead of election [Video]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Trevin Bass and Barbara Lewis sat down at the Southwest Louisville Free Public Library, discussing issues like budget, transportation, and diversity and inclusion. 

Bass is a graduate from Seneca High School, and Spaulding University. He’s a former Parent Teacher Association President and Vice President for Fundraising. He currently works as a private grants contract coordinator. He said the grants he works with, work for the youth with an effort to stop gun violence, for example. 

“My biggest reason why [I’m running] is because instead of just complaining about things, I was taught to get in the ring and make some solutions, instead of just complaining about the problem,” said Bass. “I just took that leap of faith and I’m here.”

Lewis came to Louisville from …