It is never over until it is over. Peachtree City resident Nicole File announced Friday that she will run as a write-in candidate against Fayette County School Board Post 1 incumbent Janet Smola in the Nov. 4 general election.

The 10-year Fayette resident said she is running because, “I’m a common sense person, and common sense is in short supply right now.”

File said her priorities are open government and fiscal accountability.

“Over the years, our Fayette County Board of Education has developed an ‘us’ versus ‘them’ mentality that does not serve the children of the county,” File said. “Taxpayers deserve full disclosure in the form of well-documented meetings and open records.”

File said she believes the school board should not be asking taxpayers for maximum flexibility. The board should be showing taxpayers how they can best support students in a time of belt-tightening, she said.

File was trained as a teacher and graduated from James Madison University in 1992. She served as a program manager for the USO in Okinawa, Japan, before moving to the area.