KERA News Five of six Collin College board candidates and moderator joined this week's election forum on zoom. The sixth participant participated by phone. The incumbents in the races for the Collin College Board of Trustees back school president Neil Matkin, who is facing a backlash for terminating several professors. In Collin County, pandemic policies have energized a political contest that seldom gets a lot of attention. Three of the nine seats on the Collin College board of trustees are up for grabs in the May 1 election. The incumbents in those races back school president Neil Matkin, who is under fire for terminating several professors. The professors say it's because they publicly opposed reopening the school last fall, mid-pandemic, with in-person classes.