Tag: school board elections
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Voters in California and Nebraska approve school board recall elections
The San Francisco Unified School District in California and the Giltner school district in Nebraska held recall elections against a total of four school board members on Feb. 15. Voters in both school districts approved the recalls, removing the board members from office. In San Francisco, three school board members were on the ballot: Gabriela…
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One incumbent defeated in Beloit School District primary election
Eleven candidates for the Beloit School District school board in Wisconsin competed in a primary election on Feb. 15, 2022. The top eight finishers advanced to the April 5 general election. Four of those general election candidates will win seats: the three with the most votes will serve full three-year terms, and the candidate with…
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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #2
On the issues In this section, we curate reporting, analysis, and commentary on the issues school board members deliberate when they set out to offer the best education possible in their district. The debate over masking in classrooms CNN opinion columnist Jill Filipovic writes that the CDC needs to stop promoting the generalized recommendation for…
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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #1
Welcome to Hall Pass. This newsletter keeps you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. Each week, we bring you sharp commentary and research from across the political spectrum on the issues confronting school boards in the country’s 14,000 school districts. We’ll also bring you the latest on school board elections and…
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Seven Oklahoma school districts hold primaries on February 8
Eight school board seats in seven Oklahoma school districts covered by Ballotpedia were up for nonpartisan primary elections on Feb. 8, 2022. Candidates competed to advance to the general election scheduled for Apr. 5. The districts holding primaries included Broken Arrow, Catoosa, Edmond, Mustang, Piedmont, Tulsa, and Union Public Schools. Three candidates won the election…
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3 Nebraska school board members keep seats in Jan. 11 recall elections
The Waverly and Leyton school districts in Nebraska held recall elections on Jan. 11 against a total of three school board members. A majority of voters cast ballots against all three recalls, keeping the board members in office. Ward 4 representative Andy Grosshans was on the ballot in the Waverly School District 145. Recall supporters…
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Tracking school board elections by county population density
Ballotpedia tracked 96 school districts across 16 states that held elections on Nov. 2 where candidates took a stance on race in education, coronavirus responses, or sex and gender in schools. There were 310 seats up for election, and all but six have been called. In each of the called races, Ballotpedia researched whether the…
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Recall election to be held Dec. 14 against Wisconsin school board member
A recall election against Gary Mertig, one of the five members of the Butternut School District school board in Wisconsin, is on the ballot on Dec. 14. Nate Pritzl filed to run against Mertig in the election. Recall supporters said Mertig lied when he said community members would have input on the school district's COVID-19…
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Tracking school board elections by 2020 presidential results
Ballotpedia tracked 96 school districts across 16 states that held elections on Nov. 2 where candidates took a stance on race in education, coronavirus responses, or sex and gender in schools. There were 310 seats up for election, all but seven of which have been called. In each of these races, once we knew the…
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Baldon and Jones win Atlanta Public Schools runoff elections
Runoff elections for District 2 and At-Large District 7 of the Atlanta Public Schools (APS) school board took place on Nov. 30, 2021. Aretta Baldon defeated Keisha Carey in the runoff election for the District 2 seat, 50.6% to 49.4%. Tamara Jones defeated KaCey Venning in the runoff for the At-Large District 7 seat, 66.9%…