Tag: school board

  • Colorado school district filing deadline is this week

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    The filing deadline to run for election to Colorado school boards is on Aug. 27. Ballotpedia is covering prospective candidates who file to run in the following school districts: Academy School District 20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools Aurora Public Schools Bennett School District Cherry Creek School District Cheyenne Mountain School District 12 Colorado Springs…

  • Petition to recall Virginia school board member dismissed in court

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    Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Richard Gardiner on Aug. 20 granted a motion to dismiss a recall petition against Fairfax County Public Schools school board member Elaine Tholen, ending the recall effort against her. The petition against Tholen, the board’s Dranesville District representative, was initially deemed sufficient on July 23 to go to a court…

  • Six school board recall efforts have petition filing deadlines this month

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    Six school board recall efforts must submit their petition signatures in August 2021 to move their efforts forward. The efforts are seeking to recall school board members in Arizona, California, North Dakota, and Wisconsin. The effort in Arizona is against two of the five members of the Vail Unified School District Governing Board. The recall…

  • 22 states allow for the recall of school board members

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    Of the 39 states that allow for the recall of elected officials at some level of government, 22 specifically allow for the recall of school board members. School board recalls are the process of removing school board members from office via a public effort before their term is completed. Six of the states that allow…

  • 29 candidates file for 14 school board seats in Manchester, New Hampshire

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    On July 23, the filing deadline passed to run for elected office in the Manchester School District in New Hampshire. The primary is scheduled for September 21, and the general election is scheduled for November 2, 2021.  Candidates filed for all 14 of the school district’s Board of School Committee seats–two at-large seats and 12…

  • Candidate filing deadline for school board positions in Ohio is Aug. 4

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    Candidates interested in running for their local school board in Ohio have until Aug. 4 to file, unless the district held a primary earlier in the year. The general election is scheduled for Nov. 2, and new board members will take office on Jan. 1, 2022. Ballotpedia is covering elections in 20 Ohio school districts…

  • New Maryland superintendent of schools took office on July 1

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    Mohammed Choudhury took office as the new Maryland superintendent of schools on July 1. He replaces Karen Salmon, who stepped down at the end of her term on June 30. The state board of education appointed Choudhury to a four-year term on May 29. “When we set out on our search for Maryland’s next superintendent,…

  • Ballotpedia’s mid-year recall report shows school board recalls on the rise

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    In the first half of 2021, Ballotpedia tracked 164 recall efforts against 262 officials. This was the most recall efforts for this point in the year since the first half of 2016, when we tracked 189 recall efforts against 265 officials. In comparison, we tracked between 72 and 155 efforts by the midpoints of 2017,…

  • Recall elections defeated in 2 Idaho school districts

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    Two Idaho school districts held recall elections for school board members on May 18. In Idaho Falls School District 91, voters were asked if they wanted to recall Zone 3 representative Lara Hill, and in the Nampa School District, they were asked if they wanted to recall Zone 4 representative Kim Rost. Both recall efforts…

  • Ballotpedia is covering general elections in eight Oregon school boards on May 18

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    The general election for eight school boards in Oregon is on May 18. These districts do not hold primary elections for school board races. The filing deadline to run passed on March 18.  School board candidates are competing in the following districts: • Beaverton School District • Centennial School District 28J • David Douglas School…