Aaron Houston Gillum

Aaron Houston Gillum

Education

High school

Ryle High School

Personal

Profession

Healthcare Information Technology Engineer

Contact

Personal website

Aaron Houston Gillum was a candidate for the Division 4 seat on the Boone County Board of Education in the Kentucky general election on November 4, 2014. Aaron Houston Gillum lost the general election on November 4, 2014.

Biography

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Gillum graduated from Ryle High School in 1995 and attended DeVry and Northern Kentucky University. Leaving school to pursue a career in computer technology, Gillum was working as a lead engineer for Quest Diagnostics and providing support to 150 hospital groups in the United States and Canada at the time of his candidacy.

Elections

2014

See also: Boone County Schools elections (2014)

The election in Boone County featured three seats up for general election on November 4, 2014. There was no primary election. Division 2 incumbent Maria A. Brown faced challenger Carrie Cox, Division 4 incumbent Bonnie J. Rickert faced challenger Aaron Houston Gillum and Division 5 incumbent Karen Byrd ran unopposed.

Incumbents Brown, Rickert and Byrd were all re-elected.

Results

Boone County Schools, Division 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Bonnie J. Rickert Incumbent	60.4%	3,047
	Nonpartisan	Aaron Houston Gillum	39.6%	1,999
Total Votes				5,046
Source: Boone County Clerk, "2014 Boone County Election Results," accessed June 17, 2015 Ballotpedia confirmed these results are official by phone.

Funding

State law did not require campaign finance reporting if contributions or expenditures did not exceed $1,000 in an election cycle.

Endorsements

Gillum did not receive any official endorsements in 2014.

Campaign themes

2014

Gillum's campaign website listed the following campaign themes for 2014:

“	School Taxes The largest portion of your property taxes goes to the Boone County School System. This is a huge investment from the community, and we deserve the best possible return. As a school board member, I believe it is a responsibility of public trust to ensure that every tax dollar is allocated properly, and transparently. Curriculum I've had numerous conversations with parents who are frustrated by the current "common core" curriculum. While this is the standard adopted by our state, and one we are required to follow, that does not mean the feedback of our parents, students, and educators should go unheard. I believe there are substantial areas for improvement in the common core standards, subjects, and delivery methods, and that the school board should be a champion of facilitating this feedback, be receptive, and ensure that it is being shared with our state legislature. Drugs Many parents I have spoken with have referenced the same schools, and same narcotics, as being "problem areas", "readily available", and are of the impression that administration has turned a blind eye. In my volunteer work with the Florence Police, I have had the honor of working with officer Adam Argullin, one of the foremost experts in our state on the drug problem. It is imperative that we teach our children at home first, and follow up with a message tailored to reach them, of the dangers and consequences of drugs and drug abuse. As a member of the school board, I would pursue the opportunity to champion a program to ensure this message is being delivered more frequently, and more effectively. Special Needs We have children in our community, where the every day functions most will take for granted can be extremely challenging problems. Children that need additional time to digest material they have been presented, or need assistance reading and digesting information; children with congenital impairments or injuries that effect their sight, speech, hearing, comprehension, and motor skills. A public school system has a responsibility to provide a road to success for EVERY child in their care. While it may not be realistic to have every possible facility at every school, the board should ensure that facilities and faculty are made available to children within the district. Exceptional Students Just as a public school system needs to facilitate success with those that need the most assistance, we must not forget to facilitate the growth and success with those that need the least assistance. I marvel at the accomplishments of some of my former schoolmates, who now own successful businesses, are renowned physicists, successful business people. I know that in many regards, their talents were overlooked and remained undiscovered until well after they had left the halls of the schools. I believe we must challenge all students, at all levels, to learn, grow, and succeed. We must work together to keep their minds challenged and engaged. If this means partnerships with our community businesses, and educational institutions, then we must challenge them with truly college level and real-world education. We need more avenues for our gifted children to become engaged and to feed their interests.	”
—Aaron Houston Gillum campaign website (2014)

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See also

• Boone County Schools, Kentucky
• Boone County Schools elections (2014)

External links

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• Campaign website
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