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Adrienne Moore
Adrienne Moore was a candidate for District 7 representative on the Racine Board of Education in Wisconsin. Moore ran for the seat in the primary election on February 16, 2016. She was defeated in the primary election.[1]
Biography
Moore earned her bachelor's degree from Marquette University. She later received her J.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Moore is a public defender with the Wisconsin Office of the State Public Defender.[2][3]
Elections
2016
The 2016 election for all nine seats on the Racine Unified School District was the district's first using a by district system rather than electing members at-large. A primary election was held on February 16, 2016, for Districts 6 and 7 with the general election on April 5, 2016. Board candidates were required to live in their election districts. The change was enshrined in state law through legislation sponsored by State Sen. Van Wanggaard (R) and State Rep. Tom Weatherson (R), who represent districts that include Racine. The election districts approved by the school board on October 27, 2015, led to three races in 2016 where three incumbents were assured defeat because they faced fellow board members.[4][5]
Candidates backed by the Wisconsin AFL-CIO won seven of the board's nine seats in 2016. Michelle Duchow in District 1 was not endorsed due to her unopposed race and District 9 winner Robert Wittke was endorsed by The Journal Times as a candidate who would stand up to unions.
District 1 candidate Michelle Duchow was the only unopposed candidate in the race. Dennis Wiser defeated fellow incumbent John Koetz in District 2, while incumbent Michael Frontier ousted fellow board member Pamala Handrow in District 3. Julie McKenna defeated Kim Plache to take the District 4 seat. Challenger Steven Hooper defeated incumbent Chuck Goodremote for the District 5 seat. Newcomer Matthew Hanser narrowly defeated board president Melvin Hargrove in District 8. Incumbent Don Nielsen finished first in the District 7 race against challenger Brian O'Connell. Nielsen and O'Connell defeated Adrienne Moore in the primary. Three newcomers were guaranteed to join the board after this election with no incumbents running in Districts 1, 6 and 9. John Heckenlively defeated Jim Venturini for the District 6 seat, while Robert Wittke defeated Kurt Squire in District 9.[5] Ernest Ni'A was defeated by Heckenlively and Venturini in the District 6 primary. Bryn Biemeck was removed from the ballot in District 6 following a Wisconsin Government Accountability Board appeal by the Racine Education Association.[6]
Results
| Racine Unified School District, District 7 Special Primary Election, 1-year term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Don Nielsen Incumbent |
43.52% | 420 |
| Brian O'Connell |
29.33% | 283 |
| Adrienne Moore | 26.42% | 255 |
| Write-in votes | 0.73% | 7 |
| Total Votes (100) | 965 | |
| Source: Racine County Elections, "4th Unofficial Election Results 02-16-2016," accessed February 16, 2016 | ||
Funding
Moore reported $806.57 in contributions and $847.07 in expenditures to the Racine Unified School District Clerk for School Board Elections, which left her campaign with $40.50 in debt as of February 15, 2016.[7]
Campaign themes
2016
Moore provided the following responses to questions about the 2016 election to The Journal Times:
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Last year, the School Board was divided for months on the district’s employee handbook. What role should administrators, unions and the board have in future handbook changes? I support the district receiving input from all educational partners. I especially believe the district should be open to receiving input from the staff whom the handbook will affect, that is simply good business. I do not believe that a collaborative process has to be a formal written process. I believe that parties do have to trust that everyone has the interests of the students in mind whenever changes to the handbook are made. The district recently entered into a tentative agreement to buy the Sturtevant Sportsplex for $5.2 million, and the district is studying how to use and pay for the complex before the board’s May 10 deadline to approve the deal. If you are elected, under what conditions would you support the district buying the Sportsplex? I did attend a meeting where the Sportsplex was discussed. My understanding is that part of the Sportsplex would be utilized for purposes of a recreational center where profit could be made, and the other part would be a Montessori school for 3- to 5-year-olds. If the Sportsplex is something that could generate profit for the district, I see it as a business venture I would support. If it will take money from the district, then I could not support this initiative. As the district implements block scheduling in high schools next year in preparation for new career academies, some have criticized the district for moving ahead on the change too fast, most notably employee unions. Should the district go ahead with block scheduling next year? Why or why not? I would like to speak to students who have experienced block scheduling to find out what impact block scheduling had on their education. As a member of the School Board, I would see my role as an advocate of students receiving an excellent education. After thorough research, if I believed block scheduling would provide a better education for students, I would support it. I certainly understand the concern that the teachers have about block scheduling being implemented during the upcoming school year. I would hope that there would be sufficient training, so this process can be implemented well. Over the last year, the villages of Caledonia, Mount Pleasant and Sturtevant have been weighing whether to fund a study of leaving the Racine Unified School District. Would you support these communities breaking away from Unified? Why or why not? I don’t believe I know enough about the reasons why these communities want to break away to be able to adequately address this question. I would hope since the redistricting happened, in which individuals will be elected directly from those communities and thereby have those communities’ interests at heart, that they do not see a reason to leave Racine Unified at this time. In order for Racine Unified to thrive it needs the support of everyone in the community. If elected, what is the most pressing change you would push for the district to make? The achievement gap is something that needs to improve and I believe that Racine Unified is actively working on this area. I have been told there have been strides made, but I hope I can be a part of making even bigger strides in this area. |
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| —Adrienne Moore (2016), [3] | ||
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Journal Times, "Unified 7th District candidates on the issues," February 13, 2016
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
