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Alexandra Eddy
Alexandra Eddy was a candidate for District F representative on the Boulder Valley School District school board in Colorado. Eddy was defeated in the at-large general election on November 7, 2017.
Elections
2017
Three of the seven seats on the Boulder Valley School District Board of Education in Colorado were up for nonpartisan general election on November 7, 2017. In her bid for re-election, incumbent Tina Marquis ran unopposed and won re-election to the District B seat. Donna Miers, Raj Rawat, and Dean Vlachos ran for the open District E seat, and Alexandra Eddy and Kitty Sargent ran for the open District F seat. Miers and Sargent won election to the board.[1][2] Andrew Hendrickson initially filed to run for the District F seat, but he withdrew from the race.[3]
Results
| Boulder Valley School District, District F General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Kitty Sargent |
66.87% | 23,559 |
| Alexandra Eddy | 33.13% | 11,672 |
| Total Votes | 35,231 | |
| Source: Boulder County Elections, "2017 Coordinated Election November 7, 2017 Official Results," accessed November 27, 2017 | ||
Funding
Eddy reported $3,755.00 in contributions and $3,755.00 in expenditures to the Colorado Secretary of State, which left his campaign with a $0.00 balance in the election.[4]
Endorsements
Eddy was endorsed by the Daily Camera.[5]
Campaign themes
2017
Eddy highlighted the following issues on her campaign website:
| “ | Achievement Gap
Boulder Valley has one of the largest achievement gaps in Colorado, especially between our Hispanic and White students and this has to become a top priority for our district. Additionally our Hispanic students are not the only ones who are struggling, we have a large number of students in our district who are not able to read at their grade level if at all. Personalizing education, increasing early childhood education enrollment, training teachers on how to provide different resources for each student, collaborating with community educational organizations (FLC and the Community Foundation), and implementing a educator/student program to help our students feel more safe at school will all help to close the gap that seems to be widening. Budget Spending My main concern is the rate in which our student body is increasing in comparison to how we are increasing both our administration size and pay. We have had a large increase in central administration over the past five years, these positions being assistant directors, directors, executive directors, and chief officers. We need to closelyexamine if this rapid rate of increase in administration is the most efficient use of our funds. We have a lot of students in our district that aren't able to read at their grade level or at all for example, so we need to be increasingly stringent on how we manage and distribute funds. Our board members need to be actively trying to allocate our resources where they are needed most. Our goal of course is to support all of our students and provide high quality instruction and resources to maximize every student's potential, if we want to achieve this we have to take a deeper look at things such as our central administration and our outside professional services in order to ensure we are putting enough money into our classrooms.[6] |
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| —Alexandra Eddy (2017)[7] | ||
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Boulder Valley School District, "BVSD BOE Candidate Information," accessed September 5, 2017
- ↑ Boulder County Elections, "2017 Coordinated Election November 7, 2017 Unofficial Results," accessed November 8, 2017
- ↑ Boulder County Elections, "2017 Candidates and Ballot Issues," accessed November 8, 2017
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "TRACER: Candidate Search," accessed December 11, 2017
- ↑ Daily Camera, "Editorial: For Boulder Valley School Board," October 10, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Alexandra Eddy, "Issues," accessed October 30, 2017
| Boulder Valley School District elections in 2017 | |
| Boulder County, Colorado | |
| Election date: | November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | District B: • Incumbent, Tina Marquis District E: • Donna Miers • Raj Rawat • Dean Vlachos District F: • Alexandra Eddy • Kitty Sargent |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
