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Amador County Unified School District recall, California (2019)
| Amador County Unified School District recall |
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| Officeholders |
Kandi Thompson Janet White Deborah Pulskamp |
| Recall status |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2019 Recalls in California California recall laws School board recalls Recall reports |
An effort to recall four of the five members of the Amador County Unified School District board of trustees in California did not go to a vote in 2019. Board President Susan Ross, Clerk Kandi Thompson, and members Janet White and Deborah Pulskamp were targeted for recall in April 2019. Recall supporters did not submit enough signatures against Ross, Thompson, and White by a July 2019 deadline, and they did not turn in any signatures against Pulskamp by the deadline on August 9, 2019.[1][2]
Recall supporters
The recall effort started after Pioneer Elementary School principal Laurie Carson was told her contract would not be renewed following a negative performance review from Superintendent Amy Slavensky. Carson had served five years at the elementary school. Teachers who worked at the elementary school asked the board to reconsider her removal and said that the district's administration bullied staff members.[3]
Recall supporters said the recall effort was started due to the board's approval of removing Carson from her position, the board's failure to provide proper fiscal oversight, and the board's support of the superintendent's agenda.[2]
Recall opponents
After the four board members were served with notices of intent to recall at a school board meeting on April 10, 2019, some district teachers and parents spoke against the recall effort and in favor of the board members.[2]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in California
The recall effort began on April 10, 2019, when the four targeted members were served notices of intent to recall at a school board meeting. To get the recall on the ballot, signatures had to be collected from 20 percent of registered voters in each individual school board member's district.[2] The following number of signatures were required for each petition:[4]
- 1,097 signatures were needed for Ross' recall petition
- 1,059 signatures were needed for Thompson's recall petition
- 1,134 signatures were needed for White's recall petition
- 1,277 signatures were needed for Pulskamp's recall petition
Recall petitions against Ross, Thompson, and White had to be turned into the county within 60 days. Recall supporters submitted the petitions in July 2019, but they did not have enough signatures for recall elections to be called. The petition against Pulskamp had to be turned in within 90 days. The deadline was August 9, 2019, but recall supporters did not submit any signatures by that deadline.[1]
2019 recall efforts
- See also: School board recalls
Ballotpedia tracked 20 school board recall efforts against 47 board members in 2019. Three recall elections were held in 2019. The school board recall success rate was 6.4%.
The chart below details the status of 2019 recall efforts by individual school board member.
See also
- Amador County Unified School District, California
- Recall campaigns in California
- Political recall efforts, 2019
- School board recalls
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Amador County Unified School District
- Amador County Elections
- Amador School Board Recall 2019 Facebook page
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ledger Dispatch, "School Board Recall Runs Out of Steam," August 24, 2019
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 KVGC, "Recall Underway In Amador School District," April 11, 2019
- ↑ Fox 40, "Parents, Students, Staff Up in Arms About Dismissal of Beloved Amador County Principal," March 13, 2019
- ↑ Ledger Dispatch, "ACUSD Recall Facts and Figures," May 2, 2019
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