Bob Lord
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Robert "Bob" Lord is an at-large member on the Carroll County Board of Education in Maryland. He advanced from a primary election on June 24, 2014, to face five other candidates for three available seats in the general election on November 4, 2014. Bob Lord won the general election on November 4, 2014.
Biography
Lord has been the owner of Lord Industries, a small-sign printer, since 2000. He is also a school volunteer and the founder of a community organization called Carroll Values Education. Lord and his wife have three children including two children who are currently attending district schools.[1]
Elections
2014
The June 24, 2014, primary ballot included incumbent Virginia R. Harrison along with challengers Gary W. Desper, George E. Harmening, Mary Kowalski, Bob Lord, Charles "Bud" Nason, Jim Roenick and Devon Rothschild. Board members Gary Bauer and Barbara Shreeve did not file for re-election. Harmening, Lord, Nason, Roenick, Rothschild and Harrison faced off in the general election on November 4, 2014. Harmening, Nason and Roenick ran as a slate opposed to Common Core.
Harrison, Rothschild and Lord won the general election.
Results
General
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan |  Virginia R. Harrison Incumbent |
21.4% | 29,854 | |
| Nonpartisan | Devon Rothschild |
19.4% | 27,004 | |
| Nonpartisan | Bob Lord |
15.5% | 21,596 | |
| Nonpartisan | George E. Harmening | 13.9% | 19,456 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jim Roenick | 14.8% | 20,665 | |
| Nonpartisan | Charles "Bud" Nason | 14.7% | 20,494 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in | 0.3% | 418 | |
| Total Votes | 139,487 | |||
| Source: Carroll County Board of Elections, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 20, 2014 | ||||
Primary
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Virginia R. Harrison Incumbent |
19.2% | 13,203 | |
| Nonpartisan | Devon Rothschild |
16.8% | 11,561 | |
| Nonpartisan | Bob Lord |
14.1% | 9,676 | |
| Nonpartisan | George E. Harmening |
11.4% | 7,821 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jim Roenick |
11.4% | 7,813 | |
| Nonpartisan | Charles "Bud" Nason |
11.1% | 7,609 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mary Kowalski | 10% | 6,866 | |
| Nonpartisan | Gary W. Desper | 6% | 4,108 | |
| Total Votes | 68,657 | |||
| Source: Maryland State Board of Elections, "Official 2014 Gubernatorial Primary Election results for Carroll County," July 16, 2014 | ||||
Funding
Lord reported $425.00 in monetary contributions, $986.80 in-kind contributions and $236.41 in expenditures to the Maryland State Board of Elections as of August 19, 2014, which left his campaign with $188.59 on hand.[2]
Endorsements
Lord received the endorsement of the Carroll County Education Association (CCEA), the Carroll Association of School Employees (CASE) and Parents Choice of Maryland.[3][4]
Campaign themes
2014
Lord explained his themes for the 2014 race in a series of interviews with the Carroll County Times:
| “ |
Capital projects Capital projects involving the safety and well being of our students should receive the highest priority and CCPS must reflect this in their request for capital funds to the county and state. Common Core Many schools are already working hard to educate parents. They are including Common Core State Standards information in newsletters. They are holding parent homework help nights. There are many resources on the CCPS website for parents. There are video guides. I support the continuation and expansion of these efforts. Parents should be encouraged to get involved with their children’s learning and be assisted in doing so. Work should be sent home to allow parents to review what their children have accomplished and what they are struggling with. District fund balance The last few year’s budget cycle proves the need for the existence of the fund balance. CCPS has been using the fund balance to give bonuses to help offset the lack of step increase and raises for teachers. A fund balance reserve fund promotes a leaner, more realistic budget outlook because CCPS does not have to build contingency funding into projections of future budgets. A fund balance serves as a “rainy day fund” to withstand the unknown contingencies and funding short falls. Teacher salaries CCPS needs to address the lack of teachers' compensation. We need to work collaboratively with our county commissioners and our delegation to address the shortfalls in the funding levels that CCPS depends on and to lobby for changes in the wealth calculations, maintenance of effort and other laws that have an effect on reduced funding from the state. |
” |
| —Carroll County Times, (2014) | ||
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Bob + Lord + Carroll + County + Public + Schools"
See also
External links
- Carroll County Public Schools
- Office website
- Campaign website
- Campaign Facebook page
- LinkedIn profile
- Democracy.com profile
Footnotes
- ↑ Bob Lord for Carroll, "About Bob," accessed June 9, 2014
- ↑ Maryland Campaign Reporting Information System, "View Filed Reports," accessed October 30, 2014
- ↑ The Baltimore Sun, "Carroll education groups announce candidate recommendations," April 3, 2014
- ↑ Parents Choice of Maryland, "Voting Guide for Carroll County," October 20, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Carroll County Times, "Board of Education candidates weigh in on Carroll County Public School fund balance," May 16, 2014 (dead link)
- ↑ Carroll County Times, "Board of Education candidates weigh in on Carroll County Public School fund balance," May 16, 2014 (dead link)
- ↑ Carroll County Times, "Carroll County Board of Education candidates discuss how to inform parents about Common Core," May 13, 2014 (dead link)
- ↑ Carroll County Times, "Candidates for Board of Education discuss teacher salaries," May 15, 2014 (dead link)
| 2014 Carroll County Public Schools Elections | |
| Carroll County, Maryland | |
| Election date: | November 4, 2014 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Gary W. Desper • George E. Harmening • Virginia R. Harrison • Mary Kowalski • Bob Lord • Charles "Bud" Nason • Jim Roenick • Devon Rothschild |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
