Bonneville Joint School District No. 93 elections (2015)
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Two seats on the Bonneville Joint School District No. 93 Board of Trustees were up for general election on May 19, 2015.
The Zone 1 race originally included Gregory Calder, Katie Davenport and Ray Suitter, however Suitter withdrew from the race before the election. Calder defeated Davenport in the election. Only one candidate, Paul Jenkins, filed to run in the Zone 4 race. He was appointed to the position without participating in the election.[1][2]
The school board voted to put an important bond package back on the ballot after failing in two previous elections.
About the district
Bonneville Joint School District No. 93 is located in east-central Idaho in Bonneville County. The county seat is Idaho Falls. In 2013, Bonneville County was home to 107,517 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau.[3] In the 2012-2013 school year, Bonneville Joint School District No. 93 was the sixth-largest school district in Idaho and served 10,758 students.[4]
Demographics
Bonneville County outperformed the rest of Idaho in terms of higher education achievement in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found that 26 percent of Bonneville County residents age 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 25.1 percent for Idaho as a whole. The median household income in the county was $50,872 compared to $46,767 for the state of Idaho. The poverty rate in the county was 11.4 percent compared to 15.5 percent for the entire state.[3]
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Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.
Voter and candidate information
The Bonneville Joint School District No. 93 Board of Trustees consists of five members elected to four-year terms. Each member represents one of the five geographical zones in the district. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on May 19, 2015. Two seats were up for election in 2015. There was one open seat in Zone 1 and Zone 4.[1]
School board candidates had to file for this election with Bonneville County by March 20, 2015. Those wishing to run as a write-in candidate had until April 3, 2015, to file. To vote in the election, residents had to register by April 24, 2015.[6]
Elections
2015
Candidates
Zone 1
Gregory Calder 
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| Paul Jenkins | |
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Election results
Zone 1
| Bonneville Joint School District No. 93, Zone 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Gregory Calder |
59.3% | 1,460 | |
| Nonpartisan | Katie Davenport | 40.7% | 1,000 | |
| Total Votes | 2,460 | |||
| Source: Bonneville County Elections Office, "Bonneville County - May 19, 2015," accessed May 20, 2015 | ||||
Zone 4
Paul Jenkins won election without opposition. This election was canceled since the candidate was running unopposed.[7]
Endorsements
No candidate received any official endorsements for his or her campaign.
Campaign finance
School board candidates in this election were not required to file any campaign finance reports, but the election in May 2015 was the last election for which there were no reporting requirements. On April 3, 2015, Gov. Butch Otter (R) signed SB 1072 into law which requires school board candidates in districts with an enrollment of 500 students or more to comply with campaign finance reporting requirements.[8] A majority of Idaho's school districts have an enrollment below this threshold. Of the 149 districts in the state tracked by the National Center for Education Statistics, 74 had an enrollment of 500 or greater in the 2012-2013 school year.[9] The law took effect on July 1, 2015.
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What was at stake?
2015
The Zone 1 and Zone 4 seats on the Bonneville Board of Trustees were up for election in 2015.[1] No incumbents filed to run for either open seat which meant two new members joined the board. The voters decided on a bond package that would have funded the construction of a new high school for the district. The package appeared on the ballot for the third time and, again, failed to get the supermajority vote needed to pass.
Issues in the election
Bond package failed to obtain supermajority approval for the third time
The Bonneville Joint School District faced ongoing overcrowding issues in its middle schools and high schools. High school enrollment in the district met capacity in 2008 and continued to grow every year. Twenty-four temporary trailers have been added to the high schools to meet the demand for more classrooms.[10]
In 2014, the board devised a plan to build a new high school and a new middle school that would be funded by a 30-year, $92 million bond package. Only 43 percent of voters voted in favor of this proposal in the election held on March 11, 2014.[11][12]
After the election in 2014, the school board created a facility planning committee that included stakeholders from across the district. The committee devised a new plan that included only the construction of a new high school and a shorter term bond package saving taxpayers over $21 million in interest payments. The new proposal would have cost $56.1 million over 17.5 years. This bond package was put on the ballot in the election on March 10, 2015. Despite 65.7 percent of voters voting in favor, the proposal did not get the two-thirds supermajority approval required by Idaho law. The board immediately voted to put the proposal back on the ballot for the election on May 19, 2015.[13]
The election on May 19, 2015, resulted in 66.19 percent voting in favor of the bond package. Although these results showed a higher percentage of voters in favor of the proposal than the previous vote, advocates for the package did not get enough votes to get a super-majority approval.[14]
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for the Bonneville Joint School District No. 93 election in 2015:[6]
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| March 20, 2015 | Last day for candidates to file nomination documents |
| April 3, 2015 | Last day for write-in candidates to file declaration of intent documents |
| April 3, 2015 | Last day for candidates to withdraw |
| April 24, 2015 | Last day to register to vote in the general election |
| May 19, 2015 | Last day to return absentee ballots |
| General Election Day |
Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Idaho elections, 2015
This election shared the ballot with elections for auditorium board directors and sewer board directors.[2]
Residents also voted on a $56.1 million bond package that, if approved, would fund the building of a new high school.[15] The bond proposal did not get the supermajority vote needed to pass.
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bonneville Joint School District No. 93, "Board of Trustees," accessed February 25, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tiffany Rouse, "Email communication with Bonneville County Elections Administrator Penny Manning," March 30, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 United States Census Bureau, "Bonneville County, Idaho," accessed December 27, 2014
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Bonneville Joint School District No. 93," accessed February 25, 2015
- ↑ Bonneville County, "Election Results," accessed December 27, 2014
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Idaho Secretary of State, "Elections-2015 Election Consolidation Calendar," accessed February 25, 2015
- ↑ Tiffany Rouse, "Phone call with Bonneville County Elections Administrator Penny Manning," May 20, 2015
- ↑ Open States, "64th Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2015): Idaho Senate Bill 1072," accessed April 24, 2015
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed April 24, 2015
- ↑ Bonneville Joint School District No. 93, "Why do we need to build another high school?" accessed April 27, 2015
- ↑ Idaho Education News, "Bonneville Scales Back Bond Proposal," January 15, 2015
- ↑ Bonneville County, "Election Results- March 2014 District 93 Bond," accessed April 27, 2015
- ↑ Bonneville Joint School District No. 93, "Why are voting again in May?" accessed April 24, 2015
- ↑ Bonneville County, Idaho, "Bonneville County, May 19, 2015" accessed May 20, 2015
- ↑ Bonneville Joint School District No. 93, "May 19th Bond Election," accessed April 23, 2015
| 2015 Bonneville Joint School District No. 93 Elections | |
| Bonneville County, Idaho | |
| Election date: | May 19, 2015 |
| Candidates: | Zone 1: • Gregory Calder • Katie Davenport Zone 4: • Paul Jenkins |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
