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Cheryl Greenberg
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Cheryl Greenberg is a Democratic at-large representative on the West Hartford Public Schools Board of Education in Connecticut. Greenberg was initially appointed to the position in 2015, following the resignation of Jillian Gilchrest (D) from the board.[1] First elected in 2015, Greenberg won a new term in the at-large general election on November 7, 2017.
Biography
Greenburg is a professor of history at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. She graduated from Princeton University and earned a doctorate degree at Columbia University.[1]
Elections
2017
Four of seven seats on the West Hartford Public Schools Board of Education in Connecticut were up for at-large election on November 7, 2017. Incumbent Cheryl Greenberg (D) won re-election. The two other Democratic candidates, Deb Polun (D) and Lorna Thomas-Farquharson (D), also won. Incumbent Jay Sarzen (R) was unseated by challenger Robert Levine (R).[2]
| West Hartford Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Cheryl Greenberg Incumbent |
25.51% | 8,484 | |
| Democratic | Deb Polun |
24.06% | 8,001 | |
| Democratic | Lorna Thomas-Farquharson |
22.78% | 7,578 | |
| Republican | Robert Levine |
14.29% | 4,754 | |
| Republican | Jay Sarzen Incumbent | 13.36% | 4,443 | |
| Total Votes | 33,260 | |||
| Source: Connecticut Secretary of State, "Election Center: 2017 November Municipal Election," accessed November 8, 2017 These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available. | ||||
2015
Opposition
Four of the seven seats on the West Hartford Board of Education were up for election on November 3, 2015. Three of the at-large seats were up for general election in 2015. The fourth seat was up for special election, following the resignation of incumbent Jillian Gilchrest (D). In February 2015, she left the board to become a senior policy analyst at the Connecticut Permanent Commission on the Status of Women. Cheryl Greenberg (D) was appointed to fill the vacancy until the election was held.[3]
Incumbent Mark Zydanowicz (R) was nominated as the sole Republican candidate for the board in 2015.[4] The Democrats, meanwhile, nominated newcomers Carol Anderson-Blanks and Dave Pauluk for the regular four-year terms and nominated the recently appointed Greenberg for the two-year term.[5][6] The four candidates won the election without opposition.
Results
| West Hartford Public Schools, At-Large (2-year term), General Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Cheryl Greenberg Incumbent |
100.0% | 8,313 | |
| Total Votes | 8,313 | |||
| Source: Connecticut Secretary of State, "Prescribed Form for Return of Votes Cast At A Municipal Election," accessed November 5, 2015 | ||||
Funding
The West Hartford Town Clerk's office does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports. If you have any information regarding the campaign finance disclosures in this race, please contact the school board elections team at editor@ballotpedia.org.
Endorsements
Greenberg received no official endorsements in this election.
Campaign themes
2015
Greenberg provided the following answers to questions from We-Ha.com. The website's questions are in bold text, and Greenberg's answers are in plain text.
| “ | Why are you running for office? As the child of a professor, a former high school teacher and now a college professor, I have been involved with education for my entire life. My husband and I chose West Hartford because of the excellence of the public schools and the economic and racial diversity of the town. Now that my children have graduated (class of 2012 and 2015), I see service on the Board of Education as a way to “give back” by putting my skills and commitments to work. I want to make sure that every child has the quality of education and the array of opportunities and supports that my children enjoyed, and to make sure we support the teachers, programs, and staff who make that possible.
What issues are your primary area of focus?
What do you feel is the biggest issue facing West Hartford today? Continuing to provide a rigorous and nurturing learning environment for students, and supporting teachers and staff as they deserve, while facing decreased state and federal funding for education. What do you feel differentiates you from the other candidates also running for this position? I think each of us brings unique strengths to the Board, and different perspectives based on our own training and experiences. I would argue it is precisely that diversity that distinguishes us as a group. Anything else you would like to share? I look forward to having the opportunity to continue working with the talented and thoughtful members of the Board of Education and Town Council, present and future. I promise to continue working hard on the board to represent parents and to advance the interests of all our students.[7] |
” |
| —Cheryl Greenberg, , We-Ha.com's candidate questionnaire, (2015)[8] | ||
Recent news
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See also
- West Hartford Public Schools, Connecticut
- West Hartford Public Schools elections (2017)
- West Hartford Public Schools elections (2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hartford Courant, "Greenberg Appointed To West Hartford School Board," May 6, 2015
- ↑ Hartford Courant, "West Hartford Candidates For School Board Named," August 9, 2017
- ↑ We-Ha, "Dr. Cheryl Greenberg Appointed to West Hartford Board of Education," May 5, 2015
- ↑ We-Ha, "West Hartford Republican Town Committee Nominates Candidates," July 24, 2015
- ↑ We-Ha, "West Hartford Democrats Endorse Candidates for Fall Election," July 29, 2015
- ↑ Margaret Koenig, "Email correspondance with West Hartford Town/Council Clerk Essie S. Labrot," August 19, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ We-Ha.com, "Meet the Candidate: Cheryl Greenberg," October 15, 2015
| West Hartford Public Schools elections in 2017 | |
| Hartford County, Connecticut | |
| Election date: | November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-large: Incumbent, Cheryl Greenberg • Incumbent, Jay Sarzen • Deb Polun • Lorna Thomas-Farquharson • Robert Levine |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
