Cindy Anderson
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Cindy Anderson is a District B representative on the Alexandria City School Board in Virginia. The general election was held on November 3, 2015.[1] Cindy Anderson won the general election on November 3, 2015.
Elections
2015
Opposition
The Alexandria City School Board is a nine-member board elected by district to three-year terms. There are three districts on the board with three board members per district.[2] The general election was held on November 3, 2015.[3] The seats of all nine incumbents were up for election.[4]
Incumbents William Campbell and Karen Graf and challenger Harold Cardwell ran unopposed and won the three District A seats. District B incumbent Kelly Booz lost her seat after facing challengers Cindy Anderson, Mimi Goff, Margaret Lorber and Veronica Nolan. Anderson, Lorber and Nolan won the three District B seats. The District C race for three seats featured incumbents Ronnie Campbell, Patricia Hennig and Christopher Lewis and challengers Darla Dillard and Ramee Gentry. While Campbell and Lewis won re-election, Henning lost her seat to Gentry.
Results
| Alexandria City School Board, District B, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Veronica Nolan |
26.2% | 5,986 |
| Cindy Anderson |
20.9% | 4,761 |
| Margaret Lorber |
18.6% | 4,239 |
| Mimi Goff | 16.8% | 3,828 |
| Kelly Booz Incumbent | 16.5% | 3,755 |
| Write-in votes | 1.07% | 245 |
| Total Votes | 22,814 | |
| Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "2015 November General", accessed November 3, 2015 | ||
Funding
Anderson reported $5,530.00 in contributions and $3,359.53 in expenditures to the Virginia State Board of Elections, which left her campaign with $2,170.47 on hand as of October 28, 2015.[5]
Endorsements
Anderson earned the endorsements of the Alexandria Political Action Committee for Education and the Alexandria Times.[6][7]
Campaign themes
2015
Anderson answered the following questions from The Connection about issues in the district:
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What is one issue that defines your call to serve, why does it matter, and how will you tackle it? As I know from the wonderful education my children received in the Alexandria City Public Schools, there are many great opportunities and experiences available to our students. As the Chairwoman of the Alexandria Scholarship Fund, I see first hand how ACPS sends students on to do amazing things. I also recognize our public school system faces a series of complex challenges so it is difficult to pinpoint a single issue. However, overcrowding has emerged as an urgent issue and I believe now we are at a critical juncture in terms of dealing with it since there will be a significant amount of redevelopment in the coming years. What distinguishes you from your opponent(s) and why should voters choose you? I have many years of experience with ACPS as a student, parent and volunteer. This experience provides me with a unique perspective and demonstrates my dedication to ACPS and its students. How can Alexandria address overcrowding within the current budgetary confines? What ideas and skills do you bring to solving this? Overcrowding is a critical issue that is going to require some creative interim solutions until additional classroom space can be built. We cannot simply keep adding to our existing buildings so we will also have to find additional land where new schools can be built. Some of our current buildings have previously been configured for different grade levels so this is something to consider. I would also like to enlist the help of community members in looking for solutions to this problem. While the majority of Alexandria schools remain accredited, what can be done about continuing problems facing Jefferson-Houston? For incumbents, what lessons have been learned from the problem? For non-incumbent candidates, what would you have done differently? Test scores for Jefferson-Houston showed marked improvement in the past year. There is still work to be done so it is important that we continue to provide the resources necessary for success. Jefferson-Houston has struggled since the last redistricting in 1999 when the student population changed significantly and it was designated as an Arts Focus school. A combination of a challenging student body and a lack of planning and support for the arts focus contributed to its early failure. There were several more false starts and frequent changes in leadership that made it difficult for the school to gain traction in the community. Additionally, until the new school was built, the physical plant of the old school also contributed to the challenges faced by staff and students. I believe implementing an established program instead of inventing a new one would have increased the chances of success there. For example, at the same time Lyles-Crouch was established as Core Knowledge Focus school. It was immediately popular and they have continued to be very successful. I cannot fail to mention Lyles-Crouch also had great leadership and during the past 15 years has had only two different principals. [8] |
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| —Cindy Anderson (2015), [9] | ||
Recent news
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See also
- Alexandria City Public Schools, Virginia
- Alexandria City Public Schools elections (2015)
- Incumbency no guarantee of success in Nov. 3 school board elections (November 6, 2015)
- What happened in Nov.'s top board elections? (November 4, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "List of Candidates," September 9, 2015
- ↑ Alexandria City Public Schools, "School Board," accessed September 17, 2015
- ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "2015 November Election Calendar," accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ Alexandria City Public Schools, "School Board Members," accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ Virginia State Board of Elections, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed October 27, 2015
- ↑ AlexandriaNews.org, "Alexandria Educators Endorse Candidates," July 13, 2015
- ↑ Alexandria Times, "Alexandria Times Endorses Local Election Candidates," October 23, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ The Connection, "School Board–Alexandria District B: Cindy Anderson," October 26, 2015
