Dusti Reimer
Dusti Reimer was a candidate for District D representative on the Mesa County Valley School District 51 school board in Colorado. Reimer was defeated in the at-large general election on November 7, 2017. Reimer ran as part of the Rise Mesa County slate with District E candidate Thomas Keenan.[1]
Elections
2017
Three of the five seats on the Mesa County Valley School District 51 Board of Education in Colorado were up for nonpartisan general election on November 7, 2017. In his bid for re-election to the District C seat, incumbent John Williams ran unopposed and won another term. District D incumbent Tom Parrish defeated Dusti Reimer. The race for the open District E seat included Amy Davis and Thomas Keenan, and Davis won the seat.[2] Reimer and Keenan ran together as part of the Rise Mesa County slate.[3][4]
Results
| Mesa County Valley School District 51, District D General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Tom Parrish Incumbent |
66.04% | 24,293 |
| Dusti Reimer | 33.96% | 12,491 |
| Total Votes | 36,784 | |
| Source: Mesa County Elections Office, "Official Results," accessed November 27, 2017 | ||
Funding
Reimer reported $1,900.00 in contributions and $1,900.00 in expenditures to the Colorado Secretary of State, which left her campaign with a $0.00 balance in the election.[5]
Endorsements
Reimer was endorsed by state Sen. Ray Scott (R-7).[6]
Campaign themes
2017
Reimer highlighted the following issues on her campaign website:
| “ | RESPECTING OUR TEACHERS
We can all agree our teachers are on the front lines. Hand-in-hand with parents, they are the soldiers in our classrooms who deeply care for our children and their educational success. We should support them with flexibility, options, and choices. I commit to supporting our teachers and ensuring more dollars make it to their classrooms. I will work to empower principals so they can execute successful learning plans unique to their students and teachers' needs. I will ask the hard questions of our superintendent when decisions are being made. I will work to promote transparency and rebuild trust within our community. I look forward to collaborating with our our teachers, superintendent, and school board to ensure our students RISE. EMPOWERING OUR PARENTS As a parent of small children, I know how important it is to have options when deciding what school is best for your children. I know my children very well: I know how they learn and what environment is best for them--Just like you do. I will work to make sure those options for parents are preserved. I know many local families who have opted for school of choice in the Grand Valley. One family lives in Mack and they love Scenic Elementary School across town; another family lives in the Redlands and their children attend Caprock. I will work for flexibility, options, and choices that will improve outcomes for students and empower parents. I firmly believe another crucial step to empowering our parents is a consistent school calendar. Under the current school calendar, early release for elementary students is different at each elementary school-- Kindergartners attend school from 8:50 am-10:50 am at some while others have every other Wednesday off, while others do not have early release and attend school Monday-Thursday. Families can plan their lives, their households and budgets with a consistent school calendar. As a school board member, I will work to ensure our children are reaching state-wide average days-in-school while building a school calendar that is consistent from year-to-year removing wasted hours, which turn into lost days. FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY Like many Mesa County residents, we are a blue-collar, working class family. In our daily and monthly lives, we have to budget our core needs first, plan for hard times, and save money for extras like Christmas and clothes. I will promote these principles, ones we use everyday in our own households, as we develop a working budget for our schools. There were times in the past when District 51 did have a surplus of funds. We need to reflect on and address how that money was spent. We must be transparent in our spending and be forward thinking by developing a plan for both surplus and scarcity. It is up to us to make sure that every dollar in our tax revenue is maximized to give our children an excellent education. When we RISE together as an involved community, our students will excel in education. CAREER READINESS Mesa County needs to be competitive by raising up a diverse workforce in all levels of industry. I will work to ensure that our children are prepared. We have a great community in the Grand Valley that has partnered with our School District on mentor programs, business opportunity, leadership programs, vocational programs, and trade schools. I will continue to build fiscally responsible options and choices in our non-traditional education areas. When we have a diverse and well skilled workforce, our local economy grows and we all RISE.[7] |
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| —Dusti Reimer (2017)[8] | ||
Recent news
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See also
- Mesa County Valley School District 51, Colorado
- Mesa County Valley School District 51 elections (2017)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Dusti Reimer for Mesa County School Board District 51, "Rise Slate," accessed November 2, 2017
- ↑ Mesa County Valley School District 51, "2017 School Board Candidates," accessed September 2, 2017
- ↑ Dusti Reimer for Mesa County School Board District 51, "Rise Slate," accessed November 2, 2017
- ↑ Mesa County Elections Office, "Unofficial Results," accessed November 7, 2017
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "TRACER: Candidate Search," accessed December 18, 2017
- ↑ The Daily Sentinel, "Scott backs 2 school candidates, raps influence from Front Range," October 27, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Dusti Reimer for Mesa County School Board District 51, "Rise Principles," accessed November 2, 2017
| Mesa County Valley School District 51 elections in 2017 | |
| Mesa County, Colorado | |
| Election date: | November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | District C: • Incumbent, John Williams District D: • Incumbent, Tom Parrish • Dusti Reimer District E: • Amy Davis • Thomas Keenan |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
