Eric Herr

Eric Herr

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Air Force

Personal

Profession

Air Force instructor

Contact

Personal website

Eric Herr was a candidate for the Hartwood District on the Stafford County School Board. He lost election to incumbent Holly H. Hazard on November 5, 2013.

Biography

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Herr served for 26 years as an Air Force Fighter Pilot. He spends most of his time as an Air Force instructor.

Elections

2013

See also: Stafford County Public Schools elections (2013)

Results

Stafford County Public Schools, Hartwood District, 4-year term, 2013
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Holly H. Hazard Incumbent	52.6%	2,750
	Nonpartisan	Eric Herr	46.9%	2,453
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.4%	22
Total Votes				5,225
Source: Stafford County, Virginia, "November 2013 General Election Official Results," accessed December 12, 2013

Endorsements

Herr was endorsed by Virginia Congressman Rob Wittman, Stafford Sheriff Charlie Jett, Senator Richard Stuart and Delegate Mark Cole.

Funding

Herr reported $11,144.22 in contributions and $10,760.09 in expenditures to the Virginia State Board of Elections, which left his campaign with $384.13 on hand.

Campaign themes

For his 2013 campaign, Herr stated the following on his website:

Focus on classroom education Teaching, learning, and providing the best practical education outcome for every Stafford child. All other decisions and priorities must flow from this imperative. Quoting from the February 26, 2013 School Board Minutes: “He (Dr. Bridges) stated that the days of educators just being responsible for teaching and learning has long gone by the way side. Teachers are required to do so many additional things that some days the teaching and learning piece may be third on the list..” (emphasis added). I do not accept that comment and am disappointed that it was not immediately challenged. My K-12 educational experience—one that began in special education for a speech disorder and ended in honors classes and a full scholarship to study electrical engineering—was the product of great teachers focused on student learning. If we have lost that, we have truly lost hope. I have not lost hope and will fight to get our focus back where it belongs. Facilitate teamwork and provide leadership I believe the School Board must lead in a team relationship with teachers, parents, and administrators. In order to do that, members must immerse themselves in the issues that matter (see Priority 1). I have and will spend significant time exploring, fact finding, and listening to input from diverse sources. I will not settle for processing only the information that is delivered to me or by prioritizing input from those who speak loudest or last. I will develop feasible courses of action, work with stakeholders to improve and enrich them, and pursue the policy changes and resources required for successful implementation. Insist on transparency and accountability in policy, planning, and budgeting I will work diligently to involve the public more in School Board processes. In preparing to run and serve as a School Board member, I have been disappointed in the opacity of policy development, resource allocation, and budget execution. If one wishes to see clear illustration of this point. Go to the Stafford County School Board web site and read some of the meeting minutes. I typical example occurred on January 29, 2013. Click here to see it. The Board approved 4 policy changes in the consent agenda with no discussion and no description of the changes. Try to find out what changes were made—I could not. I could find the revised policy, but I could not discover what changes were made or why the changes were necessary. There are for other policy changes approved as individual agenda items; again, there is no way to find out what changed in these policies, why, who won, or who lost. Whether this obscurity is by design or though inattention, it must end. I will make sure the public has access to all decisions unless they involve sensitive personal information or information that is restricted by Virginia or Federal law.

Note: The above quote is from the candidate's website, which may include some typographical or spelling errors.

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See also

• Stafford County Public Schools
• Stafford County Public Schools elections (2013)

External links

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