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Flambeau School District recall, Wisconsin (2018)
| Flambeau School District recall |
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| Officeholders |
Patrick Anderson Clerk Danielle Zimmer |
| Recall status |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2018 Recalls in Wisconsin Wisconsin recall laws School board recalls Recall reports |
An effort to recall three of the seven members of the Flambeau School District Board of Education in Wisconsin did not go to a vote in 2018. Board President Sam Stewart, board Vice President Patrick Anderson, and board Clerk Danielle Zimmer were targeted for recall due to disrespectful behavior, negative representation, and poor decision making, according to the recall petitions. The effort failed to make the ballot due to improper documentation, according to the Ladysmith News. [1][2][3]
Recall supporters
The petitions against the three board members listed the following reasons for the recall effort:[1]
- Making disrespectful comments and behaving inappropriately toward other board members, administration members, and community members
- Negatively representing the school district
- Making decisions without the best interests of students and taxpayers
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Wisconsin
Recall supporters started the recall effort on July 26, 2018, when they submitted statements of intent to recall to the Flambeau Board of Education.[1] The petitions were rejected to due improper documentation.[3]
2018 recall efforts
- See also: School board recalls
A total of 33 school board recall efforts nationwide were covered by Ballotpedia in 2018. They included 74 board members. Twelve recall elections were held in 2018. The school board recall success rate was 28.4%.
Of the 12 efforts that made it to the ballot in 2018, eight were approved and the 20 targeted members were removed from office. Another two recall elections were defeated, and the targeted members kept their seats. One effort saw a mix of results: three members retained their seats, while the fourth was removed from his. Another recall election was held after the board member resigned. Her replacement was elected through the recall. The chart below details the status of 2018 recall efforts by individual school board member.
See also
- Flambeau School District, Wisconsin
- Recall campaigns in Wisconsin
- Political recall efforts, 2018
- School board recalls
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