Gregg Gerdau
Gregg Gerdau was a candidate for an at-large seat on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education in North Carolina. The seat was up for general election on November 3, 2015.[1] Gregg Gerdau lost the general election on November 3, 2015.
Biography
Gerdau is an entrepreneur who has held leadership positions in multiple startups. He is the co-founder and chief executive officer of MotiveLogic Corporation. He has served on the Chapel Hill Technology Committee and Friends of Downtown. He is also active in the American Red Cross and Boy Scouts. Gerdau obtained his bachelor's degree from the College of Charleston and his doctorate degree from the Medical University of South Carolina.[2]
Elections
2015
Four of the seven seats on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education were up for election on November 3, 2015. The seats represent the district at-large.
Incumbent Annetta Streater won re-election to her seat. Rani Dasi, Margaret Samuels and Pat Heinrich were elected to the other three seats on the ballot. Incumbent David Saussy, Joal Hall Broun, Gregg Gerdau and Theresa Watson were defeated.[1][3]
Results
| Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools, At-Large, 4-year Term, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Rani Dasi |
19.6% | 7,009 |
| Margaret Samuels |
15.7% | 5,629 |
| Annetta Streater Incumbent |
15.0% | 5,379 |
| Pat Heinrich |
12.5% | 4,459 |
| Theresa Watson | 11.9% | 4,253 |
| Joal Hall Broun | 11.2% | 4,005 |
| David Saussy Incumbent | 9.3% | 3,321 |
| Gregg Gerdau | 4.4% | 1,590 |
| Write-in votes | 0.42% | 151 |
| Total Votes (100% of precincts reporting) | 35,796 | |
| Source: North Carolina Secretary of State, "11/03/2015 Official Municipal Election Results," accessed November 10, 2015 | ||
Funding
Gerdau reported no contributions or expenditures to the North Carolina State Board of Elections in the election.[4]
Endorsements
Gerdau received no official endorsements as of September 25, 2015.
Campaign themes
2015
Candidate website
Gerdau's campaign website listed the following campaign themes for 2015:
| “ | Close the achievement gap
Our children deserve an equal opportunity to receive a great education in our School District. We have high standards in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. My mission is to hold ourselves to an even higher standard. I will advocate for a Pledge of Performance for all District employees to model their shared experiences of justice, fairness, recognition of every contribution and encouraging every student to develop to their full potential. Today’s students have communication and learning attributes significantly different than the generations who preceded them. It is crucial for effective teaching and learning that we improve teacher training resources to help teachers adapt to the most diverse generation of students we have ever had to educate. Retain Great Teachers & Recruit More of Them Better teacher retention can be accomplished by advocating for the implementation of Project Advance beginning in the 2016-2017 academic year with its four levels of supplemental pay raises (based four levels of competency teachers can obtain) modified to include communication with and input from parents and students. We should wait no longer to do this, recognizing that some adjustments may need to be made in order to turn this into an engine of instructor productivity for the benefit of our children. Recruiting and retaining great teachers for math, English, science and technology curriculum is most important. Whatever the core standard, engaged and competent teachers are a must and we must recruit more of them for our children to be prepared for the future. Build Great Partnerships The Board of Education must communicate more effectively with its constituents. I will work towards having more open dialogue opportunities for parents, children and teachers to collaborate with Board Members. I will advocate for the development of closer relationships between Carrboro’s Board of Aldermen, Chapel Hill’s Town Council, the Orange County Board of Education and our School Board. My long experience with large capital improvement budgets permits me to dig deeper into proposals and costs to ascertain where the funds will go and how the expenditure will benefit students and teachers. We need careful analysis of how maintenance is being performed and budgeted. Without knowing all the particulars, it appears we may have deferred too many projects for the wrong reasons and now face higher costs (and taxes) because of those delays.[5] |
” |
| —Gregg Gerdau's campaign website (2015), [6] | ||
What was at stake?
2015
Four seats were up for election in 2015. Two incumbents, David Saussy and Annetta Streater, were running for re-election. With eight candidates running for the seats, over half of the board could have been replaced. This field of candidates was much larger than the field in 2013, when four candidates ran for three open seats. Two of the four were incumbents, and they both won re-election. In 2011, eight candidates ran for four open seats. Four candidates were incumbents, and they all won re-election.[7]
Issues in the district
Bond on ballot in 2016
In April 2015, the Orange County Commission approved a measure to include a school bond referendum on the general election ballot in 2016. This bond would give the schools $125 million to make facility upgrades to schools in the Orange County school district and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school district. The bond would be spread out over 10 years and could possibly cause a 5-cent property tax increase if the county's sales tax doesn't generate enough revenue to pay for the bond.[8]
Recent news
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See also
- Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, North Carolina
- Chapel Hill-Carrboro City 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Orange County, North Carolina, "2015 Candidate Filings for Chapel Hill/Carrboro School Board," accessed July 20, 2015
- ↑ The News Observer, "Hillsborough, Chapel Hill, school board elections garner great interest," July 16, 2015
- ↑ North Carolina Secretary of State, "11/03/2015 Unofficial Municipal Election Results," accessed November 3, 2015
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "NC Campaign Report Search by Entity," accessed February 2, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Gregg Gerdau School Board, "Important Issues," accessed September 25, 2015
- ↑ Orange County, North Carolina, "Election Results," accessed August 5, 2015
- ↑ Warner Cable News, Central North Carolina, "$125 Million Bond Referendum for Schools to Appear on 2016 Ballot," April 24, 2015
| 2015 Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Elections | |
| Orange County, North Carolina | |
| Election date: | November 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, David Saussy • Incumbent, Annetta Streater • Joal Hall Broun • Rani Dasi • Gregg Gerdau • Pat Heinrich • Margaret Samuels • Theresa Watson |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional measures on the ballot |
