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Inglewood Unified School District elections (2017)

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Inglewood Unified School District Elections
General election date
April 4, 2017
Enrollment (14-15)
13,469 students

Three seats on the Inglewood Unified School District Advisory Board of Education were up for election on April 4, 2017. Seat 1 incumbent Margaret Richards-Bowers did not file to run for re-election, leaving the seat open for a newcomer. Dionne Young Faulk and Odest Riley Jr. ran for that seat, and Faulk won. In their bids for re-election, Seat 2 incumbent Carliss McGhee and Seat 3 incumbent Melody O. Ngaue-Tuuholoaki ran unopposed and won additional terms on the board.[1][2] In addition to choosing school board members on April 4, 2017, citizens of the district voted on Measure DE, which sought permission to change the district's method of conducting elections.[3]

The 2017 election attracted fewer candidates than the district's 2015 election attracted. An average of 1.33 candidates ran per seat in 2017, while an average of 2.25 candidates ran per seat in 2015. Click here for more election trends.

The Inglewood Unified School District was taken over by the state of California and bailed out of near bankruptcy in September 2012. The district was poised to run out of money in December 2012. To ensure this would not happen, the state loaned the district $55 million in emergency funding during its takeover.[4] It also stripped the district's board of education of any powers, leaving members in an advisory capacity until certain criteria are met.[5] Instead of having a superintendent, the district is run by a state administrator.[6]

Elections

Voter and candidate information

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The Inglewood Unified Advisory Board of Education consists of five members elected to four-year terms. Elections are held on a staggered basis in April of odd-numbered years. Four seats—two regular four-year terms and two unexpired two-year terms—were on the ballot on April 7, 2015, and three seats were up for election on April 4, 2017. There was no primary election, but if no candidate had received 50 percent of the vote in the general election, a runoff election would have been held within 70 days.[7][8]

School board elections are held at large, but candidates run for specific seats. Seats are not tied to a specific jurisdiction. All registered voters in the school district can vote for all the seats on the ballot, and candidates can run for any seat on the ballot, no matter where they live. The elections for Seats 1, 2, and 3 are held together, and the elections for Seats 4 and 5 are held together. In 2017, Seats 1, 2, and 3 were on the ballot. To get on the ballot, candidates had to file by January 6, 2017.[7][9][10]

To vote in this election, citizens of the school district had to register by March 20, 2016.[11] Photo identification was not required to vote in California.[12]

Candidates and results

Seat 1

Results

Inglewood Unified School District,
Seat 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Dionne Young Faulk 65.70% 2,697
Odest Riley Jr. 33.08% 1,358
Write-in votes 1.22% 50
Total Votes 4,105
Source: Inglewood City Clerk, "General Municipal Election April 4 2017 Summary Report (Final Count)," accessed April 19, 2017

Candidates

Dionne Young Faulk Green check mark transparent.png Odest Riley Jr.

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Seat 2

Results

Inglewood Unified School District,
Seat 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Carliss McGhee Incumbent (unopposed) 93.27% 3,382
Write-in votes 6.73% 244
Total Votes 3,626
Source: Inglewood City Clerk, "General Municipal Election April 4 2017 Summary Report (Final Count)," accessed April 19, 2017

Candidates

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  • Incumbent
  • Member, 2013-2017

Seat 3

Results

Inglewood Unified School District,
Seat 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Melody O. Ngaue-Tuuholoaki Incumbent (unopposed) 94.00% 3,323
Write-in votes 6% 212
Total Votes 3,535
Source: Inglewood City Clerk, "General Municipal Election April 4 2017 Summary Report (Final Count)," accessed April 19, 2017

Candidates

Melody O. Ngaue-Tuuholoaki Green check mark transparent.png

Melody Ngaue-Tuuholoaki.png

  • Incumbent
  • Member, 2015-2017

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: California elections, 2017

The Inglewood Unified Advisory Board of Education election shared the ballot with a ballot measure for the school district as well as elections for Inglewood City Council Seats 1 and 2.[3][7]

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Inglewood Unified Advisory Board election.[1][7][9][10][11]

Deadline Event
December 12, 2016 - January 6, 2017 Candidate filing period
January 11, 2017 Extended candidate filing deadline for open seats
March 20, 2017 Voter registration deadline
April 4, 2017 Election day
April 11, 2017 Board members take office (if no runoff election is necessary)

Endorsements

Seat 1 candidates Dionne Young Faulk and Odest Riley Jr. were both endorsed by Inglewood Mayor James Butts[13]

Faulk was also endorsed by the following organizations and elected officials.[13][14]

Riley was further endorsed by the following elected officials:[13][15]

Campaign finance

At the time of this election, the Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk did not publish school board candidate campaign finance reports online. Ballotpedia staffers requested this information, but the only free method of viewing the files was at their office.

The Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk targeted the end of 2018 to make school board candidate campaign finance reports available online for free. From that point forward, Ballotpedia began including campaign finance data for Los Angeles County school board candidates.[16][17][18]

Past elections

What was at stake?

2017

Election trends

See also: School boards in session: 2015 in brief
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The Inglewood Unified School District's 2017 advisory board of education election attracted fewer candidates than the district's 2015 election attracted. Four candidates ran for three seats in 2017, while nine candidates ran for four seats in 2015.

One newcomer was guaranteed to join the board in 2017 due to an open seat. In 2015, three incumbents ran for re-election, but all three were defeated. Newcomers took every seat on the ballot that year.

School board election trends
Year Candidates per seat Unopposed seats Incumbents running for re-election Incumbent success rate Seats won by newcomers
Inglewood Unified School District
2017 1.33 66.67% 66.67% 100.00% 33.33%
2015 2.25 25.00% 75.00% 0.00% 100.00%
California
2015 2.01 22.95% 73.77% 81.11% 39.34%
United States
2015 1.72 35.95% 70.37% 82.66% 40.81%

Issues in the election

Measure DE

In addition to choosing school board members, citizens of the district voted on an election measure for the Inglewood Unified School District.[3] The measure was approved with 57 percent of the vote, according to unofficial results.[2] The measure appeared on the ballot as follows:

“ Shall the Inglewood City Charter be amended to allow the Board of Education for Inglewood City Schools to change the method of election of the Board of Education?[19] ”
—Inglewood City Council (2017)[20]

The Inglewood Unified Board of Education requested the change to the city charter in order to switch to holding by-district elections instead of at-large elections. In order to make that switch, Article XXVI of the city charter had to be changed, which required approval from voters.[3]

Issues in the district

Requirements to restore control to district

After the Inglewood Unified School District was taken over by the state due to a financial emergency, the board of education was stripped of its powers. Control of the district was then given to a state-appointed administrator, and board of education members were allowed to serve in an advisory capacity only. The state set up the following nine criteria in order for the school district to regain local control. As of October 2016, the district had met criteria points 1, 3, 5, and 6.[21][21]

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  1. One complete fiscal year has elapsed since acceptance of emergency loan and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction (SSPI) has approved all recovery plans for the district.
  2. The State Administrator determines and so notifies the SSPI and County Superintendent that future compliance by the school district with recovery plans is probable.
  3. The Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team (FCMAT) has completed a minimum of two progress reports on the district’s implementation of improvements in the recovery plan.
  4. Performance under the recovery plans completed by FCMAT has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the SSPI. A minimum average score of 6 in all operational areas, with no individual scores below a 4, is the benchmark for return of powers. Powers may be returned incrementally by operational area.
  5. The Administrator certifies that all necessary collective bargaining agreements have been negotiated and ratified and that the agreements are consistent with the terms of the recovery plans.
  6. The district has completed all reports required by the SSPI and the Administrator.
  7. The State Administrator certifies that members of the school board and district personnel have received the training required by SB 533 (Chapter 325, Statutes of 2012)
  8. The SSPI determines that future compliance by the district with recovery plans is probable.
  9. 60-Day notice has been provided to the Legislature, Department of Finance, the Controller, and the County Superintendent that conditions for return of powers are expected to be met.[19]
 ”
—Inglewood Unified School District (2016)[21]

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About the district

See also: Inglewood Unified School District, California
The Inglewood Unified School District is located in Los Angeles County, California.

The Inglewood Unified School District is located in Los Angeles County in southwestern California. The county seat is Los Angeles. Los Angeles County was home to an estimated 10,170,292 residents in 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau.[22] The district was the 124th-largest school district in the state in the 2014-2015 school year and served 13,469 students.[23]

Demographics

Los Angeles County underperformed compared to California as a whole in terms of higher education achievement between 2011 and 2015. The United States Census Bureau found that 30.3 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 31.4 percent of state residents. The median household income for Los Angeles County was $56,196, compared to $61,818 for the entire state. The percentage of people below the poverty level in the county was 18.7 percent, while it was 15.3 percent statewide.[22]

Racial Demographics, 2015[22]
Race Los Angeles County (%) California (%)
White 71.1 72.9
Black or African American 9.1 6.5
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5 1.7
Asian 15.0 14.7
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0.4 0.5
Two or more races 3.0 3.8
Hispanic or Latino 48.4 38.8

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

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See also

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Yvonne Horton, Inglewood City Clerk," January 11, 2017
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Abbey Smith, "Email communication with Yvonne Horton, Inglewood City Clerk" April 5, 2017
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Inglewood Today, "School Board Requests New Election Measure," November 17, 2016
  4. ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Brown signs bailout for Inglewood schools," September 15, 2012
  5. ↑ 89.3 KPCC, "Nearly 2 years after state takeover, Inglewood schools still bleeding red ink," May 13, 2014
  6. ↑ Los Angeles Times, "State appoints new leader for Inglewood Unified," September 17, 2015
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Inglewood City Clerk's Office, "Elections," accessed January 9, 2017
  8. ↑ City of Inglewood, "City Charter," accessed January 9, 2017
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Inglewood Unified School District, "BB 9110 Board Bylaws: Terms of Office," accessed January 9, 2017
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 2 Urban Girls, "Nomination period opens for Inglewood city council, school board," December 16, 2016
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "2017 Scheduled Elections," accessed January 9, 2017
  12. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Where and How to Vote," accessed December 5, 2016
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Los Angeles Wave, "Inglewood school board election limited to one seat," March 23, 2017
  14. ↑ Dionne Faulk for Inglewood School Board, Seat 1, "Endorsements," accessed March 29, 2017
  15. ↑ Odest Riley Jr. for Inglewood School Board, Seat 1, "Endorsements," accessed March 29, 2017
  16. ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed July 2, 2014
  17. ↑ Daniel Anderson, “Email communication with Brenda Duran, Los Angeles County Public Information Officer," October 7, 2016
  18. ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Brenda Duran, Los Angeles County Public Information Officer," January 2, 2018
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  20. ↑ City of Inglewood, "Measure DE," accessed January 17, 2017
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Inglewood Unified School District, "Criteria for Restoring the Power of the Inglewood Unified School District’s Governing Board October 2016," accessed January 9, 2017
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 United States Census Bureau, "Los Angeles County, California," accessed December 14, 2016
  23. ↑ U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data, file ccd_lea_052_1414_w_0216161a, 2014-2015," accessed November 16, 2016
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Election date:April 4, 2017
Candidates:Seat 1: • Dionne Young Faulk • Odest Riley Jr.
Seat 2: • Incumbent, Carliss McGhee
Seat 3: • Incumbent, Melody O. Ngaue-Tuuholoaki
Important information:What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines
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