Jill Speering
Jill Speering was a member of the Metropolitan Nashville Board of Education in Tennessee, representing District 3. Speering assumed office in 2012. Speering left office on August 27, 2020.
Speering ran for re-election to the Metropolitan Nashville Board of Education to represent District 3 in Tennessee. Speering won in the general election on August 4, 2016.
Biography
Speering is a former teacher. She taught for 35 years.[1]
Elections
2016
Five of the nine seats on the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Board of Education were up for by-district general election on August 4, 2016.[2] District 1 incumbent Sharon Dixon Gentry defeated challenger Janette Carter to win another term. In District 3, incumbent Jill Speering also won another term by defeating challenger Jane Grimes Meneely. Norman Merrifield originally filed to run for the District 3 seat, but he withdrew from the election. Christiane Buggs, Miranda Christy, Corey Gathings, and Erica Lanier ran for the District 5 seat, which was left open when board member Elissa Kim did not file to run for re-election. Buggs was elected to the seat. The District 7 race featured incumbent Will Pinkston and challenger Jackson Miller. Pinkston was re-elected to another term. District 9 incumbent Amy Frogge faced challenger Thom Druffel. She was also elected to another term.[3][4][5]
Results
| Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, District 3 General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Jill Speering Incumbent |
58.19% | 2,593 |
| Jane Grimes Meneely | 41.20% | 1,836 |
| Write-in votes | 0.61% | 27 |
| Total Votes | 4,456 | |
| Source: Metro Government of Nashville & Davidson County Election Commission, "August 4 Election Results," accessed January 12, 2017 | ||
Funding
Speering reported $37,135.00 in contributions and $25,481.44 in expenditures to the Davidson County Election Commission, which left her campaign with $11,653.56 on hand as of September 30, 2016.[6]
Endorsements
Speering was endorsed by following organizations and elected officials:[1][7][8][9][10][11]
- The Tennesseean
- Central Labor Council of Nashville and Middle Tennessee, AFL-CIO
- Metro Nashville Education Association
- Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 205
- Women In Numbers (WIN)
- Education activist Diane Ravitch
- Metropolitan Nashville Board of Education member Amy Frogge
- Metropolitan Nashville Board of Education member Will Pinkston
- Metropolitan Nashville Board of Education member Anna Shepherd
2012
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Jill Speering |
36.2% | 1,575 | |
| Nonpartisan | W. Fred Lee Jr. | 32.9% | 1,430 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jarod Delozier | 30.7% | 1,336 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.3% | 11 | |
| Total Votes | 4,352 | |||
| Source: Nashville Election Commission, "Election Results," August 20, 2012 | ||||
Campaign themes
2016
Speering highlighted the following issues on her campaign website:
| “ | As an educator for over 35 years, I know how schools work and I know the level of support teachers need to be effective. I am passionate about education and learning that is relevant to the lives of students.
One of the goals of our school district is to raise third grade reading scores but if we wait until third grade to offer interventions, we have waited too long for many students. We need to offer a variety of interventions to students beginning in first grade so that all students can be successful readers by third grade. We know that the quality of the classroom teacher is key to the success of students. Presently we offer approximately 5-10 professional development days to teachers per year. When we look at highly successful school district like one in Finland, we find that the quality of teachers' professional development is superior to ours. Our teachers need more support. Working with our local universities is one way to support the professional development of teachers.[12] |
” |
| —Jill Speering (2016)[13] | ||
See also
- Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, Tennessee
- Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools elections (2016)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ The Tennesseean, "Who's running for the Nashville school board?" April 7, 2016
- ↑ Davidson County Election Commission, "County General Sample Ballot: August 4, 2016," accessed July 12, 2016
- ↑ Metro Government of Nashville & Davidson County Election Commission, "August 4 Election Results (Unofficial)," accessed August 4, 2016
- ↑ Davidson County Election Commission, "Financial Disclosures," accessed November 28, 2016
- ↑ The Tennesseean, "Endorsements: Nashville school board election," July 11, 2016
- ↑ Central Labor Council of Nashville and Middle Tennessee, AFL-CIO, "2016 Metro School Board Endorsements," April 19, 2016
- ↑ SEIU Local 205, "Local Union Supports Metro School Board Candidates With “Real World” Experience in Public Education," June 29, 2016
- ↑ Diane Ravitch's blog, "Nashville: Vote for the Defenders of Public Education for School Board," July 12, 2016
- ↑ Women In Numbers, "2015 Endorsed Candidates," accessed August 1, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Jill Speering, Metro School Board, District 3, "About," accessed May 19, 2016
