Jim Roenick

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Jim Roenick

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Jim Roenick was a candidate for an at-large seat on the Carroll County Board of Education in Maryland. He advanced from a primary election on June 24, 2014, to face five other candidates for three available seats in the general election on November 4, 2014. Roenick, George E. Harmening and Charles "Bud" Nason ran as a slate. Jim Roenick lost the general election on November 4, 2014.

Biography

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Roenick has worked in power plant operations at C&E Services, Inc. since 1982. He and his wife, Rosemary, have three adult children.

Elections

2014

See also: Carroll County Public Schools elections (2014)

The June 24, 2014, primary ballot included incumbent Virginia R. Harrison along with challengers Gary W. Desper, George E. Harmening, Mary Kowalski, Bob Lord, Charles "Bud" Nason, Jim Roenick and Devon Rothschild. Board members Gary Bauer and Barbara Shreeve did not file for re-election. Harmening, Lord, Nason, Roenick, Rothschild and Harrison faced off in the general election on November 4, 2014. Harmening, Nason and Roenick ran as a slate opposed to Common Core.

Harrison, Rothschild and Lord won the general election.

Results

General

Carroll County Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Virginia R. Harrison Incumbent	21.4%	29,854
	Nonpartisan	Devon Rothschild	19.4%	27,004
	Nonpartisan	Bob Lord	15.5%	21,596
	Nonpartisan	George E. Harmening	13.9%	19,456
	Nonpartisan	Jim Roenick	14.8%	20,665
	Nonpartisan	Charles "Bud" Nason	14.7%	20,494
	Nonpartisan	Write-in	0.3%	418
Total Votes				139,487
Source: Carroll County Board of Elections, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 20, 2014

Primary

Carroll County Public Schools, At-Large Primary Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Virginia R. Harrison Incumbent	19.2%	13,203
	Nonpartisan	Devon Rothschild	16.8%	11,561
	Nonpartisan	Bob Lord	14.1%	9,676
	Nonpartisan	George E. Harmening	11.4%	7,821
	Nonpartisan	Jim Roenick	11.4%	7,813
	Nonpartisan	Charles "Bud" Nason	11.1%	7,609
	Nonpartisan	Mary Kowalski	10%	6,866
	Nonpartisan	Gary W. Desper	6%	4,108
Total Votes				68,657
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections, "Official 2014 Gubernatorial Primary Election results for Carroll County," July 16, 2014

Funding

Roenick reported $3,975.00 in contributions and $3,876.89 in expenditures to the Maryland State Board of Elections, which left his campaign with $98.11 on hand as of August 19, 2014.

Endorsements

Roenick was endorsed by Parents Choice of Maryland.

Campaign themes

2014

Roenick explained his themes for the 2014 race in a series of interviews with the Carroll County Times:

“	Capital projects Our priorities should be any school project that affect the health and well-being of our students, i.e., the sanitary sewer system and roof replacement at Charles Carroll Elementary, the HVAC and roof replacement at Manchester Elementary, roof replacements at Francis Scott Key High, CCTC, Mechanicsville Elementary School and Sandymount Elementary School and replacement of the HVAC system at East Middle. Most all other projects would take a burner in order to fund teacher salary step increases. These projects would be funded out of the approximately $330,000,000 budget that is funded between the county, state and federal funding. After the teachers have received their promised step increases, then other less prioritized projects will be considered. Common Core Common Core has been in place for over 3½ years. It was implemented in a very secretive fashion. It is a little late to go back and inform the parents about the Common Core. The parents have seen the changes firsthand, and over 75 percent of them in Carroll County do not like the changes. What needs to be done at this point is to tell parents we are stopping the implementation of Common Core. This would be done with email blasts and town hall meetings at all of the high schools. Teachers will be able to return to using the curricula and lesson plans they have developed over their careers. Teachers can return to doing what is best for each individual student, teaching them once again to be well-rounded American citizens. District fund balance The $15.5 million surplus is taxpayer money. If the school does not use it, it should go back to the taxpayer. However, it is prudent to have funding set aside for emergency purposes (emergency repairs to the HVAC systems, water leaks, etc). The best of both worlds is to have a series of public meetings to decide what is a “comfortable” surplus fund with which the taxpayers and the Board of Education are comfortable. I do not believe I have ever been asked what amount, as a taxpayer, I am willing to allow the school board to have as surplus. But the fact that the surplus exists and teachers still have not received a step increase for six years is clear evidence that this Board of Education believes there are other higher priorities. I do not agree. Next to our students, the teachers’ salaries should have the highest priority. Teacher salaries Stop the implementation of Common Core. To totally implement [Common Core], it will cost Carroll County taxpayers $20 to $40 million. To purchase and maintain equipment to further implement Common Core for testing and data mining, the taxpayers will spend $725,000 for 460 new testing devices, $180,000 per year in maintenance costs of this equipment and at least one technician/school to operate and maintain all of this equipment at a cost of at least $2.8 million per year. This alone would fund $4 million toward one step increase for the teachers. As previously mentioned, do not build a new $20-plus million school to replace Charles Carroll Elementary School. Take half the money ($6 million) of the county portion for teacher step increases and save the other half ($6 million) for the new Charles Carroll to be built in the future when funding and student population are certain.	”
—Carroll County Times, (2014)

Harmening, Nason and Roenick provided the following statement on their slate campaign website:

“	Common Core will only be defeated after all three of us are elected. There are five seats on the school board and three of them are up for election. All the other candidates vying for one of the three available seats SUPPORT COMMON CORE as do the two seats not up for election. To abandon Common Core we need a majority of the school board (3 of the 5 seats) willing to stand up to the opposition and wage the battle it will take to get this out of our schools. We are the only three candidates running who can create that majority. We can't foretell the outcome of November's election but we hope you will help make something happen, by helping us get onto the school board. We pledge to you our commitment, once elected, to focus our action on removing Common Core from our schools.	”
—Harmening, Nason and Roenick's campaign website (2014)

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See also

• Carroll County Public Schools, Maryland
• Carroll County Public Schools elections (2014)

External links

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