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Jim Romanowski
Jim Romanowski was a member of the Kettle Moraine School District School Board At-large in Wisconsin. He assumed office in 2014.
Romanowski ran for re-election to the Kettle Moraine School District School Board At-large in Wisconsin. He won in the general election on April 3, 2018.
Biography
Romanowski received his B.S. in environmental earth science from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside in 1976. He later earned his B.S. in civil and environmental engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Romanowski has been a consulting engineer since 1984.[1]
Elections
2018
Three of the seven seats on the Kettle Moraine School District school board in Wisconsin were up for at-large general election on April 3, 2018. Incumbents Jim Romanowski and Kathy Kapsy and newcomer Heather Renno defeated incumbent Traci Fronk and candidate Kimberly Newhouse.[2][3]
Results
General election
General election for Kettle Moraine School District School Board At-large (3 seats)
Incumbent Jim Romanowski, Heather Renno, and incumbent Kathy Kapsy defeated incumbent Traci Fronk and Kimberly Newhouse in the general election for Kettle Moraine School District School Board At-large on April 3, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jim Romanowski (Nonpartisan) | 29.0 | 3,014 |
| ✔ |  | Heather Renno (Nonpartisan) | 18.4 | 1,916 |
| ✔ |  | Kathy Kapsy (Nonpartisan) | 17.9 | 1,858 |
 | Traci Fronk (Nonpartisan) | 17.7 | 1,837 | |
 | Kimberly Newhouse (Nonpartisan) | 16.6 | 1,727 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 49 | ||
| Total votes: 10,401 | |||
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2015
Kathy Kapsy, Terri Phillips, and Jim Romanowski won election without opposition in the general election on April 7, 2015.[4]
Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Jim Romanowski participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on January 25, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Jim Romanowski's responses follow below.[5]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Restore equitable funding for our District 2) Transform educational opportunities for all students |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | We must prepare our students to live and work in a global economy. In addition to a sound academic background, we must expose our students to diverse cultures, provide opportunities to explore career pathways, exercise their leadership abilities, and develop their maturity and self-management abilities through personalized learning techniques. At the same time, we must development our teaching staff to facilitate the instructional methods that provide these opportunities for students. We need financial support and incentives from the State Whereby we could partner with other Districts, especially ""low achieving"", and bring a few of their staff into our District to train in new instructional methods that we are practicing in our classrooms. Those guest instructors would then return to their home districts with upgraded skills to implement in their districts. We can deliver real change to education if we have support.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[7]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Jim Romanowski answered the following:
What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?
| “ | An ability to understand and manage the big picture of education. Work with staff to develop a transformational plan for our students. Implement the plan and monitor its progress. Make changes to improve the plan and teaching methods to improve results. Communicate the plan to our staff, students, families, and taxpayers. Listen for feedback from all. Revise the plan as needed.[7] | ” |
| “ | I apply logical problem solving and project management skills to many issues. Evaluate a situation. Examine the data. Develop alternative strategies to make improvements. Most important, proactively seek opportunities to communicate with the stakeholders[7] | ” |
| “ | Communicate the plan and discuss issues with all stakeholders. Protect the district's resources and financial viability of our taxpayers and community. Practice leadership. Improve State support of our district.[7] | ” |
| “ | Achieving a higher level of trust from our State representatives, leading to improved State support. Positioning our district as the best public education opportunity in the State and among the top in the Nation.[7] | ” |
| “ | Astronaut John Glenn orbiting the earth. I was 8 years old and listening to a portable radio while in school.[7] | ” |
| “ | Mowing lawns. Ten years.[7] | ” |
| “ | Independence Day. We are reminded of American History and I reflect on those men and women in uniform protecting our Country.[7] | ” |
| “ | My Mother's letters reveal her selfless character.[7] | ” |
| “ | ""Imagine"" by John Lennon.[7] | ” |
| “ | Oversee a plan to provide exceptional opportunities for education, professional development for our staff, best value for our taxpayers.[7] | ” |
| “ | Students and their families, district staff, taxpayers.[7] | ” |
| “ | Provide diverse opportunities that stretch the students' and staff's abilities, resulting in developing leaders for the future needs of our community.[7] | ” |
| “ | Communicate with parents individually and in our schools' volunteer organizations. Encourage and provide opportunities for development of our Staff. Lobby our State representatives for broader and fairer support to protect our taxpayers.[7] | ” |
| “ | Proactively seek to meet and communicate with parents by talking to them at school events, and in the public.[7] | ” |
| “ | We want the best candidates. Seek to start a new program to share staff with neighboring districts for mutual benefit.[7] | ” |
| “ | State interference with a ""one-size fits all"" approach that results in loss of local control, and holding us back from effecting change in our educational system. We continue to advocate for local control and State incentives for effective change.[7] | ” |
| “ | Teaching and guidance that optimizes every student's potential and abilities. Measure the student's growth. Provide opportunites to train staff in implementing personalized learning techniques and evaluation.[7] | ” |
| “ | Analysis. Problem solving. Collaboration with team members. Communications. Leadership.[7] | ” |
2015
He described his political philosophy in the following statement to Ballotpedia:
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| —Jim Romanowski (2016)[1] | ||
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Biographical submission to Ballotpedia on April 5, 2016.
- ↑ Abbey Smith, "Email communication with district clerk," January 3, 2018
- ↑ Waukesha County Elections, "2018 Spring Election Unofficial Results," accessed April 3, 2018
- ↑ Village of Summit, Wisconsin, "Official Ballot for Nonpartisan Office and Referendum," accessed January 11, 2016
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Jim Romanowski's responses," January 25, 2018
- ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 7.18 7.19 7.20 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
| Kettle Moraine School District elections in 2018 | |
| Waukesha County, Wisconsin | |
| Election date: | April 3, 2018 |
| Candidates: | At-Large: Incumbent, Traci Fronk • Incumbent, Kathy Kapsy • Incumbent, Jim Romanowski • Kimberly Newhouse • Heather Renno |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
