Joe Schunk
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Joe Schunk is the Trustee Area 4 representative on the Napa Valley Unified Board of Education in California. Schunk sought another term in the general election on November 8, 2016, but the election was canceled due to lack of opposition. Schunk was re-elected to the board by default.[1]
Schunk was targeted for recall in 2017 along with the other six members of the board, but the effort did not go to a vote. The recall petitions were approved for circulation on June 22, 2017, but the recall supporters were unable to gather the 9,393 required signatures for each petition by the deadline on November 29, 2017. Recall supporters said the district had mishandled the expulsions of five student football players. They also listed a debate over changing the high school's mascot and the district's $12.3 million deficit. In response to the effort, board members said that they were committed to being fiscally responsible and that they had been transparent throughout the budget process. They also pointed to the district's high graduation rate.[2][3][4]
Elections
2016
Five of the seven seats on the Napa Valley Unified School District Board of Education were up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. Four seats were up for regular four-year terms, and one seat was up for election to a two-year term. Though members were elected at large, they ran for specific seats. Newcomer Stacy Hill-Bratlien ran unopposed and won election to a two-year term in Trustee Area 1. Newcomer Elba Gonzalez-Mares, incumbent Joe Schunk, and incumbent Jose Hurtado also ran unopposed and won election to the Trustee Area 2, 4, and 7 seats, respectively. The race for the Trustee Area 5 seat was the only one to see competition. Candidates Jesse Ryan Allured, Susan Larson Bouwer, Jessica Delasaux, and Icela Martin ran for the open seat, and Martin won the election.[1][5]
Results
This race was canceled due to lack of opposition. Incumbent Joe Schunk won re-election to the board by default.[1]
2012
This election was canceled due to lack of opposition. Incumbents Joe Schunk, Jose Hurtado, and Frances Ortiz-Chavez kept their seats, and Carlos Hagedorn, the only candidate to file for the open Trustee Area 2 seat, was elected by default.[6]
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See also
- Napa Valley Unified School District, California
- Napa Valley Unified School District elections (2016)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Napa County Elections, "November 8, 2016 Presidential General Election: Candidate List," accessed August 25, 2016
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with John Tuteur, Napa County Registrar of Voters," June 28, 2017
- ↑ Napa Valley Register, "Bid to recall Napa school board members falls short," November 29, 2017
- ↑ Napa Valley Register, "NVUSD school board targeted for recall," May 19, 2017
- ↑ County of Napa, "Unofficial Election Night Last Report," accessed November 9, 2016
- ↑ Napa Valley Register, "Lacking contested races, NVUSD trustee elections canceled," September 4, 2012
