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John Classe
John Classe was a member of the Frisco Independent School District in Texas, representing Place 6. He assumed office in 2015. He left office on June 10, 2024.
Classe ran for re-election to the Frisco Independent School District to represent Place 6 in Texas. He won in the general election on May 1, 2021.
Biography
Classe is from Richardson, Texas. He has his bachelor's degree in economics from Vanderbilt University. He is a certified financial planner with Bell Financial Group. He and his wife, Melanie have two children who are students in Frisco ISD.[1]
Elections
2021
See also: Frisco Independent School District, Texas, elections (2021)
General election
General election for Frisco Independent School District, Place 6
Incumbent John Classe won election in the general election for Frisco Independent School District, Place 6 on May 1, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John Classe (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 9,417 |
| Total votes: 9,417 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Frisco Independent School District, Place 6
Incumbent John Classe won election in the general election for Frisco Independent School District, Place 6 on May 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Classe (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 5,323 |
| Total votes: 5,323 | |||
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2015
The general election on May 9, 2015, in the Frisco Independent School District featured three seats up for election. Place 7 incumbent John Hoxie defeated two challengers, Carlos Gallardo and Rajesh Singh, to retain his seat. In the Place 6 race, incumbent John Classe, who previously represented Place 3, ran unopposed and won re-election to the board. Incumbent Chris Todd did not file for re-election in Place 6. There were three challengers for the one-year term in Place 3: Srikanth Gurrapu, Bryan Powell and Chad Rudy. Rudy won election to the board.
Results
| Frisco Independent School District, Place 6 General Election, 3-year term term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  John Classe Incumbent |
100% | 3,689 | |
| Total Votes | 3,689 | |||
| Source: Collins County, Texas, "Election Summary Report," accessed June 16, 2015 & Denton County Elections Administrator, "Official Election Results," accessed June 16, 2015 | ||||
Endorsements
Classe did not receive any official endorsements for this election.
Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
John Classe did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
John Classe participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on April 6, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and John Classe's responses follow below.[2]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Identify additional academic opportunities for FISD families 2) Support teachers with smaller class sizes and competitive compensation |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Classe, a 17-year Frisco resident, first joined the Board of Trustees in 2014 and was elected president by his colleagues in 2017. Since joining the board in 2014, Classe says he is most proud of the effort put into expanding opportunity for FISD students. “Maintaining a smaller high school environment, even through unprecedented growth, has given our children more opportunity to participate in fine arts, athletics and career certifications. We have expanded partnerships with higher learning institutions such as Collin College, so students can graduate high school having already attained an associate’s degree.” As a goal for his next term, Classe says he wants to continue to identify additional academic opportunities for FISD families. That strategy is yielding continuous results for Frisco ISD, who recently announced the planned rollout of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme and Primary Years Programme – two offerings identified in the district’s 2015 Strategic Plan, and long sought by Frisco ISD families. In order to keep pace with growth and continue enhancing student achievement, Classe is also a proponent of school finance reform at the state level. “Maintaining the level of excellence our community expects from its school district requires a modern state school funding formula that rewards success,” Classe observed. “Instead, we are challenged with outdated indexes, the widening creep of Robin Hood and a declining share of state funding. Frisco ISD homeowners are paying more but that money isn’t staying here, where it should be spent on Frisco ISD kids. Texas taxpayers have realized that the only way to truly reform property taxes is through fixing school finance in the Legislature.” He believes that strong relationships with legislators and increasing community awareness of public school funding challenges will contribute to solutions. Classe is proud that the district has been a good steward of its financial resources and should continue to make that a top priority. “While we as a Board work with our state leaders on school finance reform, the district will also continue focusing resources on students and the classroom. I am proud that Frisco ISD has once again achieved an ‘A’ or Superior rating in the Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST),” Classe shared. Frisco ISD has maintained the top rating every year since the program was established in 2001. John Classe is a Certified Financial Planner™ professional and has been serving clients with Bell Financial Group in Frisco since 2002. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a minor in Computer Science from Vanderbilt University. A Dallas native, Classe is a graduate of Leadership Frisco Class XVI, and has served as a board member of the Frisco Education Foundation, Frisco Economic Development Corporation, Frisco Community Development Corporation, a commissioner on the City of Frisco 2013 Charter Review Commission, and a member and Chair of the Frisco Parks and Recreation Board. Classe and his wife, Melanie, have been married for 17 years. They have two daughters who attend Frisco ISD schools in 7th and 4th grade.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[4]
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See also
2021 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Frisco Independent School District, "Meet the Board," accessed April 24, 2015
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "John Classe's responses," April 6, 2018
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
