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John Kaszonyi (Onaway Area Community School District, At-large, Michigan, candidate 2024)
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John Kaszonyi ran for election to the Onaway Area Community School District, At-large in Michigan. Kaszonyi was on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024.[source]
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2024 battleground election
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Fourteen candidates ran for six seats on the seven-member Onaway Area Community School Board in Michigan on November 5, 2024.
Eight candidates ran for three full six-year terms. Incumbents James Rieger and Lorrie Kowalski and challengers Kathleen Christian, James Gibson, John Kaszonyi, Tom Moran, Stacey Porter and Taed T.A. Price were on the general election ballot.
In the other three races on the ballot:
- Incumbents Joe Bonnard and Jeremy Veal ran against one another to fill a vacancy. The former incumbent, Erin Chaskey, resigned on June 11, 2024.[2] Bonnard and Veal ran to serve the last four years of Chaskey's unexpired term.
- Incumbent Annette L. Porter and Sheri LaFave ran for a two-year term.
- Incumbent John Palmer and Lain Veihl ran in a recall election.
According to The Alpena News, the elections took place following "infighting and controversy over a number of issues, leading earlier this year to the resignation of the district’s superintendent, a longtime principal, and a school board trustee all at the same meeting."[3] A four-member majority consisting of Chaskey, Kowalski, Rieger, and Palmer differed with Mike Hart, Porter, and Veal on issues including selecting a new football coach and looking for a new law firm.[4][5]
Candidate Stacey Porter, who was Annette L. Porter's daughter, launched a recall against the majority members of the board in 2023. Porter said the members had committed ethics violations and had misled the public about their policy towards charter schools.[6] County officials rejected the recall effort against Chaskey and the recall efforts against Kowalski and Rieger did not make the ballot. Click here for more on the recall against Palmer.
The Northeast Michigan League of Conservative Education issued endorsements for a full slate of candidates in this election, endorsing Christian, Kowalski, and Rieger for the three full terms, Bonnard for the four-year term, LaFave for the two-year term, and retention for Palmer.[7]
The Onaway Area Community School District is located in western Presque Isle County and eastern Cheboygan County in Michigan. The closest metropolitan area is Alpena to the southeast. The district enrolled 541 students in the 2023 school year. The district was, as of the 2024 election, one of 539 school districts in Michigan and 13,318 nationwide.
Elections
General election
General election for Onaway Area Community School District, At-large (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Onaway Area Community School District, At-large on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | ||
| Kathleen Christian (Nonpartisan) | ||
| James Gibson (Nonpartisan) | ||
| John Kaszonyi (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Lorrie Kowalski (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Tom Moran (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Stacey Porter (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Taed T.A. Price (Nonpartisan) | ||
| James Rieger (Nonpartisan) | ||
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Election results
Endorsements
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Election office, "Candidate list," October 15, 2024
- ↑ The Alpena News, "Chaos and resignations: Onaway school board meeting gets heated, Chaskey exits," June 13, 2024
- ↑ The Alpena News, "Crowded races for Onaway Area Schools board," October 7, 2024
- ↑ Up North Live, "Onaway school board meeting fizzles as four members fail to show," May 30, 2024
- ↑ Presque Isle County Advance, "Onaway school board decides to put Thrun Law Firm on 30-day notice," August 31, 2023
- ↑ UpNorth Live, "Effort to recall Onaway school board members moves forward," December 15, 2023
- ↑ Northeast Michigan League of Conservative Education, "Onaway Board of Education Candidates," accessed October 31, 2024
