Joie Cadle

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Joie Cadle

Prior offices:

Orange County Public Schools school board District 1

Years in office: 2002 - 2018

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Elections and appointments

Last election

August 26, 2014

Contact

Personal website

Joie Cadle represented District 1 on the Orange County School Board in Florida. She was first elected to the position in the November 5, 2002, runoff election. She won re-election in the general election on August 26, 2014, defeating challenger Joshua A. Katz. Cadle did not seek re-election in 2018.

Elections

2014

See also: Orange County Public Schools elections (2014)

The August 26, 2014, general election in Orange County featured four seats up for election. Incumbents Joie Cadle and Daryl Flynn each faced a single challenger in their re-election bids for Districts 1 and 2, respectively. Both won re-election, defeating candidates Joshua A. Katz and Phil Stump, respectively. Chadwick Hardee, Regina Hellinger, Linda Kobert and Julio Rocha were running to replace District 3 member Rick Roach, who did not file for re-election. None of them received 50 percent of the votes in the general election, so Linda Kobert and Regina Hellinger, the top two vote-getters, advanced to the runoff election on November 4, 2014. Board chair Bill Sublette did not face a challenger on August 26, 2014, but Gene Vernon Hair qualified as a write-in candidate for the November 4, 2014, election.

Results

Orange County School District, District 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Joie Cadle Incumbent	50.2%	7,411
	Nonpartisan	Joshua A. Katz	49.8%	7,344
Total Votes				14,755
Source: Orange County Supervisor of Elections, "2014 Primary Election Official Results," September 2, 2014

Funding

Cadle reported $17,764 in contributions and $7,325.57 in expenditures to the Orange County Supervisor of Elections, as of July 25, 2014.

Endorsements

Cadle was endorsed by BusinessForce.

2010

Orange County Public Schools, District 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Joie Cadle	70%	11,336
	Nonpartisan	Jacqueline Centeno	30%	4,847
Total Votes				16,183
Source: Orange County, Florida, Supervisor of Elections, "August 24th, Primary Election - Official Results," August 30, 2010

2006

Cadle ran unopposed to retain her seat in 2006.

2002

Orange County Public Schools, District 1 Runoff Election, 4-year term, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Joie Cadle	51.4%	15,994
	Nonpartisan	Barbara Trovillion Rushing	48.6%	15,138
Total Votes				31,132
Source: Orange County, Florida, Supervisor of Elections, "2002 General Election Results," accessed August 21, 2014

Orange County Public Schools, District 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Joie Cadle	42.2%	8,207
	Nonpartisan	Barbara Trovillion Rushing	41.5%	8,076
	Nonpartisan	Alan M. Friedland	16.3%	3,180
Total Votes				19,463
Source: Orange County, Florida, Supervisor of Elections, "2002 Primary Election Results," accessed August 21, 2014

Campaign themes

2014

Cadle's campaign website listed the following themes for the 2014 race:

“	Goals and Plans So many issues face us. Joie Cadle can continue to tackle them and make our community a better place. 1. Continue to offer choices to our families through magnet programs. Since I was elected, the OCPS magnet programs that offer choices to middle and high school students have increased from 8 to 22. Three of our five elementary school programs provide dual language learning opportunities. I am especially proud to have been part of the effort that resulted in expanding the opportunity to participate in the International Baccalaureate Program, commonly known as IB, to our middle school students. One of my big goals is to get a performing arts magnet in the east side of the county. Those of you in the west area know how successful the Dr. Phillip’s program is and it always has a waiting list. We should be making sure that options to study theatre, dance, television production, visual arts and music are available to more students. In just two short years, the Howard Middle School Performing Arts Magnet has grown to full capacity, with a waiting list. I am also very proud of the Laser Photonics Magnet Program at Wekiva High School. Northrup Gruman came to the school district concerned that they could not find workers prepared to work in this high tech area. In partnership a magnet program was formed that allows students to graduate and go to work immediately in the field of laser photonics. 2. Increase the number of high school graduates receiving industry certification upon graduation. Currently we have students graduating with certification in Automotive Service Excellence, American Welding, Apple Certified Pro and Microsoft Office Master. We need to expand on that list while also increasing the number of students who move from high school into the workforce, ensuring they are prepared with skills they can develop into careers that will support them and their future families. 3. Partner with the development community to develop smart(er) growth. I do not want to see us back in the situation we were in during 2001-2005 when our population was growing rapidly and we could not build schools fast enough. Right now we are presented with a roster of bad and worse choices because lack of planning has left us without needed high school sites in place. When we plan on schools from the beginning, we have the best and most affordable options. When we are scrambling, the choices are seldom good. Right now we are presented with a roster of difficult choices for school sites because of political pressure. The county and the school board need to amend the school siting ordinance to make the process transparent and well coordinated. Input from the development community will be critical to our progress. ACCOUNTABILITY Joie believes that ACCOUNTABILITY produces the best results possible. Students DO need to take, and pass, tests in order to show that they can “read, write and do their numbers.” Testing is the way that students prove their skills and knowledge. And any success in life comes with passing tests… SAT, employment tests, and licensing exams. Are you going to ask the state to let your child “opt out” of their driver’s test? Can the school testing processes be improved? Of course, and I agree there is more work to be done. The switch from FCAT to End-of-Course testing is already underway and there are more improvements to be made. Teachers, like all professions, need to be held accountable for the job they do. Yes, they should be paid more, but according to how well they teach and with incentives to do better. School Board members need to understand business, accounting, construction, facilities management, purchasing, transportation, food production and how to hire the right people, just for starters. Anyone who tells you we need more teacher perspective on the school board may not know exactly what the school board does, and certainly does not understand that there is an army of professional and qualified teachers who advise the school board on education issues on a daily basis.	”
—Joie Cadle's campaign website, (2014)

See also

• Orange County Public Schools, Florida
• Orange County Public Schools elections (2014)

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