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Julie Ellen Mauck
Julie Ellen Mauck was a candidate for District 5 representative on the Williamson County Board of Education in Tennessee. The general election was held on August 4, 2016.[1] She lost the election[2]
Biography
Mauck works as a realtor for Crye Leike Realtors. She previously owned the Shiny Kids Resale Boutique and also worked as an affiliate broker for Century 21 and as a credit manager and a remarketing manager for the 21st Mortgage Corporation. Mauck earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice administration from Middle Tennessee State University and a paralegal certification from the National Center for Paralegal Training. She and her husband have four children.[3][4]
Elections
2016
Seven of the 12 seats on the Williamson County Schools Board of Education were up for by-district general election on August 4, 2016.[5] The District 1, 3, and 11 seats were left open for newcomers when incumbents Kenneth Peterson, PJ Mezera, and Mark Gregory, respectively, did not file to run for re-election. Richard Davis and Angela Durham ran for the District 1 seat, and Durham won the election. The District 3 race featured candidates Christy Coleman, Kimberly Little, and Eliot Mitchell. Mitchell was elected to the seat. The District 11 race featured candidates Stuart Cooper and K.C. Haugh, and Haugh won the election. In the race for the unexpired term in District 4, incumbent Anne McGraw defeated challenger Joey Czarneski. In District 5, incumbent Gary Anderson defeated challenger Julie Ellen Mauck to win another term on the board. District 7 incumbent Robert Hullett won re-election against challengers Jennifer Luteran and Christopher Richards. The District 9 race featured incumbent Rick Wimberly and challenger Denise Boothby. Wimberly was re-elected to the seat.[1][6][2]
Results
| Williamson County Schools, District 5 General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Gary Anderson Incumbent |
72.44% | 1,038 |
| Julie Ellen Mauck | 27.36% | 392 |
| Write-in votes | 0.21% | 3 |
| Total Votes | 1,433 | |
| Source: Williamson County Election Commission, "Summary Report: Primary and General Election August 4, 2016," accessed August 5, 2016 | ||
Funding
Mauck reported no contributions or expenditures to the Williamson County Election Commission as of July 29, 2016.[7]
Endorsements
Mauck received no official endorsements in the election.
Campaign themes
2016
Candidate website
Mauck highlighted the following issues on her campaign website:
| “ | Responsible reform, testing, and accountability. I am pro-teacher, pro-student, and for local control of education. In this time of burgeoning government and controversial reforms, it’s more important than ever to be in touch with the community, the teachers, and the constant changes in education legislation and funding requirements. In a nutshell, there are poorly executed reforms, too much testing, and too many conditions placed on our teachers. Community input and communication. Accuracy in curriculum. Thoughtful growth and rezoning. |
” |
| —Julie Ellen Mauck (2016)[9] | ||
Franklin Home Page interview
The Franklin Home Page asked Mauck the following bolded questions. Mauck's responses are shown below.
| “ | Rezoning is one of the first issues the new board will deal with together as the Nolensville schools open and Thompson's Station being on the horizon. What's your philosophy on school rezoning, grandfathering and the anticipation of future growth for rezoning?
In a nutshell, I just think that it needs to be thoughtfully done. I've been caught in the path of it before. A lot of people react emotionally to it. Anytime you are in a successful school district, it will happen. There will be growth and people moving in. I don't like splitting subdivisions. I don't want to split communities. You have to do the best you can. I definitely think kids should be grandfathered and stick with the schools they started with if at all possible. Anytime there is success, there will be growth, and we will see a lot more growth out that way in District Five. It needs to be done thoughtfully, and we definitely need input from parents. It's a "do the best you can" situation. What is your position on standardized testing - is there too much, too little? I think there is way too much testing. I think the teachers teach to the test, and I am not a fan. I think we should give teachers more discretion and that gets down to the standards. I don't think a teacher's pay should be accountable to what their scores are. There needs to be a differential or something there. With a parent of a kids with special needs, they will pick teachers that will be good for your child and have good experience with special education. Those classes are stacked and those students may not do as well on a standardized test. Sometimes, the alternative to that is not putting your child with the best teacher. I disagree with the teacher accountability issue. There is way too much testing. What is your position on Common Core and the state's decision to phase it out? I think it will be interesting to follow. I have fought hard against Common Core. I don't think these businesses and the federal government should be dictating what our kids should learn. I am for local control of education. I hope they are in fact phasing it out and not just giving it a new name. What do you think of current state education standards? The problem with those standards is they try to align them with IEP [Individualized Education Program] students, and that just doesn't work. There are certain things, like having a kid learn five ways to do division when they can't tell time or count money, which is ridiculous. I think we need standards, but I don't think they should be an index to the curriculum to what the teachers will teach. There are too many and too much paperwork to justify what the teachers are going to do. I think reducing the standards and eliminating unnecessary ones would help that. Do you think world religions should be part of history or social studies curricula? Religion as in theology, no. But you can't talk about some issues from a historical perspective without identifying the religion it might have come from. I think it's a touchy and personal subject for a lot of people. I think it boils down to what textbooks you are going to use, and how the textbooks are going to handle it. For me, I don't see why you can't have an index in the textbook that these are the top-10 religions - Christianity, Judaism, Islam and go down the list. Say what it stands for and fairly identify the key issues. Have it for reference without delving into the theology. I know Islam is the hot topic, but I don't want the public school version of Christianity being taught to my kids, either. I just think it's a slippery slope, and I don't think it's fair to the teachers, either. They get backlash for it obviously. It's controversial and unnecessary if it's handled correctly. What is your opinion of the current state of WCS and the current leadership? We moved here for the schools, and they have been known to be some of the best schools in Tennessee. It's the reason why a lot of people move here, and it's a huge draw. Whatever the leadership is doing, they must be doing something right. What is the best thing about WCS? I just love Williamson County as a whole. I couldn't wait to get back after I moved away. But the best things on a personal level are the teachers. I have teachers doing the best they can with the constraints they have. The teachers care. At the end of the day as a mother, you want your child to come home feeling important, cared for and to have learned something. If you were to choose those things, you want them to feel loved, and they do that here. What needs attention and what aspect of it could need adjustment? I think the textbooks need to be evaluated. I would like to see, and this is just moving off in a different direction, but I would like to see them come from companies from here in the United States. Pearson is a United Kingdom company, where a lot of our materials come from. I am not crazy about the math curriculum. I think we really need to drill down on the books so that we are selecting our textbooks carefully.[8] |
” |
| —Julie Ellen Mauck (2016)[10] | ||
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Williamson County Election Commission, "Candidate List-August 4, 2016-State Primary/County General Election," accessed April 8, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Williamson County Election Commission, "Summary Report: Primary and General Election August 4, 2016," accessed August 5, 2016
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Julie Mauck," accessed May 25, 2016
- ↑ Vote Mauck, "Meet Julie," accessed May 25, 2016
- ↑ Tennessee Secretary of State, "Election Calendar 2016," accessed March 31, 2016
- ↑ Williamson County Schools, "Board Members," accessed March 31, 2016
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Chad Gray, Williamson County Administrator of Elections," July 29, 2016
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Vote Mauck, "On the Issues," accessed May 25, 2016
- ↑ Franklin Home Page, "Election 2016: Julie Mauck wants to evaluate textbook standards, create smooth rezoning process," May 9, 2016
