Kansas City Public Schools elections (2014)
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Five seats on the Kansas City Public Schools school board were up for general election on April 8, 2014.
About the district
- See also: Kansas City Public Schools, Missouri
Kansas City Public Schools is located in northwest Missouri in Jackson County. The county seats of Jackson County are Independence and Kansas City. Jackson County had a population of 679,996 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau in 2014.[1] In the 2011-2012 school year, Kansas City Public Schools was the 11th-largest school district in Missouri and served 16,610 students.[2]
Demographics
In 2013, Jackson County had a higher percentage of residents with a bachelor's degree compared to the state overall. The United States Census Bureau reported that 27.6 percent of residents aged 25 and older in Jackson County had earned a bachelor's degree, compared with 26.2 percent for Missouri. The county’s median household income was $47,015, slightly below the state median of $47,380. The poverty rate in Jackson County was 17.4 percent, above the state rate of 15.5 percent.[1]
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Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.
Voter and candidate information
As of the 2014 election, the Kansas City Public Schools Board of Education consisted of nine members serving four-year terms, with six seats elected by geographic districts and three seats elected at-large. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on April 8, 2014.[4] In 2014, seats in sub-districts 2, 4, and 6, along with two at-large seats, were up for election.[5]
The filing deadline for school board candidates to get on the ballot in the general election was January 28, 2014.[6]
Elections
2014
Candidates
Sub-district 2
- Gunnar Hand
- Incumbent board member
Sub-district 4
- Joseph C. Jackson
- Incumbent board member
Sub-district 6
- Carl Evans
- Incumbent board member
At-large
Election results
Carl Evans and Gunnar Hand were unopposed for their respective positions, and these elections did not appear on the ballot.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Patricia Mansur Incumbent |
37.3% | 5,933 | |
| Nonpartisan | Amy Hartsfield |
27.6% | 4,397 | |
| Nonpartisan | Janelle Bailey | 23.8% | 3,784 | |
| Nonpartisan | Catina Taylor | 9.9% | 1,582 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 1.4% | 225 | |
| Total Votes | 15,921 | |||
| Source: Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners, "Election Summary Report, School and Special Elections," accessed June 8, 2015 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Melissa Robinson |
67.7% | 897 | |
| Nonpartisan | Joseph Jackson | 31.5% | 417 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.8% | 11 | |
| Total Votes | 1,325 | |||
| Source: Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners, "Election Summary Report, School and Special Elections," accessed June 8, 2015 | ||||
Campaign finance
No candidates filed a campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission.[7]
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2012Four seats were up for election on April 3, 2012. The elections in sub-districts 3 and 5 were uncontested with no candidates appearing on the ballot.[8]
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What was at stake?
Five seats on the school board were up for election on April 8, 2014. Sub-district 2 incumbent Gunnar Hand was unopposed. As a result, this election did not appear on the ballot.[4]
Issues in the district
Loss of accredidation
At the time of this 2014 school board election, Kansas City Public Schools had been unaccredited since January 2012. The district showed improvement in the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 school years, and scored in the provisionally accredited range in August 2013. On January 13, 2014, the organization CEE-Trust presented a plan to the Missouri State Board of Education that would have dismantled the district of Kansas City Public Schools. If it was implemented, Kansas City would have been the home of an education system where each school earned independence within the system, had its own board, and earned funding to choose its leadership, staff, and curriculum. Schools would have been administered charter school programs, nonprofit education agencies and foundations, neighboring school districts, or community organizations.[9] Kansas City Public Schools presented a version of a plan that would have allowed KCPS to maintain administration over their school district. Their plan relied on one in which unaccredited districts entered into a performance agreement with the state school board.[10]
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for the Kansas City Public Schools election in 2014:[6][11]
| Deadline | Event |
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| December 17, 2013 | First Day for Candidate Filing |
| January 21, 2014 | Last Day for Candidate Filing |
| January 28, 2014 | Deadline for entities to certify elections to election authority |
| February 25, 2014 | First Day for Absentee Voting |
| April 2, 2014 | Last Day Absentee Ballot can be mailed |
| March 12, 2014 | Voter Registration deadline |
| April 8, 2014 | Election day |
Additional elections on the ballot
The April 8, 2014, general municipal election featured races for local, municipal, and school positions.[12]
See also
- Missouri
- Kansas City Public Schools, Missouri
- Missouri school board elections, 2014
- List of school board elections in 2014
- School board elections, 2014
- Jackson County, Missouri ballot measures
- Local ballot measures, Missouri
- Election preview: More than 100 candidates running in California, Missouri and South Dakota school board elections
- Post-election:Incumbents fare well in Missouri, South Dakota and California school board elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 United States Census Bureau, "Jackson County, Missouri," accessed February 3, 2014
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed April 22, 2014
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Missouri Election Results," accessed January 23, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kansas City Public Schools, "April 2014 Board Election Ballot," February 10, 2014
- ↑ Kansas City Public Schools, "Meet the Board," accessed February 10, 2014
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Jackson County Missouri Election Board, "2014 ELECTION CALENDAR," accessed February 15, 2014
- ↑ Missouri, "Campaign Finance," accessed Feruary 10, 2014
- ↑ Kansas City Elections Board, "Election Summary Report," February 10, 2014
- ↑ Joe Robertson, Kansas City.com, "CEE-Trust presents its proposal to remake Kansas City’s public schools," January 13, 2014
- ↑ Joe Robertson, Kansas City.com, "School boards group pitches way around Missouri’s student transfer law," February 10, 2014
- ↑ Jackson County Missouri Elections Board, "Elections Calendar," accessed February 10, 2014
- ↑ Kansas City Elections Board, "What's on the ballot?" accessed February 10, 2014
| 2014 Kansas City Public Schools Elections | |
| Kansas City, Missouri | |
| Election date: | April 8, 2014 |
| Candidates: | Sub-district 2: • Incumbent, Gunnar Hand Sub-district 4: • Incumbent, Joseph C. Jackson • Melissa J. Robinson |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
