Kimberly Area School District elections (2017)
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Two of seven seats on the Kimberly Area School District school board were up for at-large general election on April 4, 2017. Incumbents Montgomery Elmer and Ammie Ebben won re-election to their seats without opposition.[1]
The Kimberly Area school board elections were low-contest in 2017, and were also low-contest in 2016. Click here to view the district's full election trends.
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The Kimberly Area school board consists of seven members elected at large to three-year terms. Two seats were up for general election on April 5, 2016, and two seats were up for general election on April 4, 2017.
School board candidates had to be at least 18 years old, U.S. citizens, and residents of the school district for a minimum of 28 consecutive days before filing as a candidate. They also could not be disqualified from voting under Wisconsin law.[2]
To get on the ballot, school board candidates had to file nomination papers with the school district clerk by January 3, 2017. If incumbents whose terms were up for re-election did not file to run in the race and did not file written notification that they would not be running, the candidate filing deadline could have been extended until January 6, 2017. The terms of candidates elected in the race started on April 24, 2017.[2]
Candidates and results
At-large
Results
| Kimberly Area School District, At-large General Election, 3-year terms, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Ammie Ebben Incumbent |
50.84% | 423 |
| Montgomery Elmer Incumbent |
49.16% | 409 |
| Total Votes | 832 | |
| Source: Outagamie County, Wisconsin, "Municipal/School Contests/Referenda Unofficial Results," accessed April 5, 2017These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available. | ||
Candidates
Montgomery Elmer 
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Ammie Ebben
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Wisconsin elections, 2017
The district's school board election shared the ballot with elections for state school superintendent and state courts.
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for Wisconsin school board elections in 2017:[3][4]
| Deadline | Event |
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| January 3, 2017 | Candidate filing deadline |
| January 16, 2017 | Campaign finance deadline for candidates registered before January 1 |
| February 13, 2017 | Campaign finance deadline for districts holding primary elections |
| March 27, 2017 | Campaign finance deadline for general election |
| April 4, 2017 | Election Day |
| April 24, 2017 | Board members take office |
| July 15, 2017 | Post-election campaign finance deadline |
Endorsements
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Campaign finance
All school board candidates in Wisconsin were required to file a campaign registration statement with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission after qualifying as candidates. This statement declares their candidacy to the county clerk's office and allows them to claim exemption from reporting campaign contributions and expenditures. Candidates were only required to report campaign contributions and expenditures if they did one or both of the following:[5]
- Accepted contributions, made disbursements, or incurred debt in excess of $2,000 during the calendar year
- Accepted more than $100 from a single source during the calendar year, barring contributions made by candidates to their own campaigns
There were three campaign finance report deadlines in 2017:
- The pre-primary report was due February 13, 2017,
- The pre-election report was due March 27, 2017, and
- The post-election report was due July 15, 2017.[6]
Candidates who filed before January 1, 2017, also had to file a continuing campaign finance report on January 16, 2017.[4]
Past elections
Information about earlier elections can be found by clicking [show] at the right. | |
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2016Incumbents Penny Hoh and Deb Roberts were the only two candidates to file in the race. Due to this lack of opposition, the election was canceled and they were automatically re-elected.[7] | |
What was at stake?
Election trends
- See also: School board elections, 2017
The 2017 school board election for the Kimberly Area School District, like the district's 2016 race, consisted entirely of unopposed incumbents running for re-election. The state and national average number of candidates running per seat in 2015—Ballotpedia's most recent analysis of Wisconsin school board election trends—were 1.38 and 1.72, respectively.
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| Year | Candidates per seat | Unopposed seats | Incumbent success rate | Seats won by newcomers |
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| 2017 | 1 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| 2016 | 1 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 0.00% |
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| 2015 | 1.38 | 32.00% | 84.00% | 35.29% |
| United States | ||||
| 2015 | 1.72 | 35.95% | 82.66% | 40.81% |
Report a story for this election
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Issues in the district
Energy efficiency updates proposed
The Kimberly Area Board of Education approved a proposal to borrow up to $4 million for energy efficiency upgrades in the district. These upgrades included, but were not limited to, the installation of new windows on school campuses, new heating and air conditioning controls, and upgrades to energy efficient lighting. The board began planning the energy upgrades in October 2016 and hoped to have them completed by July 1, 2017. Residents of the district had 30 days to petition the board’s decision in order to move the issue to a referendum vote. A total of 7,500 signatures—20 percent of voters who cast ballots in the last gubernatorial election—were required to trigger the referendum.[8]
The energy upgrades were not expected to increase property taxes in the district. Beginning in 2017, the district tax rate was expected to drop by $381 per $150,000 of property value over five years—roughly $76 per year. If the energy upgrades are made in the district, the tax rate would drop by $375 per $150,000 of property value—roughly $75 per year.[8]
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About the district
- See also: Kimberly Area School District, Wisconsin
The Kimberly Area School District is located in Calumet County and Outgamie County in eastern Wisconsin. According to the United States Census Bureau, the population of Calumet County was 49,762 between 2010 and 2015. Its county seat is Chilton.[9] During the same time period, the population of Outagamie County was 183,245, and the city of Appleton is the county seat.[9] The district was the 33rd-largest school district in the state in the 2014-2015 school year and served 4,969 students.[10]
Demographics
Calumet County outperformed Wisconsin as a whole in terms of higher education achievement between 2011 and 2015, while Outagamie County underperformed compared to Wisconsin as a whole. The United States Census Bureau found that the percentage of residents aged 25 and older that had attained a bachelor's degree was 28.4 percent and 27.7 percent in Calumet County and Outagamie County, respectively, while 27.8 percent of all Wisconsin residents attained that same level of education.[9] Calumet and Outagamie counties' median household income was $67,427 and $58,765, compared to the state's median of $53,357. During that same time period, the median household income for the United States was $53,889.[9] Calumet and Outagamie counties had poverty rates of 6.2 percent and 9.0 percent, respectively. The statewide rate was 12.1 percent, while the national rate was 13.5 percent.[9]
| Racial Demographics, 2010-2015[11] | |||
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| Race | Calumet County (%) | Outagamie County (%) | Wisconsin (%) |
| White | 95.0 | 91.6 | 87.6 |
| Black or African American | 0.7 | 1.3 | 6.6 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5 | 1.8 | 1.1 |
| Asian | 2.4 | 3.5 | 2.8 |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Two or more races | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4.3 | 4.1 | 6.6 |
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.
Recent news
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See also
| Kimberly Area School District | Wisconsin | School Boards |
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Outagamie County, Wisconsin, "Municipal/School Contests/Referenda Unofficial Results," accessed April 5, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wisconsin Association of School Boards, "Guide for Candidates: 2017 Spring Election Edition," accessed December 16, 2016
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Guided for Candidates," accessed December 16, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Wisconsin Ethics Commission, "Campaign Finance Checklist," accessed December 16, 2016
- ↑ Wisconsin State Legislature, "11.0104 Reporting exemptions: limited activity," accessed December 15, 2016
- ↑ Wisconsin Ethics Commission, "Filing Deadlines and Reporting Periods," accessed December 15, 2016
- ↑ Nick Katers, "Email exchange with Sara Vogel," January 12, 2016
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 ‘’Post-Crescent,’’ “Kimberly Schools pursue $4M in energy projects,” March 17, 2017
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 United States Census Bureau, "Calumet County, Wisconsin," accessed March 11, 2017
- ↑ U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data, file ccd_lea_052_1414_w_0216161a, 2014-2015," accessed November 16, 2016
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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| Kimberly Area School District elections in 2017 | |
| Calumet County, Wisconsin and Outagamie County, Wisconsin | |
| Election date: | April 4, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-large: Incumbent, Montgomery Elmer • Incumbent, Ammie Ebben |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
