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Kurt Rohrs
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2023 - Present
2027
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Kurt Rohrs is an at-large member of the Chandler Unified School District Governing Board in Arizona. He assumed office on January 1, 2023. His current term ends on January 1, 2027.
Rohrs ran for election for an at-large seat of the Chandler Unified School District Governing Board in Arizona. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Rohrs completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Kurt Rohrs was born in San Francisco, California. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1982, and a graduate degree from the San Jose State in 1985 and 1993. His career experience includes working as a financial advisor. Rohrs has been affiliated with the Chandler Chamber of Commerce, public policy committee, and the Sun Lakes Rotary Club Education Team.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Chandler Unified School District, Arizona, elections (2022)
General election
General election for Chandler Unified School District Governing Board At-large (2 seats)
Kurt Rohrs and Patti Serrano defeated Charlotte Golla, incumbent Lara Bruner, and Marilou Estes in the general election for Chandler Unified School District Governing Board At-large on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kurt Rohrs (Nonpartisan)  | 23.5 | 34,471 | |
| ✔ |  | Patti Serrano (Nonpartisan) | 23.3 | 34,177 |
| Charlotte Golla (Nonpartisan) | 19.8 | 29,060 | ||
 | Lara Bruner (Nonpartisan) | 19.0 | 27,765 | |
| Marilou Estes (Nonpartisan) | 14.1 | 20,586 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 351 | ||
| Total votes: 146,410 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Kurt Rohrs completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Rohrs' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Kurt has a passion for quality education and is a regular speaker at Chandler Unified School Board meetings. He has worked with the District on their Citizen’s Budget Committee for fifteen years serving as Chairperson on two occasions. He also has worked extensively with kids coaching sports programs as he raised his own children. Kurt also volunteers with ICAN to tutor kids after school and is a certified Substitute Teacher who has worked in CUSD schools.
Kurt is also active on the Public Policy Committee of the Chandler Chamber of Commerce and interacts regularly with civic leaders locally and throughout the state of Arizona. He is a member of the Rotary Club and helps with effort to distribute dictionaries to every third-grader in the District. Kurt attained a graduate degree in Chemistry and an MBA in Finance. He spent eighteen years as a Corporate Executive and travelled extensively around the world working closely with people of many cultures. He currently runs his own small business in Chandler as a Financial Advisor.
Education Fundamentals should be the primary focus of Curriculum. Achieve Minimum 50% Reading and Math proficiency at all schools.
- Political and Social Activism has no place in our classrooms. Don't use Classrooms to promote personal agendas.
- Let Teachers Teach. Provide a safe, supportive, and secure environment for Techers to practice their craft.
Discerning. Do they have the ability to sort through various facets of an issue to make a good decision?
Extensive experience in Public Policy, especially within the Chandler District
Extensive experience in Finance in both public and private sectors
Extensive executive experience working al over the world with many different cultures
Worked in CUSD classrooms as a Substitute Teacher at every grade level
1. Determine School Policies and Procedures
2. Review and Approve the Budget
2. Oversee the District Budget
Parents and Taxpayers currently have no significant representation on the Board and are routinely ignored.
Our job is to provide a quality education to ALL kids in the District regardless of their background. We must graduate them with adequate skills, confidence, and a determination to succeed as they grow into adults while they are in our care.
In order to build a quality organization you must focus on hiring the best person for the job without judging superficial qualities such as their appearance.
Externally we need to "harden" school access against threats from the outside.
We should also relieve some of the social and emotional pressure off of students by de-emphasizing various political initiatives that they are clearly not prepared for.
We can also take some of the pressure of off Teachers by by allowing them to get back to focusing on Academic efforts and not be distracted by these same initiatives
Some advantages would be better efficiency in delivering and assessing student academic progress, allow for student self-paced learning, and allow for remote learning outside of normal classroom hours.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 8, 2022
