Lauri Doyle
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Lauri Doyle is an at-large member of the Oswego Community Unit School District 308 Board of Education in Illinois. She was first elected to the board in the general election on April 7, 2015.[1][2][3]
Biography
Doyle has lived in Oswego for 10 years. She has a bachelor's degree in biology and a master's degree in accountancy, but she has been a stay-at-home parent for several years. She has served on a number of committees in the Oswego Community Unit School District 308, including the Finance and Operations Advisory Board, the Strategic Planning Task Force, and the 2012 Boundary Committee. Doyle's other service work includes volunteering as a troop leader, troop coordinator and day camp leader for the Girl Scouts, serving as the spring 2014 rookie league softball commissioner and coaching for the Oswego Baseball and Softball Association. She and her husband have one daughter who attends school in the district.[4][5]
Elections
2015
Three of the seven at-large seats on the Oswego Community Unit School District 308 Board of Education were up for general election on April 7, 2015. The seats held by incumbents Bill Walsh, Alison Swanson and Brent Lightfoot were on the ballot. Though he originally filed to run for re-election, Walsh withdrew his candidacy due to a mistake on his petition. Swanson and Lightfoot ran against challengers Brad Banks, Lauri Doyle, Kevin Harris and Jared Ploger. Newcomers Banks, Doyle and Ploger won the three seats.
Results
| Oswego Community Unit School District 308, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Brad Banks |
22.7% | 2,958 | |
| Nonpartisan | Lauri Doyle |
21.9% | 2,857 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jared Ploger |
18.9% | 2,470 | |
| Nonpartisan | Alison Swanson Incumbent | 14.3% | 1,871 | |
| Nonpartisan | Brent Lightfoot Incumbent | 10.5% | 1,371 | |
| Nonpartisan | Kevin Harris | 10.3% | 1,350 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 1.4% | 177 | |
| Total Votes | 13,054 | |||
| Source: Kendall County Clerk, "Consolidated Election April 7, 2015," accessed April 28, 2015, Will County Clerk, "April 7, 2015 Consolidated Election: Results," accessed April 28, 2015, Kane County Clerk, "2015 Consolidated Election Contest Results," accessed April 28, 2015 | ||||
Funding
School board candidates in Illinois are only required to file campaign finance reports if they accept contributions or make expenditures in excess of $5,000 in a 12-month period.[6]
Doyle reported no contributions or expenditures to the Illinois State Board of Elections in this election.[7]
Endorsements
Doyle did not receive any official endorsements for this election.
Campaign themes
2015
Doyle highlighted the following platform on her campaign website:
| “ | Respect and Transparency
If elected as a school Board Member I will work toward creating a culture of respect for our families. I will work with families to improve trust between the board, administration, and families and do what is in the best interest of our communities and children. I would like to move the district away from a business centric culture to one of service and respect and transparency. District culture starts at the top. Administrators and Board Members should be held accountable for their words and actions. Their actions should model of the pillars of character our students are taught. When developing the goals for our district, it has been said that the board of education determines the “what” and the administration determines the “how” of these goals. It is in the best interest of our community to have the “how” be as transparent and inclusive as possible.
Student Learning and Protections Our students deserve the best education we can offer. Students at all ranges of the learning spectrum are entitled to at least 1 year of academic growth each school year. To accomplish this, the focus of our district should be prioritizing the education of our students rather than assessing our students. Student information and records should be held with the strictest confidence and personal information should not be gathered or stored without proof of an immediate educational benefit. Curriculum changes should be in the best interests of our students and implemented with consistency. Students in all schools and in all learning programs should be offered a variety of opportunities for growth and learning. Students who have special learning needs should be provided with the services and programs needed to be successful, even when those services are greater than the minimum required provisions by law. Our academic programs for those learning English should be cutting edge and successful, such as our dual language program, with expansions and curriculum expanded to include any student who wishes to attend.
Teacher Support and Growth Teachers are the single most critical component of every child’s education. There is extensive research that shows the impact teachers make on the student’s growth. It is more critical than curriculum choices, it is more critical than administrative choices, and it is more critical than state mandates. The best curriculum and administration in the world cannot make the difference that the best teacher can make to a student. Teacher salaries are lower for our district than for many of the surrounding communities. We need to work to bring our salaries more inline with the market so that we can recruit and retain the best teachers out there. Our district should be the place where teachers aspire to work. Our district should be working for our teachers as the support system that gives them the tools they need to provide each child with the best chance for success. Teachers should be educated to know what new ideas and programs are available. Then they should be given the tools to implement those ideas. Finally, and most crucially, they need to be given the time to teach these ideas at the pace their students require.
Fiscal responsibility and Community Development Recognizing that funding issues remain a central concern to the taxpayers of our school district; I believe there are other ways to work through our budget without limiting services and programs that directly impact our students. It is absolutely necessary to work with all communities involved in the school district tax base to encourage commercial and industrial growth to relieve the property tax burden on homeowners. Bond debt should be examined to determine if there are any areas of additional savings to be had. As development speeds up, and our communities continue to grow, we need to ensure that new development fees are in line with our actual costs, and that we are provided with the land and cash to fund any buildings needed to educate our new students. Internally, bonuses should be structured as rewards for job performance above and beyond the requirements of the job. Our district should review the decision to outsource many of our district projects to highly paid consultants. Bid processes for any consulting jobs deemed necessary by the school board should be expanded to gather the best prices available. This process should be transparent so that community members can see that this responsibility is taken seriously.[8] |
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| —Lauri Doyle's campaign website (2015)[9] | ||
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See also
- Oswego Community Unit School District 308, Illinois
- Oswego Community Unit School District 308 elections (2015)
- Hot tub Gatorade, turnout in Peoria and the Wisconsin state budget... (April 8, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Kendall County Clerk, "Consolidated Election April 7, 2015: Unofficial," accessed April 7, 2015
- ↑ Will County Clerk, "April 7, 2015 Consolidated Election: Unofficial Results," accessed April 9, 2015
- ↑ Kane County Clerk, "2015 Consolidated Election Contest Results," accessed April 9, 2015
- ↑ Lauri Doyle for 308, "About," accessed March 26, 2015
- ↑ Only Oswego, "Oswego Election 2015: Lauri Doyle, Candidate for School District 308 Board," March 17, 2015
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "A Guide to Campaign Disclosure," accessed March 31, 2015
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Candidate Disclosure Search," accessed April 3, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Lauri Doyle for 308, "Platform," accessed March 26, 2015
| 2015 Oswego Community Unit School District 308 Elections | |
| Kendall County, Illinois | |
| Election date: | April 7, 2015 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Brent Lightfoot • Incumbent, Alison Swanson • Brad Banks • Lauri Doyle • Kevin Harris • Jared Ploger |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
