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Lee's Summit R-7 Schools elections (2015)
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Two seats on the Lee's Summit R-7 Schools Board of Education were up for general election on April 7, 2015.
The seats of incumbents Ron Baker and Patti Buie were up for election.[1] Newcomers Julie Doane, William Lindsey and Adam Rutherford competed for the two seats. Neither Baker nor Buie filed to run for re-election. Doane and Rutherford defeated Lindsey to win the election.
About the district
- See also: Lee's Summit R-7 Schools, Missouri
Lee's Summit R-7 Schools is located in northwest Missouri in Jackson County. The county seats are Independence and Kansas City. This county is home to 679,996 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau.[2] In the 2011-2012 school year, Lee's Summit R-7 Schools was the seventh-largest school district in Missouri and served 17,825 students.[3]
Demographics
Jackson County outperformed the rest of Missouri in terms of higher education achievement in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found that 27.6 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 26.2 percent for Missouri as a whole. The median household income in Jackson County was $47,015, compared to $47,380 for the state of Missouri. The poverty rate was 17.4 percent, compared to 15.5 percent for the entire state.[2]
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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
The Lee's Summit Board of Education consists of seven members elected at-large to three-year terms. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on April 7, 2015. Two seats were up for election in 2015.[1]
School board candidates had to file with their county elections department during the candidate filing period, which began on December 16, 2014, and ended on January 20, 2015. To vote in the 2015 general election, residents had to register by March 11, 2015. The absentee voting deadline was on April 1, 2015.[5]
Elections
2015
Candidates
At-large
Election results
| Lee's Summit R-7 Schools, At-Large General Election, 3-year term, 2015 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Julie Doane |
44.6% | 5,217 | |
| Nonpartisan | Adam Rutherford |
33.2% | 3,883 | |
| Nonpartisan | William Lindsey | 21.7% | 2,540 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.5% | 58 | |
| Total Votes | 11,698 | |||
| Source: Jackson County Election Board, "Election Summary," April 13, 2015 | ||||
Endorsements
Julie Doane and Adam Rutherford received endorsements from the local affiliate of the Missouri National Education Association and The Kansas City Star.[6][7]
Campaign finance
No contributions or expenditures were reported during the election, according to the Missouri Ethics Commission.[8]
Past elections
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2014
2013The school district canceled this election since incumbent Phyllis Balagna and newcomer Bob White ran unopposed and won the two at-large seats by default.[9] 2012The school district canceled this election since incumbents Ron Baker and Patti Buie ran unopposed and won the two at-large seats with full three-year terms by default. The school board also appointed Phyllis Balagna to fill an at-large position with an unexpired one-year term.[10] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for the Lee's Summit R-7 Schools election in 2015:[5]
| Deadline | Event |
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| December 16, 2014 | First day for candidates to file nomination documents |
| January 20, 2015 | Last day for candidates to file nomination documents |
| February 24, 2015 | First day for absentee voting |
| February 26, 2015 | Last day to file first campaign finance report |
| March 8, 2015 | Last day to organize a campaign finance committee |
| March 11, 2015 | Last day to register to vote in the general election |
| March 30, 2015 | Last day to file second campaign finance report |
| April 1, 2015 | Last day for absentee voting |
| April 7, 2015 | Election Day |
| May 7, 2015 | Last day to file final campaign finance report |
Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Missouri elections, 2015
This election shared the ballot with general elections for county and municipal offices, along with local bond measures.[11]
Bond measures
District voters decided the fate of a $40 million bond measure proposal for Lee's Summit R-7 School District on April 7, 2015. The measure passed with a majority of the vote in favor of the proposal.[12]
The text of the ballot question is below:
| “ | Shall the Reorganized School District No. 7 of Jackson County, Missouri board of education borrow money in the amount of $40,000,000 for the purpose of acquiring land, constructing, furnishing and equipping a new building initially to be used for Summit Technology Academy and the Missouri Innovation Campus, completing safety enhancements and deferred maintenance, and constructing school facilities, building additions to and repairing, remodeling, renovating and improving existing district facilities and furnishing and equipping the same and issue bonds for the payment thereof resulting in no increase to the debt service levy? If this proposition is approved, the debt service levy of the school district is estimated to remain unchanged at $1.0700 per one hundred dollars assessed valuation of real and personal property.[13] | ” |
| —Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners (2015)[14] | ||
Recent news
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lee's Summit R-7 Schools, "Board Members," accessed January 20, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Jackson County Election Board, "2015 Missouri Election Calendar," accessed January 19, 2015
- ↑ Missouri NEA, "Local affiliates recommend school board candidates," accessed April 2, 2015
- ↑ The Kansas City Star, "The Star’s recommendations to boost Missouri school districts on Election Day," March 31, 2015
- ↑ Missouri Ethics Commission, "Candidates By Election Search," accessed March 26, 2015
- ↑ KC Education Enterprise, "No School Board Election This Year in the Lee’s Summit School District," March 31, 2013
- ↑ Lee's Summit R-7 Schools, "Board Elections," accessed March 18, 2015
- ↑ Jackson County Election Board, "Jackson County, Missouri - General Municipal Election," accessed February 24, 2015
- ↑ Jackson County Board of Elections, "Election Summary," accessed April 7, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners, "Sample ballot - Municipal Primary, School and Special Election, April 7, 2015," April 3, 2015
| 2015 Lee's Summit R-7 Schools Elections | |
| Jackson County, Missouri | |
| Election date: | April 7, 2015 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Julie Doane • William Lindsey • Adam Rutherford |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
