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Linda Owen
Linda Owen was a member of the Richmond City Public Schools in Virginia, representing District 9. Owen assumed office in 2016. Owen left office on January 4, 2021.
Owen ran for re-election to the Richmond City Public Schools to represent District 9 in Virginia. Owen did not appear on the ballot for the general election on November 3, 2020.
Elections
2020
See also: Richmond Public Schools, Virginia, elections (2020)
General election
General election for Richmond City Public Schools, District 9
Nicole Jones won election in the general election for Richmond City Public Schools, District 9 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Nicole Jones (Nonpartisan) | 98.7 | 6,986 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.3 | 93 | ||
| Total votes: 7,079 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Linda Owen (Nonpartisan)
2016
- See also: Richmond Public Schools elections (2016)
A total of 22 candidates ran for the nine seats that were up for election, including incumbents J.E. Dawson Boyer (District 1), Jeff Bourne (District 3), Mamie Taylor (District 5), and Shonda Harris-Muhammed (District 6). District 9 incumbent Tichi Pinkney Eppes filed to run in the election but was seven signatures short of qualifying for candidacy.
In District 1, Boyer lost his bid for re-election to Elizabeth Doerr. In District 2, James Scott Barlow defeated Mariah White. Bourne was the only incumbent to win re-election by defeating challengers Jesse Perry and Kevin Starlings in District 3. Newcomer Jonathan Young overtook Barrett Hardiman, Irvine Reaves, and Sean Smith for the open District 4 seat. Taylor lost her seat to Patrick Sapini in District 5. Felicia Dionne Cosby defeated Harris-Muhammed for the District 6 seat. In District 7, Nadine Marsh-Carter defeated Kirsten Gray and Rick Tatnall. Dawn Page won the District 8 seat by defeating Tia Redd and Christopher Woody. Newcomer Linda Owen ran unopposed and won the District 9 seat after Pinkney Eppes was disqualified from the race.[1]
Results
| Richmond Public Schools, District 9 General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Linda Owen (unopposed) |
98.45% | 7,048 |
| Write-in votes | 1.55% | 111 |
| Total Votes | 7,159 | |
| Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "2016 November General Official Results," accessed November 30, 2016 | ||
Funding
Owen reported $2,160.00 in contributions and $566.35 in expenditures to the Virginia Department of Elections, which left her campaign with $1,593.65 on hand as of October 17, 2016.[2]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Linda Owen did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
Ballotpedia survey responses
Linda B Owen participated in Ballotpedia's 2016 survey of school board candidates. In response to the question "What do you hope to achieve if elected to the school board?" the candidate stated on October 11, 2016:
| “ | I hope to collaborate with other members and the city council and mayor to fund the Academic Improvement Plan and Option 5 for facilities. I advocate training and supporting teachers in working with children in poverty and enriching school culture and literacy programs.[3][4] | ” |
Ranking the issues
The candidate was asked to rank the following issues based on how they should be prioritized by the school board, with 1 being the most important and 7 being the least important. Each ranking could only be used once.
| Education policy |
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| Education on the ballot |
| Issue importance ranking | |
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| Candidate's ranking | Issue |
| Closing the achievement gap | |
| Improving education for special needs students | |
| Improving post-secondary readiness | |
| Improving relations with teachers | |
| Blank | |
| Blank | |
| Blank | |
| “ | I would put Finish the Decompression of the Salary School at #2 and Improving the School Buildings at #3[4] | ” |
| —Linda B Owen (October 11, 2016) | ||
Positions on the issues
The candidate was asked to answer nine questions from Ballotpedia regarding significant issues in education and the school district. The questions are highlighted in blue and followed by the candidate's responses. Some questions provided multiple choices, which are noted after those questions. The candidate was also provided space to elaborate on their answers to the multiple choice questions.
| Should new charter schools be approved in your district? (Not all school boards are empowered to approve charter schools. In those cases, the candidate was directed to answer the question as if the school board were able to do so.) |
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| No. Unless there is a compelling need, such as special education. Generally, I feel magnet schools are a better option. |
| Which statement best describes the ideal relationship between the state government and the school board? The state should always defer to school board decisions, defer to school board decisions in most cases, be involved in the district routinely or only intervene in severe cases of misconduct or mismanagement. |
| The state should only intervene in severe cases of misconduct or mismanagement. |
| Are standardized tests an accurate metric of student achievement? |
| No. Actually, they are usually an accurate metric of the socio-economic level and academic achievement of the parents. |
| What is your stance on the Common Core State Standards Initiative? |
| I don't believe in it. |
| How should the district handle underperforming teachers? Terminate their contract before any damage is done to students, offer additional training options, put them on a probationary period while they seek to improve or set up a mentorship program for the underperforming teacher with a more experienced teacher in the district? |
| Offer additional training options. Actually, all of these as appropriate. First, work with the teacher and identify areas that need improvement, and provide assistance to address those areas with training, mentors, or other options as necessary. But definitely, if nothing works, termination. |
| Should teachers receive merit pay? |
| No. |
| Should the state give money to private schools through a voucher system or scholarship program? |
| No. |
| How should expulsion be used in the district? |
| Very very sparingly, and never for primary children |
| What's the most important factor for success in the classroom: student-teacher ratio, the curriculum, teachers, parent involvement or school administration? |
| Teachers and their relationship with the students. |
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Richmond Times-Dispatch, "58 file to run for Richmond City Council, School Board," June 15, 2016
- ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed October 18, 2016
- ↑ Ballotpedia School Board Candidate Survey, 2016, "Linda B Owen's responses," October 11, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
