Lois Jarman
Lois Jarman was an at-large member of the Frederick County Board of Education in Maryland. She assumed office in 2019. She left office on December 1, 2020.
Jarman ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the Frederick County Board of Education in Maryland. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Jarman was a Democratic candidate who sought election to the Maryland House of Delegates to represent District 4. Jarman lost the general election on November 6, 2018, after advancing from the primary on June 26, 2018.
Biography
Jarman earned her bachelor's degree from Goucher College. She later received a master's degree from Hood College and her Ed.D. from Shenandoah University. Jarman's professional experience includes being a world language teacher in the district. She and her husband have two children.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Frederick County Public Schools, Maryland, elections (2020)
General election
General election for Frederick County Board of Education At-large (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Frederick County Board of Education At-large on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Sue Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 21.4 | 61,130 | |
| ✔ |  | Jason Johnson (Nonpartisan)  | 16.4 | 46,717 |
| ✔ | David Bass (Nonpartisan) | 15.2 | 43,262 | |
 | Rae Gallagher (Nonpartisan) | 14.6 | 41,623 | |
 | Lois Jarman (Nonpartisan) | 13.9 | 39,555 | |
 | Dean Rose (Nonpartisan) | 13.7 | 39,130 | |
| Paulette Anders (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 2.9 | 8,389 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.9 | 5,308 | ||
| Total votes: 285,114 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Frederick County Board of Education At-large (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the primary for Frederick County Board of Education At-large on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Sue Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 18.4 | 23,368 | |
| ✔ | | Lois Jarman (Nonpartisan) | 15.3 | 19,477 |
| ✔ | | Jason Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 14.7 | 18,755 |
| ✔ | | Rae Gallagher (Nonpartisan) | 14.2 | 18,074 |
| ✔ | David Bass (Nonpartisan) | 12.5 | 15,934 | |
| ✔ | | Dean Rose (Nonpartisan) | 12.4 | 15,833 |
| Andrea Pilon Artman (Nonpartisan) | 12.4 | 15,759 | ||
| Total votes: 127,200 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Maryland House of Delegates District 4 (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Maryland House of Delegates District 4 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Dan Cox (R) | 20.6 | 33,303 |
| ✔ |  | Barrie Ciliberti (R) | 19.7 | 31,817 |
| ✔ | Jesse Pippy (R) | 19.2 | 31,071 | |
| Lois Jarman (D) | 14.1 | 22,807 | |
 | Ysela Bravo (D) | 13.6 | 21,901 | |
 | Darrin Smith (D) | 12.7 | 20,462 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 92 | ||
| Total votes: 161,453 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 4 (3 seats)
Lois Jarman, Ysela Bravo, and Darrin Smith advanced from the Democratic primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 4 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lois Jarman | 35.3 | 5,755 |
| ✔ | | Ysela Bravo | 34.8 | 5,668 |
| ✔ | | Darrin Smith | 29.8 | 4,860 |
| Total votes: 16,283 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 4 (3 seats)
Dan Cox, Jesse Pippy, and incumbent Barrie Ciliberti advanced from the Republican primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 4 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dan Cox | 35.5 | 7,728 |
| ✔ | Jesse Pippy | 32.4 | 7,052 | |
| ✔ | | Barrie Ciliberti | 32.2 | 7,018 |
| Total votes: 21,798 | |||
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2016
Three of the seven seats on the Frederick County Board of Education were up for general election on November 8, 2016. A primary election was held on April 26, 2016, with the top six vote recipients advancing to the general election. Incumbents Zakir Bengali and Joy Schaefer filed for re-election, while Kathryn Groth did not file for the 2016 election. Bengali and Schaefer faced challengers Michael Bunitsky, Lois Jarman, Ken Kerr, Jay Mason, Shirley McDonald, and Cindy Rose in the primary. All candidates except Bengali and Mason advanced to the general election.[2]
Schaefer, Kerr, and Bunitsky defeated Rose in the general election. On July 12, 2016, Jarman announced her withdrawal from the race in an effort to deny election to Rose by shifting votes to other candidates. Jarman told attendees at a South Frederick County Democrats meeting that she considered Rose "a dangerous candidate" due to her divisive personality. In an email to The Frederick News-Post, Rose said that she is only considered divisive because "I involved the public and the establishment doesn't abide sunshine." Rose was the only candidate who identified as a Republican.[3] Shirley McDonald dropped out of the race on July 13, 2016.[4]
Results
| Frederick County Public Schools, At-large Primary Election, 4-Year Terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Joy Schaefer Incumbent |
17.41% | 20,367 |
| Cindy Rose |
14.98% | 17,519 |
| Michael Bunitsky |
14.73% | 17,233 |
| Ken Kerr |
13.82% | 16,166 |
| Shirley McDonald |
11.96% | 13,987 |
| Lois Jarman |
9.71% | 11,361 |
| Zakir Bengali Incumbent | 8.79% | 10,285 |
| Jay Mason | 8.58% | 10,038 |
| Total Votes | 116,956 | |
| Source: Maryland State Board of Elections, "Unofficial 2016 Presidential Primary Election results for Frederick County," accessed April 26, 2016 | ||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Lois Jarman did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Lois Jarman participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on July 11, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Lois Jarman's responses follow below.[5]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | Education |
” |
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Education Jobs |
” |
Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Lois Jarman answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?
| “ | Sandra Day O’Coonor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg-women who lead for all people[7] | ” |
2016
Ballotpedia survey responses
Lois Jarman 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 February 8, 2016:
| “ | Reduce class size in our district. Give teachers more autonomy in the classroom. Find sources to increase funding.[6][7] | ” |
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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Click here to learn more about education policy in Maryland. |
| Education on the ballot |
| Issue importance ranking | |
|---|---|
| Candidate's ranking | Issue |
| Expanding arts education | |
| Balancing or maintaining the district's budget | |
| Expanding school choice options | |
| Blank | |
| Blank | |
| Blank | |
| Blank | |
| “ | I would rank the arts, improving teacher relations as highly important. Your system of ranking used only once doesn't reflect my views.[7] | ” |
| —Lois Jarman (February 8, 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. Not until the needs of all students in the district are met. Public funds should provide equal educational opportunities for all. |
| 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 defer to school board decisions in most cases. |
| Are standardized tests an accurate metric of student achievement? |
| No. |
| What is your stance on the Common Core State Standards Initiative? |
| I am against the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) as they, especially in early years, are not cognitively appropriate. In Maryland, we have had standards for years that were developed by educators, not business people. |
| 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. Set up a mentorship program for the underperforming teacher with a more experienced teacher in the district. If someone has entered the teaching profession, there should be some motivational reason. We need to build on this and empower weaker teachers with support and guidance. |
| Should teachers receive merit pay? |
| No. Most educators are in education for altruistic reasons. |
| Should the state give money to private schools through a voucher system or scholarship program? |
| No. |
| How should expulsion be used in the district? |
| Sparingly and in rare instances. We should do what we can to keep students in school |
| What's the most important factor for success in the classroom: student-teacher ratio, the curriculum, teachers, parent involvement or school administration? |
| Student-teacher ratio |
Additional themes
Jarman's campaign website included the following themes for 2016:
| “ |
I have been an educator practically my entire life, from the time I played school with my siblings in our basement, to teaching and parenting my two children, to spending almost seventeen years as a teacher with Frederick County Public Schools. I will be retiring as a teacher in June so that I can work towards helping students by affecting policies that change what goes on in our classrooms. I am hopeful about the future of our schools. Frederick County schools have consistently performed well and I believe that by putting people first, having local control, and finding common ground for better decision making, Frederick County schools will be the best they can. People Focused
Locally Controlled
Consensus Driven
|
” |
| —Lois Jarman (2016)[8] | ||
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Lois Jarman for Frederick County Board of Education, "About," accessed April 14, 2016
- ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections, "Frederick County 2016 Presidential Primary Election Local Candidates List," February 10, 2016
- ↑ The Frederick News-Post, "Jarman drops out of school board race," July 12, 2016
- ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections, "Frederick County 2016 Presidential General Election Local Candidates List," October 27, 2016
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Lois Jarman's responses," July 11, 2018 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Lois Jarman for Frederick County Board of Education, "Platform," accessed April 14, 2016
