Marilynn Baker
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Marilynn Baker (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools school board to represent District 2 in North Carolina. Baker lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Baker was a 2016 Democratic candidate for District 74 of the North Carolina House of Representatives.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools school board District 2 (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools school board District 2 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lida Calvert Hayes (R) | 17.9 | 54,592 |
| ✔ | Leah Crowley (R) | 17.3 | 52,747 | |
| ✔ |  | Lori Goins Clark (R) | 17.2 | 52,462 |
| ✔ |  | Dana Caudill Jones (R) | 17.2 | 52,460 |
 | Marilynn Baker (D) | 15.4 | 47,029 | |
 | Rebecca Nussbaum (D) | 15.1 | 46,271 | |
| Total votes: 305,561 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools school board District 2 (4 seats)
Incumbent Lori Goins Clark, incumbent Lida Calvert Hayes, incumbent Dana Caudill Jones, and Leah Crowley defeated incumbent David Bryant Singletary in the Republican primary for Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools school board District 2 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lori Goins Clark | 21.8 | 6,246 |
| ✔ | | Lida Calvert Hayes | 21.3 | 6,086 |
| ✔ | | Dana Caudill Jones | 20.0 | 5,722 |
| ✔ | Leah Crowley | 18.5 | 5,308 | |
 | David Bryant Singletary | 18.4 | 5,265 | |
| Total votes: 28,627 | |||
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2016
Elections for the North Carolina House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 15, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016.[1] The candidate filing deadline was December 21, 2015.[2]
Incumbent Debra Conrad defeated Marilynn Baker in the North Carolina House of Representatives District 74 general election.[3][4]
| North Carolina House of Representatives, District 74 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Debra Conrad Incumbent |
63.52% | 27,209 | |
| Democratic | Marilynn Baker | 36.48% | 15,626 | |
| Total Votes | 42,835 | |||
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections | ||||
Marilynn Baker ran unopposed in the North Carolina House of Representatives District 74 Democratic primary.[5][6]
| North Carolina House of Representatives, District 74 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Marilynn Baker (unopposed) | |
Incumbent Debra Conrad ran unopposed in the North Carolina House of Representatives District 74 Republican primary.[7][8]
| North Carolina House of Representatives, District 74 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Debra Conrad Incumbent (unopposed) | |
Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Marilynn Baker participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on April 15, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Marilynn Baker's responses follow below.[9]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Emphasize literacy and learning fundamentals for Pre-K and Kindergarten through Third Grade. These are the critical, foundational years for learning. We need smaller classes and/or more specially trained teacher assistants in K-3. Literacy is necessary for life-long learning and contributes to a love of learning. 2) Address/resolve the current socio-economic segregation of the system. Currently, schools in District 1 are predominately minorities, with many living in poverty. Schools in District 2 are predominantly white with most students living in middle-class suburbs. Studies have shown that there are important social and academic benefits to ALL students through improving socio-economic diversity in schools, especially for the children living in poverty. Importantly, there were no "downsides" for the more affluent students. For an example of such studies, please see this link: https://tcf.org/content/report/how-racially-diverse-schools-and-classrooms-can-benefit-all-students/ |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | We must adequately fund public education. We are spending LESS per student today than we were in 2007, when adjusted for inflation. Today, NC's cost of living is approximately average among the 50 states. But our spending per student and teacher salaries are in the bottom 20 percent of the nation. We need additional funding for nurses, counselors, school psychologists, books, repairs & maintenance, etc. If we want our children to have a quality education, we must adequately fund our public schools and adequately compensate our educators. -- We must also restore incentives for excellent high school students to choose teaching as a career but re-establishing the NC Teaching Fellows program. We should encourage our excellent teachers to stay in the profession and to continue to grow by re-establishing the masters degree incentive. -- Restoring the NC Teaching Fellows and the Masters' pay incentive will help us recruit and retain highly qualified teachers.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[11]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Marilynn Baker answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?
| “ | I look to several heroes for inspiration. These include people who believed so passionately in their love and concern for others that they lived a life of sacrificial public service (and even suffered economically, socially, and/or physically) in order to give others a better future. These heroes include, but aren't limited to (alpha order), Susan B. Anthony, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Gandhi, John F. Kennedy, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Jesus, Martin Luther, Nelson Mandela, Eleanor Roosevelt, Mother Teresa, and Harriett Tubman.[11] | ” |
| “ | There are three: (1) the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence; (2) the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution; and (3) FDR's Second Bill of Rights from his State of the Union Address to Congress on January 11, 1944, which I've copied below: This Republic had its beginning, and grew to its present strength, under the protection of certain inalienable political rights—among them the right of free speech, free press, free worship, trial by jury, freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures. They were our rights to life and liberty. As our Nation has grown in size and stature, however—as our industrial economy expanded—these political rights proved inadequate to assure us equality in the pursuit of happiness. We have come to a clear realization … that true individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. "Necessitous men are not free men." People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made. In our day these economic truths have become accepted as self-evident. We have accepted, so to speak, a Second Bill of Rights under which a new basis of security and prosperity can be established for all regardless of station, race, or creed. Among these are: The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the Nation; The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation; The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living; The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad; The right of every family to a decent home; The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health; The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment; The right to a good education. All of these rights spell security. And after this war [WWII] is won we must be prepared to move forward, in the implementation of these rights, to new goals of human happiness and well-being. America's own rightful place in the world depends in large part upon how fully these and similar rights have been carried into practice for our citizens. For unless there is security here at home there cannot be lasting peace in the world.[11] | ” |
| “ | Elected officials, and ideally all leaders, should be servant leaders. That is, they should NOT be self-serving, but rather they should be others-serving. With that comes such virtues as integrity and honesty. Elected officials must serve the interest of their constituents, not special interests (such as lobbyists, and organizations that place profits above people).[11] | ” |
| “ | I have leadership and managerial experience in both industry and non-profit organizations. I am also a retired senior lecturer from UNC - Greensboro. I have a PhD in Organizational Leadership, with a research emphasis on ethical leadership. I have expertise in research, analysis, and strategy development from both an industrial and academic perspective.[11] | ” |
| “ | WS/FC School board members are accountable their constituents, including parents, students, and educators. We must be excellent stewards of the resources entrusted to us, keeping in mind that our goal is to provide our students with an education that prepares them for either a trade after high school or for further education. We must listen to our constituents' concerns and be responsive to their education-related needs.[11] | ” |
| “ | I would like to leave a legacy of significant improvement in literacy rates and graduation rates for all students, but especially among students living in poverty.[11] | ” |
| “ | I remember being in elementary school when they called us into the auditorium to tell us that President Kennedy had been assassinated.[11] | ” |
| “ | I worked part-time at a cashier for an electronics store my first year at Forsyth Tech. My first full-time jobs was as an accountant for Sea-Land Service, a subsidiary of RJR Industries. I worked for Sea-Land for about three years before I transferred to RJR Foods, another RJRI subsidiary.[11] | ” |
| “ | Christmas because of it's important message of "Peace on Earth and Goodwill to all People".[11] | ” |
| “ | It's difficult for a prolific reader like me to choose just one.[11] | ” |
| “ | A school board member is a public servant, who should work toward continuous improvement in student success, especially in literacy and graduation rates.[11] | ” |
| “ | Students, educators, parents, Forsyth County residents.[11] | ” |
| “ | Clearly, one solution cannot solve all problems. The school board must listen to and work with our constituents to identify and resolve problems, with special attention to literacy and graduation rates, as well as providing adequate resources and compensation. "It takes a village" to raise our children, and our school board must work with the PTAs, community associations and related non-profits, as well as with our county commissioners to develop solutions for our most pressing problems. These problems can be overlapping, such as staffing and resource needs for under-performing schools. We certainly need our constituents and community's help in developing solutions to de-segregate our schools.[11] | ” |
| “ | We need to develop strong working relationships with community organizations, non-profits, and the county commissioners. We need a strong working relationship with the PTA, the Forsyth County Association of Educators, the YMCA and churches providing after school care, the Winston-Salem Foundation, and other organizations committed to the well-being of our students.[11] | ” |
| “ | We need to continue having open meetings, we also need to be responsive to the local PTAs. We should solicit comments from our student's parents, individually and collectively.[11] | ” |
| “ | We have several colleges and universities in the Triad, two of which are historically black (Winston-Salem State and A&T), and one with a long-established School of Education (UNCG). We need to recruit at all three of these public universities for teaching positions, as well as at our local community college, Forsyth Tech for staff positions. Our county is approximately 20 to 25% minorities, so our faculty, staff, and administration should approximate this in-terms of recruiting and hiring.[11] | ” |
| “ | Funding shortages is a major obstacle. I have been and will continue to be an advocate for raising our spending per student to the national average because our cost of living is approximately the national average. Another issue is the re-segregation of our schools. We must develop (with community input and support) solutions to improving diversity, in addition to improving literacy and graduation rates.[11] | ” |
| “ | Truly good teaching helps to instill a long-term love of learning. And, frankly, that is very difficult to measure. Regarding what can be measured, good teaching enables students to advance/increase knowledge. Teachers should only be held accountable for a student's progress that they have had for the full year. There should be a baseline established for each student, and progress should be measured from that baseline. It is unfair and unreasonable to hold a teacher accountable for progress against an unrealistic baseline -- for example, assuming that all incoming third graders are reading at the same, end of second grade, level. With regard to supporting advanced teaching approaches, we need to ensure that we adequately vet any recommended approaches (and avoid ineffective programs like the summer reading program two years ago). In general, we should adopt "best practices" and should provide adequate resources for training and mentoring.[11] | ” |
| “ | Reading is fundamental for life-long learning. While there is a current emphasis on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math), not all students are interested in STEM careers. As a manager in industry, and as a senior lecturer at UNCG, I found that there are three sets of skills that are critical for the 21st century's jobs: technical (STEM), people/interpersonal, and conceptual (critical thinking) skills.[11] | ” |
| “ | Opportunities for employment have changed drastically in the past 50 years. Our public schools need to reflect that change by recognizing at three different career paths: skilled trades, specialty careers, and professions. High school should provide paths for a skilled trade (e.g. plumbing or carpentry) that they enter after graduation, or continuing education at a technical college for specialty careers (e.g. electrician, cosmotology, nuclear medicine), or for a profession that requires a college degree or even a masters degree (e.g. teaching, accounting, medicine, etc.). We cannot and should not assume that all students will go to college, or that they will pursue a STEM career. Our society needs plumbers, carpenters, cosmetologists, electricians, teachers, accountants, nurses and doctors in addition to scientists, engineers, computer technicians and programmers, and statisticians. Our public high schools need to be responsive to our students' differing interests and our society's diverse needs.[11] | ” |
| “ | We need to work with the our county commissioners, town council members, Employment Security Commission, community college and workforce recruiters to ascertain current needs, emerging trends, and long-term, sustained trends. This needs to be done in an on-going, continuous basis. Certainly, preparing students to enter construction jobs and healthcare careers would be an opportunity for summer apprenticeships between their junior and senior years. Advanced technical training and some medical career specialty apprenticeships can be coordinated with Forsyth Tech.[11] | ” |
| “ | We need to work with our county commissioners and elected state representatives to provide adequate funding for our students. In NC most of our funding comes from the state. We must be advocates for our students and bring our spending per students up to the national average in line with our cost of living.[11] | ” |
| “ | Our students deserve to attend a school where they they can learn and they can feel safe from harm. Common sense precautions are important -- vet visitors, keep doors locked, have practice drills, etc. Longer term we need our state legislators and law enforcement professionals to examine the need for metal detectors and to enact common sense gun protections and to put some "teeth" into the "see something, say something" initiative. (Currently law enforcement is very limited in what they can do with reports of a potential problem.)[11] | ” |
| “ | In NC, we currently have a shortage of school psychologists, nurses, and counselors due to budget cuts that have not been restored. We must petition our state legislators to adequately fund public education so that we will have adequate support personnel. With regard to faculty and staff, our current insurance provides for some mental health needs. Stress relief training can also be helpful for faculty development seminars on teacher workdays.[11] | ” |
| “ | Technology is currently relatively widely used in the classrooms, especially in the newer schools. The equipment includes Smartboards, interactive boards, and web-based interactions. To expand technology, we need to add some additional equipment, provide adequate funding for regular replacements, and in some cases, continuing education for educators. Ebooks/tablets are a potential system-wide resource but they would need to be VERY durable, and realistically are best suited for older students. Unfortunately, not all of our students have access to the internet, so we would need to work with churches, branch libraries, and child-safe businesses to provide internet access. We would also need to work with local law enforcement personnel to ensure that children can walk safely from their home to internet "cafes", and/or work with after-school care providers for internet access AND safe transit to their homes.[11] | ” |
See also
- North Carolina House of Representatives
- North Carolina House of Representatives District 74
- North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2016
- North Carolina State Legislature
- Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, North Carolina
- Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools elections (2018)
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- North Carolina House of Representatives
- Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools
Footnotes
- ↑ The primary for U.S. congressional elections was rescheduled to June 7, 2016, following legal challenges to North Carolina's district maps. State races were unaffected.
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "2016 Candidate Filing," accessed December 22, 2015
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Candidate Listing," accessed August 23, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "2016 General Election results lookup," accessd December 21, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Candidate Listing," accessed January 4, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "03/15/2016 Official primary results - Statewide," March 15, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Candidate Listing," accessed January 4, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "03/15/2016 Official primary results - Statewide," March 15, 2016
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Marilynn Baker's responses," April 15, 2018
- ↑ 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10 11.11 11.12 11.13 11.14 11.15 11.16 11.17 11.18 11.19 11.20 11.21 11.22 11.23 11.24 11.25 11.26 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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| Election date: | Primary election: May 8, 2018 • General election: November 6, 2018 |
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