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Michael Strange
Michael Strange was a member of the Kennedale Independent School District in Texas, representing Place 3. He assumed office in 2018. He left office on May 11, 2021.
Strange ran for election to the Kennedale Independent School District to represent Place 3 in Texas. He won in the general election on May 5, 2018.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Kennedale Independent School District, Place 3
Michael Strange defeated incumbent Joe Taylor in the general election for Kennedale Independent School District, Place 3 on May 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Michael Strange (Nonpartisan) | 54.4 | 798 |
| Joe Taylor (Nonpartisan) | 45.6 | 670 | ||
| Total votes: 1,468 | |||
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Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Michael Strange participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on April 4, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Michael Strange's responses follow below.[1]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Fresh Educators Perspective 2) More Stakeholder Involvement |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | My experience as a teacher, a coach, and now an administrator, gives me a unique vision of the daily obstacles that teachers and students face in the classroom. But more importantly, my experience has allowed me to properly determine simple solutions that can be implemented to overcome these obstacles.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[3]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Michael Strange answered the following:
What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?
| “ | I've been a teacher for 15 years, the previous 6 years at teacher/coach at Kennedale High School. In that time, I’ve been a trailblazer in implementing technology in the classroom, led the boy’s soccer team to their first ever UIL state playoffs, and coached the girl’s soccer team to back to back UIL State Championships (2015.2016). My experience as a teacher, a coach, and now an administrator, gives me a unique vision of the daily obstacles that teachers and students face in the classroom. But more importantly, my experience has allowed me to properly determine simple solutions that can be implemented to overcome these obstacles.[3] | ” |
| “ | Let it Go (Frozen) I think it played for 6 months straight in our car, house, backyard...anywhere we took the kids, haha.[3] | ” |
| “ | The main job of a school board member should be to ensure that the goals and policies of the school district support student success in the classroom and stakeholder involvement.[3] | ” |
| “ | Honestly...We do. At the most basic level, education is about relationships; between a teacher and their students, a principal and their teachers, and parents with their students school. This essential part of learning can be lost in all of the daily tasks and checklists expected of teachers and students and soon a school becomes a business and loses its purpose. Those school districts that find success year after year are ones that keep the perspective of positive relationships and its main purpose in mind, achieving student success. My mentor teacher told me long ago, ""no student will listen to you until they know you care about them.""[3] | ” |
| “ | One area that can easily be advanced is Kennedale ISD's involvement in starting partnerships with local business to help fund new programs and in return provide a service to the community. One example could be a new marketing class that allows students to work with local companies to plan and facilitate community events or projects.[3] | ” |
| “ | When any discusses school safety they must look at it from two different points of view: 1. safety within the school itself 2. safety from outside the school . In both cases, the most important policy is that students, teachers, & administrators have clear expectations of what to do in certain situations and that these expectations are communicated and practiced with the local emergency responders.[3] | ” |
| “ | A school district can make technology a powerful tool for transforming student learning. In addition, the use of technology in the classroom can reinvent our approaches to learning and collaboration, as well as, adapt learning experiences to meet the needs of all learners.[3] | ” |
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Michael Strange participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on March 28, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Michael Strange's responses follow below.[4]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Gaining Educators Perspective 2) More Stakeholder Involvement |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | A school district is much like a multi-million dollar business and with that comes with many moving parts and a process that must be implemented with major decisions. With that said, many areas of our school district, Kennedale ISD, are in desperate need of an update. The first one must be school safety measures, specifically finding a system that ensures all entrances inside the school buildings are secure. I suggest we move from the lock and key system and to a digital key fob system. This updated system allows staff to know which doors are being used and when they are used. If a "key" is lost it can be deactivated immediately and all doors can be synced with nearby cameras to know who is walking in the doors.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[3]
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See also
External links
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Candidate Kennedale Independent School District, Place 3 |
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Michael Strange's responses," April 4, 2018 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
| Kennedale Independent School District elections in 2018 | |
| Tarrant County, Texas | |
| Election date: | May 5, 2018 |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
