Michelle Yener

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Michelle Yener

North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622, At-large

Tenure

2010 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

15

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Elections and appointments

Last election

August 13, 2024

Education

Ph.D

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

Graduate

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

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Michelle Yener is an at-large member of the North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District in Minnesota. She assumed office in 2010. Her current term ends in 2026.

Yener ran for election to the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners to represent District 7 in Minnesota. She lost in the primary on August 13, 2024.

Biography

Michelle Yener earned a high school diploma from St. Agnes. Yener earned a graduate degree from the University of Minnesota - Duluth and a graduate degree in education from Saint Mary's University. Her career experience includes working as the Associate Director for Curriculum in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota, an education data and quality assurance analyst with Capella University, an education and training manager with Hmong American Partnership, a school program administrator with Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, and an English language instructor with Isik University in Sile, Turkey.

She has been affiliated with the Minnesota Department of Education's Online & Digital Learning Advisory Council and the North-St. Paul - Maplewood - Oakdale Schoolboard.

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections in Ramsey County, Minnesota (2024)

General election

General election for Ramsey County Board of Commissioners District 7

Kelly Miller defeated Sarah Yang in the general election for Ramsey County Board of Commissioners District 7 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kelly Miller (Nonpartisan)	49.6	15,437
		Sarah Yang (Nonpartisan)	49.5	15,409
		Other/Write-in votes	0.9	287

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	There were no incumbents in this race. Source	Total votes: 31,133
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Ramsey County Board of Commissioners District 7

Kelly Miller and Sarah Yang defeated Kevin Berglund and Michelle Yener in the primary for Ramsey County Board of Commissioners District 7 on August 13, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kelly Miller (Nonpartisan)	34.4	1,845
✔		Sarah Yang (Nonpartisan)	29.4	1,578
	Submit photo	Kevin Berglund (Nonpartisan)	21.6	1,156
		Michelle Yener (Nonpartisan)	14.6	784

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	There were no incumbents in this race. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 5,363
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Yener in this election.

2014

See also: North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622 elections (2014)

The election in North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale featured three at-large seats up for general election on November 4, 2014. Incumbents Amy Coborn and Michelle Yener ran against challengers Caleb Anderson, Bennie Bennett and Danny Porter for the seats. Fellow board member Mark Wheeler did not file for re-election.

Results

North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Amy Coborn Incumbent	30.8%	14,151
	Nonpartisan	Michelle Yener Incumbent	21.8%	10,028
	Nonpartisan	Caleb Anderson	17.4%	8,003
	Nonpartisan	Danny Porter	17.2%	7,878
	Nonpartisan	Bennie Bennett	12.2%	5,610
	Nonpartisan	Write-in	0.5%	226
Total Votes				45,896
Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, "Results for Selected Contests in School District No. 622 - North St. Paul-Maplewood," accessed December 30, 2014

Funding

North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622 does not publish campaign finance reports for school board candidates. State law does not require campaign finance reporting if contributions or expenditures do not exceed $750 in a calendar year.

Endorsements

Yener did not receive any endorsements during the election.

2010

North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Amy Coborn	24.1%	12,176
	Nonpartisan	Mark Wheeler Incumbent	18%	9,096
	Nonpartisan	Michelle Yener	12.9%	6,540
	Nonpartisan	Marc Cove	10.5%	5,296
	Nonpartisan	Chuck Myers	10.2%	5,146
	Nonpartisan	Rich Bennett	8.7%	4,389
	Nonpartisan	Arnoldo Curiel	7.9%	3,981
	Nonpartisan	Robert Martin	7.3%	3,686
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.5%	250
Total Votes				50,560
Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, "Results for Selected School District Contests," accessed August 1, 2014

Campaign themes

2024

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2014

Yener published a summary of her views on the school district on her campaign website:

“	On ISD622 Our district is fortunate to have a supportive community and highly-qualified teachers. Most of our students are thriving and every effort is made to help students in need. There is so much parental engagement at school events that it is often hard to find a place to sit. However, there is room for improvement. Our student achievement scores are too low and our “gap” is too high. Time-consuming legislative demands (standards, teacher evaluations, standardized tests) bring measurement and accountability, but not solutions. We must continue to find innovative ways to increase student achievement and prepare each one of our students for success.	”
—Michelle Yener's campaign website (2014)

Yener also published a list of her accomplishments as a school board member on her campaign website:

“	First-Term Accomplishments Implemented STEM curriculum with the support of U of M and a $350K grant from 3M Foundation; the grant will help fund FabLabs in both High Schools. Graduation rates consistently higher than the state average; 50% of graduates leave with college credits in hand – among the highest rates in the state! Implemented Olweus anti-bullying program to prepare students to handle bullying and cyberbullying. Getting students off on the right foot early with all-day kindergarten and expanded pre-k opportunities. Award-winning equity programming, growing to meet the needs of our rapidly diversifying student population. Updated technology infrastructure to support 1:1 bandwidth capabilities. Support for athletics and community pride at both high schools with artificial turf installation. Maintained financial stability, a healthy fund balance, and renewed our voter-approved levy.	”
—Michelle Yener's campaign website (2014)

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