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Monica Kress

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Monica Kress
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Education

Graduate

Pace University

Personal
Profession
Education management
Contact

Personal website


Monica Kress was a candidate for at-large representative on the Jersey City Board of Education in New Jersey. She ran in the general election on November 4, 2014. Kress was part of a slate with Carol Harrison-Arnold and Bertram C. Okpokwasili. Monica Kress lost the general election on November 4, 2014.

Biography

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Kress formerly worked as a high school biology and chemistry teacher in New York. She earned a master's in teaching from Pace University. She also worked as a curriculum editor and writer for Princeton Review. At the time of her candidacy, Kress was working as the director of school operations for a charter elementary school in Newark. She also owns a restaurant.[1]

Monica is married. She is the education guardian of two high school students.[1]

Elections

2014

See also: Jersey City Public Schools elections (2014)

Three seats on the Jersey City Board of Education were up for election on November 4, 2014. Incumbents Carol Harrison-Arnold and Bertram C. Okpokwasili sought re-election. Harrison-Arnold and Okpokwasili were joined on the ballot by former school board member Gerald Lyons and 2013 candidates Lorenzo Richardson and Gina Verdibello. Newcomer candidates included Dominique D. Lee, Monica Kress, Michael Reilly, and Joel Torres.[2] Harrison-Arnold, Okpokwasili, and Kress ran as a slate under the committee called Parents for Excellence, while Richardson, Verdibello, and Lyons ran as a slate under the committee The Children First Team.

Results

Jersey City Public Schools,
At-large General Election, 3-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngLorenzo Richardson 22.1% 12,472
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngJoel Torres 19.2% 10,854
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngGerald Lyons 16.9% 9,568
     Nonpartisan Monica Kress 11.3% 6,383
     Nonpartisan Carol Harrison-Arnold Incumbent 10.9% 6,133
     Nonpartisan Bertram C. Okpokwasili Incumbent 10.7% 6,034
     Nonpartisan Gina Verdibello 5.3% 2,999
     Nonpartisan Michael Reilly 3.5% 1,988
     Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.2% 88
Total Votes 56,519
Source: Hudson County Clerk, "General Election November 4, 2014, Official Results," November 17, 2014

Funding

Kress ran as a part of the Parents for Excellence committee. The committee reported no contributions or expenditures to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission as of October 15, 2014.[3]

Endorsements

Kress had not received any official endorsements as of October 15, 2014.

Campaign themes

2014

Kress provided the following joint statement on her campaign website with Harrison-Arnold and Okpokwasili:

“ STRENGTHENING OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
  • As independent candidates, we are only beholden to the 28,000 students who depend on our schools for an exceptional education.
  • We believe Jersey City Public Schools can provide an excellent education for every child, preparing them for college or a career.
  • We believe the best way to raise student achievement is by focusing our efforts, and the efforts of the community, on better public schools.
  • We must engage students and teachers and continue to focus resources on schools facing the greatest challenges.
  • We will work hard to return Jersey City schools to local control.
  • We believe in improving existing schools, opening new ones, and continuing to oppose the practice of closing schools.
  • We support the district’s efforts to create more district-run high school choices for students and families.
  • We believe in encouraging families to feel welcome and engaged in their children's education. As parents become involved in school, children achieve more. Therefore, we must proactively solicit the opinions of parents and teachers in making Board decisions in order to make the Board more receptive to community needs.
  • We support the goal, laid out in the Mayor Fulop's transition report, to build a playground at every elementary and grade school, so every child has a safe place to play.[4]
 ”
—Parent's for Excellence campaign website (2014)[5]

Campaign advertisements


Parents for Excellence, "Meet The Candidates for Board of Education 2014," October 8, 2014

Parents for Excellence, "Vote November 4th for Jersey City Board of Education," October 9, 2014

Recent news

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See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Parents for Excellence, "Bios," accessed October 15, 2014
  2. ↑ Hudson County Clerk's Office, "Official Master List General Election School Board Candidates," accessed September 9, 2014
  3. ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "View a Candidate or Election Related Committee Report," accessed October 15, 2014
  4. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  5. ↑ Parents for Excellence, "Platform," accessed October 15, 2014
2014 Jersey City Public Schools Elections
Hudson County, New Jersey
Election date:November 4, 2014
Candidates:At-large: • Incumbent, Carol Harrison-Arnold • Dominique D. Lee • Gerald Lyons • Monica Kress • Bertram C. Okpokwasili • Michael Reilly • Lorenzo Richardson • Joel Torres • Gina Verdibello
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