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Napa Valley Unified School District elections (2016)
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Five of the seven seats on the Napa Valley Unified School District Board of Education were up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. Four seats were up for regular four-year terms, and one seat was up for election to a two-year term. Though members were elected at large, they ran for specific seats. Newcomer Stacy Hill-Bratlien ran unopposed and won election to a two-year term in Trustee Area 1. Newcomer Elba Gonzalez-Mares, incumbent Joe Schunk, and incumbent Jose Hurtado also ran unopposed and won election to the Trustee Area 2, 4, and 7 seats, respectively. The race for the Trustee Area 5 seat was the only one to see competition. Candidates Jesse Ryan Allured, Susan Larson Bouwer, Jessica Delasaux, and Icela Martin ran for the open seat, and Martin won the election.[1][2]
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The Napa Valley Unified Board of Education consists of seven members elected to four-year terms. Elections are held at large on a staggered basis every November of even-numbered years. Though elections are held at large, members run for specific seats. Three seats were up for election on November 4, 2014, and five seats—four four-year terms and one two-year term—were up for election on November 8, 2016. There was no primary election.[3]
To get on the ballot, school board candidates had to register with the county elections office by August 12, 2016. If incumbents did not file by that deadline, the filing deadline was extended for non-incumbent candidates until August 17, 2016.[4]
To vote in this election, residents of the school district had to register by October 24, 2016.[5] Photo identification was not required to vote in this election.[6]
Candidates and results
Trustee Area 1
Results
This race was canceled due to lack of opposition. Newcomer Stacy Hill-Bratlien won election to the board for a two-year term by default.[1]
Candidates
Stacy Hill-Bratlien 
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Trustee Area 2
Results
This race was canceled due to lack of opposition. Newcomer Elba Gonzalez-Mares won election to the board by default.[1]
Candidates
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Trustee Area 4
Results
This race was canceled due to lack of opposition. Incumbent Joe Schunk won re-election to the board by default.[1]
Candidates
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Trustee Area 5
Results
| Napa Valley Unified School District, Trustee Area 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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 Icela Martin |
30.03% | 11,587 |
| Susan Larson Bouwer | 29.17% | 11,256 |
| Jesse Ryan Allured | 23.81% | 9,187 |
| Jessica Delasaux | 16.99% | 6,557 |
| Total Votes | 38,587 | |
| Source: Napa County Elections, "Final Certified Results Presidential General Election," accessed December 7, 2016 | ||
Candidates
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| Jessica Delasaux | Icela Martin
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Trustee Area 7
Results
This race was canceled due to lack of opposition. Incumbent Jose Hurtado won re-election to the board by default.[1]
Candidates
| Jose Hurtado
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: California elections, 2016
The district's school board election shared the ballot with a number of statewide ballot measures as well as elections for the following offices:[7]
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Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for California school board elections in 2016:[8][9]
| Deadline | Event |
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| August 1, 2016 | Semi-annual campaign finance report due |
| August 10, 2016 - November 8, 2016 | 24-hour campaign contribution reporting period |
| August 12, 2016 | Candidate filing deadline |
| August 17, 2016 | Extended filing deadline for non-incumbent candidates for open seats |
| September 29, 2016 | First pre-election campaign finance report due |
| October 24, 2016 | Voter registration deadline |
| October 27, 2016 | Second pre-election campaign finance report due |
| November 8, 2016 | Election Day |
| January 31, 2017 | Semi-annual campaign finance report due |
Endorsements
The community organization Evolve endorsed Trustee Area 1 candidate Stacy Hill-Bratlien.[10] CCSA Advocates endorsed Trustee Area 5 candidate Susan Larson Bouwer.[11]
Do you know of an official or organization that endorsed a candidate in this race? Let Ballotpedia know by email at editor@ballotpedia.org.
Campaign finance
Candidates in this race were required to file two pre-election reports. The first was due on September 29, 2016, and the second was due on October 27, 2016. If candidates received more than $1,000 from a single source between August 10, 2016, and November 8, 2016, they had to file a campaign finance report within 24 hours of receiving the contribution.[9]
Candidates who did not raise or spend more than $2,000 on their campaigns had to file an exemption form by September 29, 2016. They did not have to file additional campaign finance reports.[9]
Candidates who had a remaining balance from previous campaigns or who had raised or spent money on their campaigns prior to the candidate filing deadline had to file a semi-annual campaign finance report by August 1, 2016. The next semi-annual campaign finance report was due January 31, 2017.[9]
Reports
The Napa County Elections Office did not provide campaign finance statements online in 2016. They could only be viewed in their office.[12]
Past elections
Information about earlier elections can be found by clicking [show] at the right. | |
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2014This election was canceled due to lack of opposition. Jacqueline Chilton from Trustee Area 1, Thomas Kensok from Trustee Area 3, and Rob Felder from Trustee Area 6 won re-election by default.[13] 2012This election was canceled due to lack of opposition. Incumbents Joe Schunk, Jose Hurtado, and Frances Ortiz-Chavez kept their seats, and Carlos Hagedorn, the only candidate to file for the open Trustee Area 2 seat, was elected by default.[14] | |
What was at stake?
2016
Issues in the district
District one of 100 to pursue socioeconomic integration
The Napa Valley Unified School District was included in a list of 100 school districts pursuing socioeconomic integration. The school districts, which included 13 other California school districts and charter schools, were listed in a report published by the Century Foundation, a "progressive, nonpartisan think tank that seeks to foster opportunity, reduce inequality, and promote security at home and abroad," according to its website. The report showed that socioeconomic integration grew from two schools in 1996, when the foundation first started researching the issue, to 100 in October 2016, when the report was published. Richard Kahlenberg, a senior fellow at the Century Foundation, praised the U.S. Department of Education for offering incentives for school districts to voluntarily use socioeconomic integration.[15][16]
The Century Foundation's report came five months after data released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) in May 2016 showed schools across the country had been largely resegregated. The data showed that "the number of high-poverty schools serving primarily black and brown students more than doubled between 2001 and 2014," according to The Washington Post.[17]
The GAO said that those high-poverty schools did not offer students the same access to opportunities that other schools did and were also more likely to expel or suspend students for disciplinary issues. The rise of resegregation began in the 1990s when school districts that had integrated were released from court-ordered mandates. The student population in the United States also changed, becoming less white and affluent.[17]
A 2007 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court stopped school districts from assigning students to schools based on race. Those in favor of integrating schools turned to a different integration method: using the socioeconomic status of students.[15]
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About the district
The Napa Valley Unified School District is located in Napa County in north-central California. The county seat is Napa. Napa County was home to 142,456 residents in 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau.[18] The district was the 88th-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 18,497 students.[19]
Demographics
Napa County outperformed California as a whole in terms of higher education achievement from 2010 to 2014. The United States Census Bureau found that 31.9 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 31 percent of state residents. The median household income for Napa County was $70,925, compared to $61,489 statewide. The percentage of people in poverty in the county was 9 percent, while it was 16.4 percent for the entire state.[18]
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Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.
Recent news
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See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Napa County Elections, "November 8, 2016 Presidential General Election: Candidate List," accessed August 25, 2016
- ↑ County of Napa, "Unofficial Election Night Last Report," accessed November 9, 2016
- ↑ Napa Valley Unified School District, "School Board Trustees," accessed July 26, 2016
- ↑ California Elections Code, “Part 5, Section 10600-10604: School District And Community College District Governing Board Elections,” accessed June 15, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Voter Registration," accessed June 13, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "California Online Voter Registration," accessed June 13, 2016
- ↑ Napa County Elections, "Candidate List," accessed September 23, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "November 8, 2016, General Election Calendar," accessed July 27, 2016
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 California Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 8, 2016," accessed July 27, 2016
- ↑ Evolve, "Endorsements: November 8, 2016 General Election," accessed October 13, 2016
- ↑ CCSA Advocates, "Our Endorsements: November 2016 Elections," accessed October 27, 2016
- ↑ Napa County Elections, "Campaign Statements," accessed October 6, 2016
- ↑ California Election Code, "Section 10229," accessed October 13, 2014
- ↑ Napa Valley Register, "Lacking contested races, NVUSD trustee elections canceled," September 4, 2012
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 The Washington Post, "These are the 100 U.S. school districts that are actively pursuing socioeconomic integration," October 14, 2016
- ↑ The Century Foundation, "About the Century Foundation," accessed October 18, 2016
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 The Washington Post, "On the anniversary of Brown v. Board, new evidence that U.S. schools are resegregating," May 17, 2016
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 United States Census Bureau, "Napa County, California," accessed July 26, 2016
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed November 16, 2015
- ↑ Politico, "2012 California Presidential Results," accessed July 29, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Statewide Elections," accessed July 29, 2014
