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Prince William County Public Schools elections (2015)

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2015 Prince William County Public Schools Elections
General Election date:
November 3, 2015
Table of Contents
About the district
Method of election
Elections
What was at stake?
Key deadlines
Additional elections
External links
See also
Virginia
Prince William County Public Schools
Prince William County, Virginia ballot measures
Local ballot measures, Virginia
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All eight seats on the Prince William County Public Schools School Board were up for general election on November 3, 2015. The races for the at-large, Coles District and Neabsco District seats each featured multiple competing newcomers.[1]

Three newcomers each sought the at-large Chair and the Coles District seats. Ryan Sawyers defeated Tracy Conroy and Timothy Singstock in the former race, while William Deutsch defeated Reggie Henderson and William Reeder in the latter. Diane Raulston won the open Neabsco District race against Joseph George.

Occoquan District incumbent Lillie Jessie defeated two challengers, Karen Boyd and John Gray, in her re-election bid. Fellow board member Betty Covington lost to her opponent, Justin Wilk, for the Potomac District seat. Brentsville District incumbent Gilbert Trenum, Gainesville District incumbent Alyson Satterwhite and Woodbridge District incumbent Loree Williams ran unopposed and won re-election to their seats.

One of the 16 candidates in this election participated in Ballotpedia's 2015 school board candidate survey. Check out the "What was at stake?" section to see survey answers.

About the district

See also: Prince William County Public Schools, Virginia
Prince William County Public Schools is located in Prince William County, Va.

Prince William County Public Schools is located in northeast Virginia in Prince William County. The county seat of Prince William County is Manassas. This county was home to 446,094 residents in 2014, according to estimates by the United States Census Bureau.[2] In the 2012-2013 school year, Prince William County Public Schools was the second-largest school district in Virginia and served 83,865 students.[3]

Demographics

Prince William County outperformed the rest of Virginia in terms of higher education achievement in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found that 38.1 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 35.2 percent for Virginia as a whole. The median household income in Prince William County was $98,071, compared to $63,907 for the state of Virginia. The poverty rate was 6.3 percent, compared to 11.3 percent for the entire state.[2]

Racial Demographics, 2014[2]
Race Prince William County (%) Virginia (%)
White 64.4 70.5
Black or African American 21.5 19.7
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1 0.5
Asian 8.4 6.3
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0.2 0.1
Two or More Races 4.4 2.8
Hispanic or Latino 22.0 8.9

Presidential Voting Pattern,
Prince William County[4]
Year Democratic Vote (%) Republican Vote (%)
2012 57.3 41.3
2008 57.5 41.6
2004 46.4 52.8
2000 44.5 52.5

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.

Voter and candidate information

The Prince William County School Board is an eight-member board elected to serve four-year terms. One seat on the board is elected at-large with the remaining seven seats elected by district.[5]

All eight seats were on the ballot in 2015. The general election was held on November 3, 2015. The next scheduled election for board seats was 2019. The filing deadline for candidates interested in running for the board was June 9, 2015.[6]

Elections

2015

Candidates

At-large (Chair)

Tracy Conroy Ryan Sawyers Green check mark transparent.png Timothy Singstock

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Brentsville District

Gilbert Trenum Green check mark transparent.png

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Coles District

William Deutsch Green check mark transparent.png Reggie Henderson William Reeder

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Gainesville District

Alyson Satterwhite Green check mark transparent.png

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Neabsco District

Joseph George Diane Raulston Green check mark transparent.png

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Occoquan District

Lillie Jessie Green check mark transparent.png Karen Boyd John Gray

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Potomac District

Betty Covington Justin Wilk Green check mark transparent.png

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Woodbridge District

Loree Williams Green check mark transparent.png

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Election results

Prince William County School Board, At-large, General Election, 2015
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Ryan Sawyers 37.3% 23,908
Timothy Singstock 34.7% 22,258
Tracy Conroy 27.5% 17,617
Write-in votes 0.48% 309
Total Votes 64,092
Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "2015 November General", accessed November 4, 2015


Prince William County School Board, Brentsville District, General Election, 2015
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Gilbert Trenum Incumbent 98.3% 8,952
Write-in votes 1.68% 153
Total Votes 9,105
Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "2015 November General", accessed November 4, 2015


Prince William County School Board, Coles District, General Election, 2015
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png William Deutsch 41.3% 4,707
William Reeder 34.1% 3,887
Reggie Henderson 24.1% 2,750
Write-in votes 0.53% 60
Total Votes 11,404
Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "2015 November General", accessed November 4, 2015


Prince William County School Board, Gainesville District, General Election, 2015
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Alyson Satterwhite Incumbent 98.6% 8,974
Write-in votes 1.44% 131
Total Votes 9,105
Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "2015 November General", accessed November 4, 2015


Prince William County School Board, Neabsco District, General Election, 2015
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Diane Raulston 71.1% 4,975
Joseph George 27.7% 1,942
Write-in votes 1.21% 85
Total Votes 7,002
Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "2015 November General", accessed November 4, 2015


Prince William County School Board, Occoquan District, General Election, 2015
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Lillie Jessie Incumbent 45.8% 4,828
John Gray 39.2% 4,132
Karen Boyd 14.7% 1,550
Write-in votes 0.38% 40
Total Votes 10,550
Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "2015 November General", accessed November 4, 2015


Prince William County School Board, Potomac District, General Election, 2015
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Justin Wilk 53.8% 4,913
Betty Covington Incumbent 45.6% 4,159
Write-in votes 0.64% 58
Total Votes 9,130
Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "2015 November General", accessed November 4, 2015


Prince William County School Board, Woodbridge District, General Election, 2015
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Loree Williams Incumbent 94.5% 5,476
Write-in votes 5.46% 316
Total Votes 5,792
Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "2015 November General", accessed November 4, 2015

Endorsements

The following is a list of endorsements made in board elections in Prince William County Public Schools in 2015:

Candidate endorsements
Candidate Prince William County Democratic Committee[7] Prince William County Republican Party[8] Prince William Education Association[9] Prince William Federation of Teachers[10]
At-large
Tracy Conroy
Ryan Sawyers
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Timothy Singstock
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Brentsville District
Gilbert Trenum (incumbent)
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Coles District
William Deutsch
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Reggie Henderson
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William Reeder
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Gainesville District
Alyson Satterwhite (incumbent)
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Neabsco District
Joseph George
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Diane Raulston
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Occoquan District
Lillie Jessie (incumbent)
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Karen Boyd
John Gray
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Potomac District
Betty Covington (incumbent)
Justin Wilk
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Woodbridge District
Loree Williams (incumbent)
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Campaign finance

See also: List of school board campaign finance deadlines in 2015

Candidates received a total of $239,950.05 and spent a total of $207,187.92 as of October 26, 2015, according to the Virginia State Board of Elections.[11]

Candidate Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
At-large
Tracy Conroy $13,219.66 $10,956.46 $2,263.20
Ryan Sawyers $41,312.11 $40,661.73 $650.38
Timothy Singstock $29,102.29 $22,957.71 $6,144.58
Brentsville District
Gilbert Trenum (incumbent) $381.80 $348.08 $33.72
Coles District
William Deutsch $10,231.00 $6,438.19 $3,792.81
Reggie Henderson $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
William Reeder $22,157.32 $15,429.07 $6,728.25
Gainesville District
Alyson Satterwhite (incumbent) $4,035.71 $2,540.22 $1,495.49
Neabsco District
Joseph George $902.25 $798.66 $103.59
Diane Raulston $63.00 $0.00 $63.00
Occoquan District
Lillie Jessie (incumbent) $83,578.24 $81,070.10 $2,508.14
Karen Boyd $1,515.00 $948.60 $566.40
John Gray $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Potomac District
Betty Covington (incumbent) $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Justin Wilk $30,363.00 $24,241.08 $6,121.92
Woodbridge District
Loree Williams (incumbent) $3,088.67 $798.00 $2,290.67

Past elections

What was at stake?

2015

Ballotpedia survey responses

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One candidate out of 16 total candidates in this race participated in Ballotpedia's 2015 survey of school board candidates. The following section displays the responses to the survey questions from Neabsco District candidate Joseph George.

Top priorities

When asked what his top priorities would be if elected, George stated:

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My top three priorities will be:
1 - Ensuring that we are providing the best education for our students
2 - Ensuring that we keep the most capable teachers within our School District
3 - Ensuring that our District members, both parents and tax payers without children in the School District anymore, have a voice on decisions made that impact spending [12]

”
—Joseph George, (2015), [13]
Ranking the issues

The candidates were asked to rank the following issues by importance in the school district, with 1 being the most important and 7 being the least important. This table displays the candidates' rankings from most to least important:

Education policy
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Issue importance ranking
Issue George
Balancing or maintaining the district's budget
1
Expanding career-technical education
3
Closing the achievement gap
6
Expanding arts education
5
Improving college readiness
4
Improving education for special needs students
2
Expanding school choice options
7
Positions on the issues

The candidates were asked to answer 10 multiple and short answer questions from Ballotpedia regarding significant issues in education and the school district. A link to the candidates' responses can be found below.

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Prince William County Public Schools election in 2015:[6]

Deadline Event
June 9, 2015 Deadline for candidates to file nomination documents
October 13, 2015 Deadline to register to vote in the general election
October 27, 2015 Deadline to apply for an absentee ballot by mail
October 31, 2015 Deadline to apply for an absentee ballot in person
November 3, 2015 Election Day

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Virginia elections, 2015

This election shared the ballot with races for clerk of court, commonwealth's attorney, county board of supervisors, county sheriff and soil and water conservation district.[14]

Recent news

The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms Prince William County Public Schools Virginia. These results are automatically generated from Google. Ballotpedia does not curate or endorse these articles.

Prince William County Public Schools elections (2015) - Google News

See also

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External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Prince William County Public Schools, "School Board Members & Information," accessed January 27, 2015
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 United States Census Bureau, "Prince William County, Virginia," accessed January 27, 2015
  3. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed April 20, 2015
  4. ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "Election Results," accessed September 17, 2013
  5. ↑ Prince William County Public Schools, "School Board Members & Information," accessed September 21, 2015
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Virginia Department of Elections, "2015 November Election Calendar," accessed January 27, 2015
  7. ↑ Prince William County Democratic Committee, "Campaigns," accessed October 22, 2015
  8. ↑ Prince William Times, "GOP endorses School Board candidates," June 9, 2015
  9. ↑ InsideNova, "Prince William teacher unions announce school board endorsements," September 23, 2015
  10. ↑ Prince William County Federation of Teachers, "PWFT Endorsements," accessed October 22, 2015
  11. ↑ Virginia State Board of Elections, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed October 27, 2015
  12. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  13. ↑ Ballotpedia School Board Candidate Survey, 2015, "Joseph George's responses," September 30, 2015
  14. ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "List of Candidates," September 9, 2015
2015 Prince William County Public Schools Elections
Prince William County, Virginia
Election date:November 3, 2015
Candidates:At-large (Chair): • Tracy Conroy • Ryan Sawyers • Timothy Singstock

Brentsville District: • Incumbent, Gilbert Trenum
Coles District: • William Deutsch • Reggie Henderson • William Reeder
Gainesville District: • Incumbent, Alyson Satterwhite
Neabsco District: • Joseph George • Diane Raulston
Occoquan District: • Incumbent, Lillie Jessie • Karen Boyd • John Gray
Potomac District: • Incumbent, Betty Covington • Justin Wilk

Woodbridge District: • Incumbent, Loree Williams
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