Randy Dobberpuhl
Randy Dobberpuhl was a candidate for at-large representative on the Sioux Falls School District school board in South Dakota. Dobberpuhl was defeated in the at-large general election on June 6, 2017.
Dobberpuhl was an unsuccessful candidate for the board in 2015. He lost the general election on April 14, 2015.
Biography
Dobberpuhl is employed as a case worker for Minnehaha County Human Services. He earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from Northern State University.[1]
Elections
2017
One of the five seats on the Sioux Falls School District school board in South Dakota was up for at-large general election on June 6, 2017. Four candidates filed for the open seat: former candidate Randy Dobberpuhl and newcomers Dimitrios Gliarmis, Cynthia Mickelson, and Carol Robinson. Mickelson won the seat.[2][3]
Results
| Sioux Falls School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Cynthia Mickelson |
52.55% | 2,278 |
| Randy Dobberpuhl | 41.75% | 1,810 |
| Carol Robinson | 3.21% | 139 |
| Dimitrios Gliarmis | 2.49% | 108 |
| Total Votes | 4,335 | |
| Source: Sioux Falls School District, "2017 Election Results," accessed June 7, 2017These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available. | ||
2015
The election in Sioux Falls featured two of the five seats on the board up for general election on April 14, 2015. Incumbents Kate Parker and Todd Thoelke ran for re-election against challenger Randy Dobberpuhl for the two at-large seats. Parker and Thoelke defeated Dobberpuhl to win re-election to their seats.
Results
| Sioux Falls School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year term, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Kate Parker Incumbent |
37.8% | 8,151 | |
| Nonpartisan | Todd Thoelke Incumbent |
35.5% | 7,653 | |
| Nonpartisan | Randy Dobberpuhl | 26.8% | 5,781 | |
| Total Votes | 21,585 | |||
| Source: Sioux Falls School District, "2015 Election Results," accessed June 9, 2015 | ||||
Funding
Dobberpuhl reported no contributions or expenditures to the South Dakota Secretary of State during the election.[4]
Endorsements
Dobberpuhl did not receive any official endorsements during the election.
Campaign themes
2015
Dobberpuhl answered questions for the KSOO 1140 website:
| “ | 1) What is one of the best things about Sioux Falls Public Schools?
I am very impressed with how the Sioux Falls School District has embraced multiple pathways to education that will allow students a better chance at graduation. These various programs through CTE Academy and New Tech High make learning fun again for students. 2) What is the most pressing matter that should be addressed in the school system? I have met with teachers, administration staff, the superintendent, the SFEA president, and community members and there are two pressing matters that always get brought up: Teacher pay and the rise in behaviors in the classroom. We need to help our legislature by giving them creative ideas on how to solve the teacher pay issue. I think we will need to have discussions with the judicial system and with the current staff that are seeing the behavior issues. We need to come up with some solutions to help this group of students to achieve and reach an education that will benefit them in the long run. 3) What is your position on school year start times? I have been telling people to vote with their heart and what they feel is best for their family. I am upset that it had to come to this because there are valuable resources and time being wasted here and other issues to deal with than the start date. This all could have been avoided with a simple compromise! 4) What is your favorite childhood school memory? My favorite childhood school memory is from when I was in Mrs. Rahm’s fourth grade class. She took an old claw foot bathtub and lined it with carpet and added pillows to it to. This made it one of the most comfortable reading environments in the building. The only way you could sit in the tub was if you were reading. Looking back, that was probably the most creative way I have seen someone to get a group of kids to want to read. 5) For a student who is struggling with that one class, what advice or encouragement would you give? I would encourage this student to talk with his teacher or another student to ask for their help. I would try to reassure this student that we all need help at some point in our lives and that it is ok to reach out to others for that help.[5] |
” |
| —Randy Dobberpuhl (2015)[6] | ||
See also
- Sioux Falls School District, South Dakota
- Sioux Falls School District elections (2017)
- Sioux Falls School District elections (2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Argus Leader, "School board candidate profile: Randy Dobberpuhl," April 10, 2015
- ↑ Sioux Falls School District, "2017 Election Results," accessed June 7, 2017
- ↑ Mandy Gillip, "Email exchange with Bev Chase, Executive Assistant in the Sioux Falls School District," March 29, 2017
- ↑ South Dakota Secretary of State, "Donation Search," accessed March 26, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ KSOO 1140, "Q & A: Randy Dobberpuhl-Sioux Falls School Board Candidate," April 7, 2015
| Sioux Falls School District elections in 2017 | |
| Minnehaha County, South Dakota | |
| Election date: | June 6, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-Large: Randy Dobberpuhl • Dimitrios Gliarmis • Cynthia Mickelson • Carol Robinson |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
