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Ruth Goldman
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Ruth Goldman is the Ward 6 representative on the Newton Public Schools school board in Massachusetts. First elected in 2013, Goldman won a new term in the by-district general election on November 7, 2017.
Biography
Goldman resides in Newton, Massachusetts. She graduated from Newton South High School before receiving a B.A. from Dartmouth College and earning an M.Ed. from the University of Toronto. She spent more than 25 years working in nonprofit management, experiential education, and philanthropy before she started working as a consultant with a focus on promoting youth leadership in urban environments.[1][2]
Elections
2017
- See also: Newton Public Schools elections (2017)
Eight seats on the Newton Public Schools School Committee were up for general election on November 7, 2017. All nine seats on the board were up for election. The ninth seat on the board was held by the mayor of Newton, but was not covered by Ballotpedia as the city fell outside of municipal elections coverage.[3][4]
In the race for the open Ward 1 seat, Bridget Ray-Canada defeated Kathleen Marchi. In Ward 2, incumbent Margaret Albright won re-election, defeating former candidate Cyrus Vaghar, whom she had previously defeated in 2015. Anping Shen won the race for the open Ward 3 seat, defeating Eileen Sandberg. Incumbents Diana Fisher Gomberg, Steven Siegel, and Ruth Goldman ran unopposed for the Ward 4, 5, and 6 seats, respectively, and newcomer Kathleen Shields ran unopposed for the open Ward 7 seat. The race for the open Ward 8 seat was won by Matthew Miller. He defeated Gail Spector in the general election.[5][6]
Results
| Newton Public Schools, Ward 6 General Election, 2-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Ruth Goldman Incumbent (unopposed) |
99.41% | 10,144 |
| Write-in votes | 0.59% | 60 |
| Total Votes | 10,204 | |
| Source: City of Newton, "11/07/17 Local Election Official Results," accessed December 8, 2017 | ||
Funding
Goldman reported no contributions or expenditures to the Newton Elections Office in the election, which left her campaign with $818.95 on hand from her previous campaign.[7]
2015
- See also: Newton Public Schools elections (2015)
The Newton School Committee consists of nine members, eight of whom are elected to two-year terms. The ninth member and chair of the board is the Mayor of Newton. The other eight members of the board are elected at large, although each member represents a different ward in the school district. The general election was held on November 3, 2015. All eight seats were on the ballot in 2015.[8]
All incumbents sought re-election; only two saw challengers on the ballot. Ward 2 incumbent Margaret L. Albright defeated Cyrus Vaghar, while Ward 5 incumbent Steven Siegel won re-election against Susan Huffman.[9]
The following incumbents won re-election unopposed: Ellen P. Gibson in Ward 1, Angela Pitter-Wright in Ward 3, Diana Fisher Gomberg in Ward 4, Ruth E. Goldman in Ward 6, Matt Hills in Ward 7, and Margie Ross Decter in Ward 8.[9]
Results
| Newton School Committee, Ward 6, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Ruth E. Goldman Incumbent |
99.3% | 4,478 |
| Write-in votes | 0.69% | 31 |
| Total Votes | 4,509 | |
| Source: Newton Election Commission, "November 3, 2015 Official Results," accessed December 17, 2015 | ||
Funding
The Newton Election Commission does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports. If you have any information regarding the campaign finance disclosures in this race, please contact the school board elections team at editor@ballotpedia.org.
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify any official endorsements for Goldman in the election.
2013
- See also: Newton Public Schools elections (2013)
Goldman ran unopposed for the vacant Ward 6 seat in the general election on November 5, 2013.
Results
| Newton Public Schools, Ward 6 General Election, 2-year term, 2013 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Ruth E. Goldman |
99.2% | 5,542 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.8% | 46 | |
| Total Votes | 5,588 | |||
| Source: Newton, Massachusetts, "Official Results - November 5, 2013," accessed December 18, 2013 | ||||
Funding
Goldman reported $1,840.00 in contributions and $921.05 in expenditures to the Newton Election Commission, which left her campaign with $918.95 on hand in the election.[10]
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify any official endorsements for Goldman in the election.
Campaign themes
2013
Goldman's campaign website listed the following campaign themes for 2013:
| “ |
Meeting the educational needs of all students is always #1. Every student deserves an evironment that allows him/her to thrive. I will support flexible and adaptive strategies that allow teachers and specialists to provide a breadth of curriculum that sparks the curiosity, intellectual developmen, and academic achievement of every child. Protect class size as enrollment grows. Manageable groupings of students is closely linked to high quality learning. Ensuring that classrooms are not crowded, despite larger school size, is essential as Newton attracts more young families to our high quality education system. This may mean short-term solutions like modulars and planning for larger school buildings into the future. Provide improved, equitable classroom technology. While technology is only as good as the people using it, innovative programs and devices utilized by well-trained staff can be essential tools for today’s classroom. Currently, there are inequities in the Newton system for a variety of reasons. I will advocate that appropriate technology resources are available for all students and supported by good teacher training. Complete school building projects on time and on budget. Newton residents passed a tax override earlier this year to remedy a long-standing deficit in capital infrastructure for the schools. It is essential that we ensure this money is used wisely and well.[11] |
” |
| —Ruth Goldman (2013)[12] | ||
Recent news
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See also
- Newton Public Schools, Massachusetts
- Newton Public Schools elections (2017)
- Newton Public Schools elections (2015)
- Incumbency no guarantee of success in Nov. 3 school board elections (November 6, 2015)
- What happened in Nov.'s top board elections? (November 4, 2015)
- Newton Public Schools elections (2013)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Ruth Goldman for School Committee, "About," accessed November 20, 2013
- ↑ Wicked Local Newton, "Ruth Goldman to run for Newton School Committee in Ward 6," April 8, 2013
- ↑ City of Newton, "2017 Municipal Election Calendar," accessed February 2, 2017
- ↑ Newton Public Schools, "About School Committee," accessed July 24, 2017
- ↑ City of Newton, "Elections: Local Election - November 7, 2017," accessed July 26, 2017
- ↑ City of Newton, "Unofficial Results November 7, 2017," accessed November 7, 2017
- ↑ Newton Elections Office, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed October 31, 2017
- ↑ Daniel Anderson, "Email correspondence with the Newton Election Commission," March 6, 2015
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 City of Newton, "Elections," accessed September 10, 2015
- ↑ Newton, Massachusetts, "Form CPF M 102: Campaign Finance Report," accessed November 20, 2013
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Ruth Goldman for School Committee, "Priorities," accessed November 20, 2013
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| Election date: | November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | Ward 1: • Kathleen Marchi • Bridget Ray-Canada Ward 2: • Incumbent, Margaret Albright • Cyrus Karl Ward 3: • Eileen Sandberg • Anping Shen Ward 4: • Incumbent, Diana Fisher Gomberg Ward 5: • Incumbent, Steven Siegel Ward 6: • Incumbent, Ruth Goldman Ward 7: • Kathleen Shields Ward 8: • Matthew Miller • Gail Spector |
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