Sheboygan Area School District elections (2015)
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Three seats on the Sheboygan Area Board of Education were up for general election on April 7, 2015. Three at-large board incumbents were up for re-election. Incumbents Ryan Burg, John Hill and Barbara Tuszynski's seats were up for election.
Burg and Tuszynski sought re-election, while Hill did not file to run for another term. The two incumbents faced challengers Mary Beth Martin, Peter Madden and Denis Schmideler. Andrew Blindauer also filed candidacy papers for the race, but did not submit nomination papers. Burg and Tusynski retained their seats, and Madden won his first term on the board as the third-highest vote recipient in the election.[1]
About the district
Sheboygan Area School District is located in Sheboygan County in east-central Wisconsin. The county seat is Sheboygan. Sheboygan County was home to an estimated 114,922 residents in 2013, according to the United States Census Bureau.[2] During the 2010-2011 school year, the Sheboygan Area School District was the 10th-largest school district in Wisconsin and served 10,129 students.[3]
Demographics
Sheboygan County underperformed in comparison to the rest of Wisconsin in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 22.3 percent of Sheboygan residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 26.4 percent for Wisconsin as a whole. The median household income in Sheboygan County was $52,967 compared to $52,627 for the entire state between 2008 to 2012. From 2008 to 2012, the poverty rate in Sheboygan County was 8.8 percent. During the same time period, the poverty rate statewide was 12.5 percent.[2]
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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.
Voter and candidate information
The Sheboygan Area School District Board of Education consists of seven members who are elected at-large on a staggered basis to three-year terms. Because no more than two candidates filed for any one board position, there was no primary election. The general election was held on April 7, 2015.
To be elected to the board, candidates must reside in the boundaries of the school district for 28 days prior to the filing of a "Declaration of Candidacy" form. Furthermore, at the time of taking office, each candidate must be a resident of the apportioned area he or she is elected to represent.[5] Candidates must also be 18 years old and citizens of the United States. Unless pardoned, those who have been convicted of a felony are not eligible for election to office in Wisconsin.[6]
Candidates had between December 1, 2014, and January 6, 2015, to collect between 100 and 200 signatures for their nomination papers. The signatures had to come from residents of the district which the candidate sought election to represent, but the petition circulators were not required to reside in the district or municipality. Circulators were required to be U.S. citizens and 18 years or older.[7]
Voters could register to vote in the election at the polling place on the election day. Proof of residence was required when registering to vote.[8] In March 2015, the United States Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to Wisconsin's voter ID law allowing it to take effect. However, Wisconsin officials stated they would not enforce the law until after the election on April 7, 2015. No photo identification was required to vote in this election.[9]
Elections
2015
Candidates
At-large
Ryan Burg 
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Barbara Tuszynski
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Peter Madden | |||
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Sample ballot
Election results
| Sheboygan Area School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year term, 2015 |
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Barbara Tuszynski Incumbent |
24% | 4,318 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ryan Burg Incumbent |
20.7% | 3,722 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mary Beth Martin |
20.7% | 3,720 | |
| Nonpartisan | Peter Madden | 19.1% | 3,428 | |
| Nonpartisan | Denis Schmideler | 15.4% | 2,771 | |
| Total Votes | 17,959 | |||
| Source: Sheboygan County, "Canvassed Election Results for April 7, 2015," April 14, 2015 | ||||
Endorsements
There were no official endorsements in this election.
Campaign finance
No contributions or expenditures were reported in this election, according to the Sheboygan Area School District. All of the candidates in the election filed as "Exempt from Filing Campaign Finance Records" on their campaign registration statements.[10]
Candidates were only required to file campaign finance reports if they did one of the following:
- accepted contributions, made disbursements or incurred obligations in an aggregate amount of more than $1,000 in a calendar year
- accepted more than $100 from a single source in the calendar year, except contributions made by candidates to their own campaigns
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What was at stake?
2015
With two incumbents and three challengers seeking the three seats up for election on the board, the 2015 election was guaranteed to bring at least one new face to the board.
Issues in the district
School board passes resolution against proposed state budget
The Sheboygan Area School District Board of Education joined a number of other school district officials across the state by speaking out against Gov. Scott Walker's proposed state budget. The board passed a resolution saying they were formally against the education funding portion of the budget.[11]
In the resolution, the board pointed to proposed education funding changes, such as the decrease in per-pupil funding by $150, the lack of increase in funding to account for inflation and the savings built in for taxpayers. The proposed cuts caused the district to project a $3 million decrease in funding for the 2015-2016 school year.[11]
Board member Mark Mancl said passing the resolution gave the board "direction" and "validation."[11]
The final budget did not cut per-pupil funding as the governor had proposed, but that funding did remain flat for the 2015-2016 school year. The second year of the budget adds approximately $69 million in funding for school districts.[12]
Superintendent retained
On January 27, 2015, the school board decided to extend the contract of Superintendent Joe Sheehan by one year to last through the 2017-2018 school year. The salary for that school year was not determined at the same time. Sheehan's salary for the 2014-2015 school year was $150,679, with a contractual raise of $4,520 for the 2015-2016 school year and $4,656 for the 2016-2017 school year.[13]
Key deadlines
The following were key deadlines for Sheboygan Area School District 2015 elections:[14][7]
| Deadline | Event |
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| December 1, 2014 | Candidate signature gathering period began |
| January 6, 2015 | Signature submission deadline |
| February 9, 2015 | Campaign finance report deadline |
| March 30, 2015 | Campaign finance report deadline |
| April 7, 2015 | General Election Day |
| July 20, 2015 | Final campaign finance report deadline |
Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Wisconsin elections, 2015
One seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court and one Sheboygan County Circuit Court seats were up for election on April 7, 2015. Statewide, a constitutional amendment question regarding the selection of the state's supreme court chief justice was on the ballot.
Recent news
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Sheboygan County, "Unofficial Election Results - April 7, 2015," accessed April 7, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 United States Census Bureau, "Sheboygan County, Wisconsin," accessed September 12, 2014
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed January 27, 2014
- ↑ Government Accountability Board, "Wisconsin Election Results," accessed January 28, 2014
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Wisconsin Candidate Eligibility," accessed September 22, 2014
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Candidates: Getting on the Ballot," accessed September 22, 2014
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Wisconsin State Legislature, "State Statutes: CHAPTER 8," accessed September 22, 2014
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Voter Registration," accessed September 22, 2014
- ↑ The New York Times, "Wisconsin Decides Not to Enforce Voter ID Law," March 23, 2015
- ↑ Margaret Koenig, "Email correspondence with Jennifer Heus, Executive Assistant to the Sheboygan Area School District Superintendent," August 25, 2015
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 WHBL, "SASD board officially against Walker's proposed education budget," March 24, 2015
- ↑ Star Tribune, "Highlights of Wisconsin state budget signed by governor," July 12, 2015
- ↑ Sheboygan Press, "School board extends Sheehan's contract through 2018," January 28, 2015
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORT DATES," accessed September 22, 2014
| 2015 Sheboygan Area School District Elections | |
| Sheboygan County, Wisconsin | |
| Election date: | April 7, 2015 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Ryan Burg • Incumbent, Barbara Tuszynski • Peter Madden • Mary Beth Martin • Denis Schmideler |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
