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Sioux City Community School District elections (2013)
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Three seats on the Board of Education for the Sioux City Community School District were up for election on September 10, 2013.
About the district
Sioux City is the county seat of Woodbury County, which is located in western Iowa. Woodbury is one of five counties in the Sioux City metropolitan area. The population is 102,172 according to the 2010 Census[1]
Demographics
Sioux City underperforms in educational achievement compared to the rest of the state and median household income. According to the 2010 Census, the percentage of residents with a high school degree (83.4%) is lower than the number for Iowa (90.3%). The percentage of residents over 25 with a bachelor's degree or higher is also lower in Sioux City (19.8%) compared to the state overall (24.9%). The median household income in Sioux City is $43,158 compared to Iowa's median of $50,451.[1]
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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.
Method of board member selection
The Sioux City Community Board of Education consists of seven members elected to four-year terms. All members are elected at-large. There is no primary election for the school board election and the general election was held on September 10, 2013. Three member seats were up for election in 2013 and four member seats are on the ballot on September 8, 2015.
Elections
2013
Candidates
- Shaun Broyhill
- Graduate, Briar Cliff University
- Project Programmer/Analyst IV, Great West Casualty Company
- Audie Baughman
- Engineering manager, Merck-Organon API
- Paul Gorski
- Retired manager
- Perla Alarcon-Flory
- Graduate, Universidad Hispano Mexicana
- Income maintenance, Iowa Department of Human Services
- Owner, Alarcon-Flory Translations
- Paul Speidel
- Pastor, Westlawn Presbyterian Church
Election results
| Sioux City Community School District, At-large General Election, 4-year term, 2013 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Paul Gorski |
20% | 1,721 | |
| Nonpartisan | Paul Speidel |
19.4% | 1,670 | |
| Nonpartisan | Shaun Broyhill |
19.1% | 1,645 | |
| Nonpartisan | Perla Alarcon-Flory | 16.2% | 1,400 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jacqueline Ritter | 13.3% | 1,147 | |
| Nonpartisan | Audie Baughman | 12.1% | 1,040 | |
| Total Votes | 8,623 | |||
| Source: Woodbury County Auditor, "2013 School Election," September 12, 2013 | ||||
Campaign finance
No candidates disclosed any campaign finance expenditures or contributions.[3]
What was at stake?
Three seats were up for election on September 10, 2013. The board was pursuing its legislative action priority, which included support of state funding of school board activities through property tax equities, equal standards between charter schools and other schools in the district, and reaffirming local control of the school board.[4]
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for the Iowa City Community School District election in 2013:[5]
| Deadline | Event |
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| July 8, 2013 | First day for candidates to file with school board secretary. |
| August 1, 2013 | Last day for candidates to file with school board secretary. |
| September 6, 2013 | Last day to request absentee ballot by mail. |
| September 10, 2013 | Election Day |
See also
- Iowa
- Woodbury County, Iowa ballot measures
- Local ballot measures, Iowa
- Sioux City Community School District, Iowa
- List of school districts in Iowa
- Iowa school districts
- Election preview: Iowa school board elections focus on overcoming challenges
- Post-election: Newcomers win majority of school board elections in Iowa
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 U.S. Census, "Quick Facts: Sioux City," accessed July 30, 2013 (dead link)
- ↑ New York Times, "Election Results," accessed July 31, 2013
- ↑ Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board, "Viewing Reports," accessed September 9, 2013
- ↑ Sioux City Community Schools, "2012-2013 IASB LEGISLATIVE ACTION PRIORITIES, SIOUX CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS," accessed July 31, 2013
- ↑ Iowa Secretary of State, "Three Election Calendar," accessed July 30, 2013
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