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St. Vrain Valley School District elections (2017)
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Three of the seven seats on the St. Vrain Valley School District Board of Education in Colorado were scheduled to be up for nonpartisan general election on November 7, 2017, but the district canceled the election due to lack of opposition. Incumbents John Ahrens and Paula Peairs were the only candidates to file for the District D and F seats, respectively, and newcomer Karen Ragland was the only candidate to file for the District B seat. Because of this, they were elected to four-year terms on the board by default.[1][2]
Canceling school board elections due to lack of opposition was a trend in the district. The last time school board seats were added to the ballot was in 2011. For information on election trends in the district, click here.
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The St. Vrain Valley Board of Education consists of seven members elected to four-year terms. Elections are held on a staggered basis so that three or four seats are up for election every odd-numbered year in November. Though members run for seats in specific geographic districts, elections are held at large.[3][4]
To qualify to run for school board, candidates had to be residents of the school district and registered voters for a minimum of 12 consecutive months before the election. They also could not have been convicted of a sexual offense against a child. To get on the ballot, school board candidates had to file nomination petitions containing 50 signatures of eligible voters in the school district by September 1, 2017.[3]
Colorado voters were allowed to register to vote through election day.[5] Photo identification was not required to vote in Colorado.[6]
Candidates and results
District B
Results
The election was canceled due to lack of opposition. Newcomer Karen Ragland won a four-year term on the board by default.[2]
Candidates
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District D
Results
The election was canceled due to lack of opposition. Incumbent John Ahrens won re-election to a four-year term on the board by default.[2]
Candidates
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District F
Results
The election was canceled due to lack of opposition. Incumbent Paula Peairs won re-election to a four-year term on the board by default.[2]
Candidates
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Colorado elections, 2017
If it had not been canceled, the St. Vrain Valley Board of Education election would have shared the ballot with elections for Longmont City Council, a ballot issue on a public safety tax, a ballot issue on a marijuana tax, and a ballot question for a water storage bond.[7][8]
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for the 2017 Colorado school board elections.[9][10]
Endorsements
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Campaign finance
School board candidates in Colorado were required to file three campaign finance reports. The reports were due on October 17, 2017, November 3, 2017, and December 7, 2017.[10]
Past elections
To see results from past elections in the St. Vrain Valley School District, click here.
What was at stake?
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Election trends
- See also: School boards in session: 2015 in brief
The 2017 St. Vrain Valley Board of Education election followed a district trend. The 2017 election was canceled due to lack of opposition, and the district's 2013 and 2015 elections were also canceled for the same reason. The school district last put school board seats on the ballot in 2011, though three of the four seats were also unopposed that year.
Two incumbents and one newcomer won election to the board by default in 2017. A mix of newcomers and incumbents were also elected to the board by default in 2013 and 2015. Two incumbents and two newcomers were elected both years.
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| Year | Candidates per seat | Unopposed seats | Incumbents running for re-election | Incumbent success rate | Seats won by newcomers | |
| St. Vrain Valley School District | ||||||
| 2017 | 1.00 | 100.00% | 66.67% | 100.00% | 33.33% | |
| 2015 | 1.00 | 100.00% | 50.00% | 100.00% | 50.00% | |
| 2013 | 1.00 | 100.00% | 50.00% | 100.00% | 50.00% | |
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| 2015 | 1.77 | 30.77% | 55.38% | 83.33% | 53.85% | |
| United States | ||||||
| 2015 | 1.72 | 35.95% | 70.37% | 82.66% | 40.81% | |
About the district
The St. Vrain Valley School District is based in Weld County in Longmont, Colorado. The district serves students in 13 communities in Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer, and Weld counties. Longmont was home to 92,858 residents in 2016, according to the United States Census Bureau.[11] The district was the seventh-largest school district in the state in the 2014-2015 school year and served 31,076 students.[12]
Demographics
Longmont underperformed compared to Colorado as a whole in terms of higher education achievement between 2011 and 2015. The United States Census Bureau found that 37.6 percent of city residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 38.1 percent of state residents. During the same time period, the median household income in the city was $62,208, compared to $60,629 for the entire state. The city poverty rate was 14.1 percent, while the state poverty rate was 11.5 percent.[11]
| Racial Demographics, 2010[11] | ||
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| Race | Longmont (%) | Colorado (%) |
| White | 83.3 | 81.3 |
| Black or African American | 0.9 | 4.0 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| Asian | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Two or More Races | 2.9 | 3.4 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 24.6 | 20.7 |
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.
Recent news
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See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ St. Vrain Valley School District, "Elections: Notice of Intent 2017 Board of Education Election," accessed September 2, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Times-Call, "St. Vrain Valley school board cancels election with three candidates for three seats," September 5, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Colorado Association of School Boards, "2017 Elections School Board Candidate Guide," accessed August 29, 2017
- ↑ St. Vrain Valley School District, "Elections," accessed August 29, 2017
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Voter Registration FAQs," accessed August 29, 2017
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Acceptable Forms of Identification," accessed August 29, 2017
- ↑ Longmont City Clerk, "Election Information," accessed September 14, 2017
- ↑ Longmont City Clerk, "2017 Ballot Issues," accessed September 14, 2017
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "2017 Election Calendar," accessed August 28, 2017
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Colorado Secretary of State, "2017 Biennial School Election Calendar," accessed August 28, 2017
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 United States Census Bureau, "Quick Facts: Longmont city, Colorado; Colorado," accessed September 1, 2017
- ↑ U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data, file ccd_lea_052_1414_w_0216161a, 2014-2015," accessed November 16, 2016
| St. Vrain Valley School District elections in 2017 | |
| Weld County, Colorado | |
| Election date: | November 7, 2017 (canceled) |
| Candidates: | District B: • Karen Ragland District D: • Incumbent, John Ahrens District F: • Incumbent, Paula Peairs |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
