Suffolk Public Schools elections (2016)
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Three of the seven seats on the Suffolk Public Schools school board were up for general election on November 8, 2016. The three incumbents—Judith Brooks-Buck (Nansemond Borough), David Mitnick (Sleepy Hole Borough), and Phyllis Collier Byrum (Whaleyville Borough)—ran unopposed and won re-election to their seats.[1]
One candidate participated in Ballotpedia's 2016 survey of school board candidates. Click here to read David Mitnick's responses.
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The Suffolk school board consisted of seven members elected to specific boroughs who served staggered four-year terms. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. Three seats were up for election in 2016.[1]
The filing deadline for school board candidates to get on the ballot in this election was July 14, 2016. Candidates had to be residents of the state of Virginia for at least one year preceding the election and be registered to vote in order to qualify for candidacy.[2][3]
Candidates and results
Nansemond Borough
Results
| Suffolk Public Schools, Nansemond Borough General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Judith Brooks-Buck Incumbent (unopposed) |
97.72% | 5,310 |
| Write-in votes | 2.28% | 124 |
| Total Votes | 5,434 | |
| Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "2016 November General Official Results," accessed November 30, 2016 | ||
Candidates
Judith Brooks-Buck 
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Sleepy Hole Borough
Results
| Suffolk Public Schools, Sleepy Hole Borough General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| David Mitnick Incumbent (unopposed) |
98.15% | 5,612 |
| Write-in votes | 1.85% | 106 |
| Total Votes | 5,718 | |
| Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "2016 November General Official Results," accessed November 30, 2016 | ||
Candidates
| David Mitnick
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Whaleyville Borough
Results
| Suffolk Public Schools, Whaleyville Borough General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Phyllis Collier Byrum Incumbent (unopposed) |
97.05% | 4,207 |
| Write-in votes | 2.95% | 128 |
| Total Votes | 4,335 | |
| Source: Virginia Department of Elections, "2016 November General Official Results," accessed November 30, 2016 | ||
Candidates
| Phyllis Collier Byrum
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Additional elections
- See also: Virginia elections, 2016
The Suffolk school board election shared the ballot with federal elections for the United States President and the United States House of Representatives. Other elections on the ballot included municipal elections for mayor and city council.[4]
Key deadlines
The following dates are key deadlines for the Suffolk school board elections in 2016:[5][6]
| Deadline | Event |
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| June 14, 2016 | Candidate filing deadline |
| October 17, 2016 | Last day to register to vote in the general election |
| October 17, 2016 | First campaign finance deadline |
| October 31, 2016 | Second compaign finance deadline |
| November 8, 2016 | Election Day |
| January 17, 2017 | Final campaign finance deadline |
Endorsements
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Campaign finance
No contributions or expenditures were reported as of October 17, 2016, according to the Virginia Department of Elections.[7]
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What was at stake?
Candidate survey
Survey responses
One candidate in this race participated in Ballotpedia's 2016 survey of school board candidates. The following sections display the responses to the survey questions from David Mitnick.
Hope to achieve
When asked what he hoped to achieve if elected to the school board, Mitnick stated:
| “ | Continued cooperation among school board members and with our City Council[8] | ” |
| —David Mitnick (October 11, 2016)[9] | ||
Ranking the issues
The candidate was asked to rank the following issues by importance in the school district, with 1 being the most important and 7 being the least important. This table displays his rankings:
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| Expanding arts education | ||||
| Improving relations with teachers | ||||
| Balancing or maintaining the district's budget | ||||
| Improving post-secondary readiness | ||||
| Closing the achievement gap | ||||
| Improving education for special needs students | ||||
| Expanding school choice options | ||||
Positions on the issues
The candidate was asked to answer nine multiple choice and short answer questions from Ballotpedia regarding significant issues in education and the school district. A link to his responses can be found below.
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About the district
- See also: Suffolk Public Schools, Virginia
Suffolk Public Schools is located in southeastern Virginia in Suffolk. Suffolk is an independent city and therefore does not belong to a county. This city was home to 88,161 residents in 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau.[10] The district was the 17th-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 14,476 students.[11]
Demographics
Suffolk underperformed compared to the state of Virginia as a whole in terms of higher education achievement in the years 2010 to 2014. The United States Census Bureau found that 26.1 percent of city residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 35.8 percent of state residents. The median household income in Suffolk was $66,822, compared to $64,792 for the state. The poverty rate was 11.1 percent in the city, while it was 11.8 percent for the entire state.[10]
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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.
Recent news
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See also
| Suffolk Public Schools | Virginia | School Boards |
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Suffolk, Virginia, "Candidate Listing," accessed June 29, 2016
- ↑ Tiffany Rouse, "Email correspondence with General Registrar of the city of Richmond Kirk Showalter," June 15, 2016
- ↑ Suffolk, Virginia, "Candidate Information," accessed July 6, 2016
- ↑ Suffolk, Virginia, "Candidate Listing," July 6, 2016
- ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "2016 Candidate Reporting Deadlines," accessed July 4, 2016
- ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "Registration," accessed July 4, 2016
- ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed October 18, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's school board candidate survey, "David Mitnick's responses," October 11, 2016
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 United States Census Bureau, "Quickfacts: Suffolk (city), Virginia," accessed July 6, 2016
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed November 16, 2015
- ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "Election Results," accessed September 9, 2015
