Wendy Shrove
Wendy Shrove was a candidate for the Trustee Area 1 seat on the Capistrano Unified School District school board in California. Shrove was defeated in the by-district general election on November 8, 2016.
Shrove participated in Ballotpedia's 2016 school board candidate survey. Click here to read her responses.
Elections
2016
Four of the seven seats on the Capistrano Unified School District board of trustees were up for by-district general election on November 8, 2016. In her bid for re-election, Trustee Area 1 incumbent Amy Hanacek defeated challenger Wendy Shrove. Trustee Area 2 incumbent Jim Reardon also won re-election, defeating challenger Gould Workman. Incumbent John Alpay did not file to run for re-election to the Trustee Area 3 seat, leaving it open for a newcomer. Candidates Laura Ferguson and Patricia Holloway ran for the seat, and Holloway was elected to the board. The Trustee Area 5 race featured incumbent Gary Pritchard and challenger Jake Vollebregt. Pritchard won re-election to another term.[1][2]
Results
| Capistrano Unified School District, Trustee Area 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Amy Hanacek Incumbent |
59.26% | 10,981 |
| Wendy Shrove | 40.74% | 7,549 |
| Total Votes | 18,530 | |
| Source: Orange County Registrar of Voters, "2016 Presidential General Election Official Results for Election," accessed December 7, 2016 | ||
Funding
Shrove reported no contributions or expenditures to the Orange County Registrar of Voters in the election.[3]
Endorsements
Shrove was endorsed by the Republican Party of Orange County and CCSA Advocates.[4][5]
Campaign themes
2016
Ballotpedia survey responses
Wendy Shrove participated in Ballotpedia's 2016 survey of school board candidates. In response to the question "What do you hope to achieve if elected to the school board?" the candidate stated on October 12, 2016:
| “ | Fiscal accountability, authentic community engagement, boost curriculum in middle and elementary schools to better prepare our students for high school and college.[6][7] | ” |
Ranking the issues
The candidate was asked to rank the following issues based on how they should be prioritized by the school board, with 1 being the most important and 7 being the least important. Each ranking could only be used once.
| Education policy |
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Click here to learn more about education policy in California. |
| Education on the ballot |
| Issue importance ranking | |
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| Candidate's ranking | Issue |
| Balancing or maintaining the district's budget | |
| Expanding school choice options | |
| Improving post-secondary readiness | |
| Improving relations with teachers | |
| Improving education for special needs students | |
| Closing the achievement gap | |
| Expanding arts education | |
| “ | Because funding for school is always limited, students, teachers and taxpayers need to know their school board is very responsible with these dollars so there are few interruptions in their education, their workplace, or their tax bill.[7] | ” |
| —Wendy Shrove (October 12, 2016) | ||
Positions on the issues
The candidate was asked to answer nine questions from Ballotpedia regarding significant issues in education and the school district. The questions are highlighted in blue and followed by the candidate's responses. Some questions provided multiple choices, which are noted after those questions. The candidate was also provided space to elaborate on their answers to the multiple choice questions.
| Should new charter schools be approved in your district? (Not all school boards are empowered to approve charter schools. In those cases, the candidate was directed to answer the question as if the school board were able to do so.) |
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| Yes. Charter schools are a legal way for provide school choice for parents. There is a specific set of requirements for approving a charter school. If the requirements are met, the charter school should be approved. An individual school district or its board does not set these requirements. |
| Which statement best describes the ideal relationship between the state government and the school board? The state should always defer to school board decisions, defer to school board decisions in most cases, be involved in the district routinely or only intervene in severe cases of misconduct or mismanagement. |
| The state should only intervene in severe cases of misconduct or mismanagement. |
| Are standardized tests an accurate metric of student achievement? |
| No. Both overall student grades and standardized testing can be used to measure student achievement. |
| What is your stance on the Common Core State Standards Initiative? |
| Common Core was intended to have a standard expectation of education throughout the country, i.e. a 3rd grader in California was learning the same skills as a 3rd grader in Florida. However, federal dollars for education should not be withheld if a state chooses not to adopt. |
| How should the district handle underperforming teachers? Terminate their contract before any damage is done to students, offer additional training options, put them on a probationary period while they seek to improve or set up a mentorship program for the underperforming teacher with a more experienced teacher in the district? |
| Put them on a probationary period while they seek to improve. Set up a mentorship program for the underperforming teacher with a more experienced teacher in the district. |
| Should teachers receive merit pay? |
| Yes. Good teachers with innovative ideas should be rewarded. |
| Should the state give money to private schools through a voucher system or scholarship program? |
| No. If the voters in California chose to switch to a voucher system, individual families would choose where to send their children for school. Whether that would be a public or private school would be the choice of the individual family. |
| How should expulsion be used in the district? |
| Expulsion should only be used for students who are severely disruptive to other students. |
| What's the most important factor for success in the classroom: student-teacher ratio, the curriculum, teachers, parent involvement or school administration? |
| Student-teacher ratio When class sizes become too large, even the best teachers with the most administrative support find it difficult to reach so many students. |
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Candidate Filing Log," accessed August 15, 2016
- ↑ Orange County, "Orange County Unofficial Results for Election," accessed November 9, 2016
- ↑ Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Orange County Public Portal for Campaign Finance Disclosure," accessed February 7, 2017
- ↑ Republican Party of Orange County, "OCGOP 2016 Candidate and Ballot Measure Endorsements," accessed October 13, 2016
- ↑ CCSA Advocates, "Our Endorsements: November 2016 Elections," accessed October 27, 2016
- ↑ Ballotpedia School Board Candidate Survey, 2016, "Wendy Shrove's responses," October 12, 2016
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
| 2016 Capistrano Unified School District Elections | |
| Orange County, California | |
| Election date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | Trustee Area 1: • Incumbent, Amy Hanacek • Wendy Shrove Trustee Area 2: • Incumbent, Jim Reardon • Gould Workman Trustee Area 3: • Laura Ferguson • Patricia Holloway Trustee Area 5: • Incumbent, Gary Pritchard • Jake Vollebregt |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
