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===2014===
===2014===
Wolford said she wants to strike a better balance between the rise of standardized tests and the individual needs of students. “What I don’t want is scripted education. I want to continue to give teachers in Bellevue leeway to teach,” she stated.<ref> [http://www.omaha.com/sarpy/bellevue/wolford-wants-third-term-with-bps-board/article_79fd6fe6-43b7-503f-849b-5bacb5e4ae27.html ''Bellevue Leader,'' "Wolford wants third term with BPS board," February 23, 2014] </ref>
Wolford said she wants to strike a better balance between the rise of standardized tests and the individual needs of students. “What I don’t want is scripted education. I want to continue to give teachers in Bellevue leeway to teach,” she stated.<ref> [http://www.omaha.com/sarpy/bellevue/wolford-wants-third-term-with-bps-board/article_79fd6fe6-43b7-503f-849b-5bacb5e4ae27.html ''Bellevue Leader,'' "Wolford wants third term with BPS board," February 23, 2014] </ref>
==About the district==
::''See also: [[Bellevue Public Schools, Nebraska]]''
[[File:Map of Nebraska highlighting Sarpy County.svg|150px|thumb|left|link=Bellevue Public Schools, Nebraska|Bellevue Public Schools is located in Sarpy County, Nebraska.]] Bellevue Public Schools is located in [[Sarpy County, Nebraska]]. The county seat is Papillion. Sarpy County is home to 169,331 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau.<ref name=census>[http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/31/31153.html ''United States Census Bureau'', "Sarpy County, Nebraska," accessed September 3, 2014]</ref> In the 2011-2012 school year, Bellevue Public Schools was the [[Largest school districts in the United States by enrollment|fifth-largest school district]] in [[Nebraska school districts|Nebraska]] and served 9,988 students.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/2/http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/elsi/tableGenerator.aspx ''National Center for Education Statistics,'' "ELSI Table Generator," accessed April 22, 2014]</ref>
===Demographics===
Sarpy County overperformed compared to the rest of Nebraska in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 35.8 percent of Sarpy County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 28.1 percent for Nebraska as a whole. The median household income for Sarpy County was $69,269 compared to $51,381 for the state of Nebraska. The percentage of people below poverty level for Sarpy County was 6.6 percent while it was 12.4 percent for the state of Nebraska.<ref name=census/>
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! colspan="4" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" |'' Racial Demographics, 2013<ref name=census/>
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! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Race
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Sarpy County (%)
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Nebraska (%)
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| White || 89.8 || 89.7
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| Black or African American || 4.4 || 4.8
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 0.6 || 1.3
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| Asian || 2.3 || 2.1
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| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander || 0.1 || 0.1
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| Two or more races || 2.8 || 2.0
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| Hispanic or Latino || 8.1 || 9.9
|}
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! colspan="2" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" |'' Party registration, Sarpy County, 2014<ref>[http://www.sarpy.com/election/stats.html ''Sarpy County Elections,'' "Voter Registration Statistics As of September 1, 2014," accessed September 4, 2014]</ref>
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! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Party
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Number of registered voters
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| Republican || 46,975
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| Democratic || 27,561
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| Nonpartisan || 25,797
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| Libertarian || 660
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| '''Total''' || 100,993
|}
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==Recent news==
==Recent news==

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Nina Wolford
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Bellevue Public Schools At-large
Tenure
Present officeholder
Prior offices
Bellevue Public Schools At-large

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 4, 2014


Nina Wolford is an at-large member of the Bellevue Board of Education in Nebraska. She ran unopposed and won re-election by default in the general election on November 4, 2014. She has served as president of the board since July 2013.[1]

Biography

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A retired English teacher, Wolford taught in Bellevue for 31 years.[2]

Elections

2014

See also: Bellevue Public Schools elections (2014)

The election in Bellevue featured three seats up for general election on November 4, 2014. There was no primary election. At-large incumbents Mike Kinney, Frank Kumor and Nina Wolford ran unopposed for re-election.

Results

Bellevue Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngNina Wolford Incumbent 34.7% 6,658
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngFrank Kumor Incumbent 33.4% 6,393
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngMike Kinney Incumbent 30.7% 5,890
     Nonpartisan Write-in votes 1.2% 221
Total Votes 19,162
Source: Sarpy County Election Commissioner, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 20, 2014

Funding

Candidates were not required to file campaign finance reports until they received or expended $5,000 or more in a calendar year.[3]

Endorsements

Wolford was endorsed by the Sarpy County Democratic Party.[4]

2010

Bellevue Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2010
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngAlisha Richards 20.3% 5,197
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngNina Wolford Incumbent 19.5% 5,002
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngFrank Kumor Incumbent 18.8% 4,826
     Nonpartisan Kevin Hensel 15.5% 3,974
     Nonpartisan N. Carol Olsen Incumbent 14% 3,594
     Nonpartisan Kim Hawley 11.6% 2,968
Total Votes 25,658
Source: Sarpy County Election Commissioner, "General election results November 2, 2010," accessed September 4, 2014

Campaign themes

2014

Wolford said she wants to strike a better balance between the rise of standardized tests and the individual needs of students. “What I don’t want is scripted education. I want to continue to give teachers in Bellevue leeway to teach,” she stated.[5]

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Nina + Wolford + Bellevue + Public + Schools"

See also

External links

Footnotes