Sue Haynie
Sue Haynie served as an at-large member of the Norwalk Board of Education from 2009 to 2013. She lost re-election to the board as a Republican candidate against nine other candidates on November 5, 2013.
Biography
Haynie earned an A.A.S. at the Parsons School of Design in 1983 and a B.A. from Charter Oak State College in 2001. She previously served as the director of NorwalkSEEKS and president of the Norwalk PTO Council.
Elections
| Interview with Sue Haynie |
2013
- See also: Norwalk Public Schools elections (2013)
Haynie lost re-election to the board against nine other candidates for four seats on November 5, 2013. She ran on the Republican slate along with incumbent Artie Kassimis and challengers John G. Bazzano and Lauren Rosato.
Results
| Norwalk Public Schools, General Election, 4-year term, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Heidi Keyes Incumbent |
12.2% | 6,985 | |
| Republican | Artie Kassimis Incumbent |
12.1% | 6,917 | |
| Democratic | Shirley Mosby |
11.8% | 6,734 | |
| Democratic | Sherelle Harris |
11.5% | 6,574 | |
| Republican | Sue Haynie Incumbent | 11.4% | 6,500 | |
| Democratic | Haroldo Williams | 10.9% | 6,234 | |
| Republican | John Bazzano | 10.7% | 6,130 | |
| Republican | Lauren Rosato | 10.7% | 6,109 | |
| Norwalk Community Values | Steve Colarossi Incumbent | 3.6% | 2,073 | |
| Norwalk Community Values | Andres Roman | 3.1% | 1,795 | |
| Working Families | Shirley Mosby | 1.1% | 610 | |
| Working Families | Heidi Keyes | 0.9% | 532 | |
| Total Votes | 57,193 | |||
| Source: Connecticut Secretary of State, "Municipal Elections - November 5, 2013," accessed December 17, 2013 | ||||
Funding
Sue Haynie did not report any contributions or expenditures to the Connecticut State Elections Enforcement Commission.
Campaign themes
2013
Haynie explained her top priorities in the 2013 campaign in an interview with the League of Women Voters of Norwalk:[1]
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The Board of Education’s (BOE) first priority should be in supporting Superintendent Rivera’s strategic plan and vision which will be developed with the input of students, parents, staff, community stakeholders and the BOE. For years, Norwalk schools have worked under the labels of a ‘district in need of improvement’, a ‘priority district’ and an ‘alliance district’ — all code words for below-average achievement. With a plan and vision for excellence, Norwalk has a chance to break out of this cycle and become a high performing district. A second priority of the BOE should be to review the three-year budget projection, which is nearing completion, and align that budget with the strategic plan. The alignment will tell us where we are financially, where we want to go, and where the gaps are. Having a three year budget will give us the time to figure out how we can best stay true to the strategic plan and also stay within budget — this may require finding alternate sources of funding; this may require reallocating resources; this may require doing things differently. A third priority should be a rigorous implementation of the Common Core State Standards with a strong, embedded professional development component to ensure fidelity of implementation. We also need timely and consistent data review. |
Note: The above quote is from the candidate's website, which may include some typographical or spelling errors.
Recent news
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