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Mary Snyder
Mary Snyder was an at-large incumbent on the Kenosha Unified Board of Education in Wisconsin. She was first elected to the board in April 2009. Snyder won re-election to a third consecutive term in the general election on April 7, 2015. She did not run for re-election in 2018.[1]
Biography
Snyder has her bachelor's degree in education from Abilene Christian University and her master's degree in speech communications from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. She taught English, speech and yearbook journalism for 35 years, retiring in 2006. She and her husband, Gary, have two daughters.[2]
Board membership
2016-2017
The members of the Kenosha Board of Education voted unanimously on 95.4 percent of their agenda items from April 25, 2016, to January 12, 2017. The voting data indicated that Tamarra Coleman, Gary Kunich, Mary Snyder, and Dan Wade were the governing majority, just as they were from April 2015 to March 2016. The other three members of the board—Mike Falkofske, Tony Garcia, and Rebecca Stevens—did not vote together consistently enough to be considered a minority faction.[3]
2015-2016
The Kenosha Board of Education voted unanimously on 92.08 percent of its agenda items between April 27, 2015, and March 22, 2016. The voting data indicated that Tamarra Coleman, Gary Kunich, Mary Snyder, and Dan Wade were the majority faction on the board. The other three members of the board—Mike Falkofske, Kyle Flood, and Rebecca Stevens—did not vote together consistently enough to be considered a minority faction.[3]
Elections
2015
Three at-large seats were up for election on April 7, 2015. Mike Falkofske and Tony Garcia challenged incumbents Carl Bryan, Tamarra Coleman and Mary Snyder in the general election.
Bryan withdrew from the race as he was moving outside of the district, but the withdrawal was not in time to have his name removed from the ballot. If he had won in the general election, the vacancy on the board would have been filled by appointment. Such an appointment was avoided as Falkofske, Snyder and Coleman won the election.
Results
| Kenosha Unified School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Mike Falkofske |
23.7% | 6,724 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mary Snyder Incumbent |
23.2% | 6,583 | |
| Nonpartisan | Tamarra Coleman Incumbent |
20.7% | 5,874 | |
| Nonpartisan | Tony Garcia | 20.4% | 5,784 | |
| Nonpartisan | Carl Bryan Incumbent | 11.2% | 3,184 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes* | 0.6% | 179 | |
| Total Votes | 28,328 | |||
| Source: Margaret Koenig, "Email correspondence with Stacy Busby, Executive Assistant at Kenosha Unified School District," August 7, 2015. *The write-in votes total provided here comes from the unofficial results reported by Kenosha County on election night. The official report of canvass provided by the school district did not include write-in votes. | ||||
Funding
Snyder reported $1,025.00 in contributions and $550.09 in expenditures to the Kenosha Unified School District, which left her campaign with $474.91 in cash on hand in this election. She initally filed as "Exempt from Filing Campaign Finance Records" in the race, but later filed finance reports.[4]
Endorsements
Snyder was endorsed by Kenosha Educators Politically Active and Concerned (KEPAC).[5]
2012
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Carl Bryan |
21.6% | 10,014 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mary Snyder |
18.8% | 8,749 | |
| Nonpartisan | Tamarra Coleman |
16.1% | 7,470 | |
| Nonpartisan | Todd Jacobs | 15.2% | 7,042 | |
| Nonpartisan | Steven Davis | 15% | 6,979 | |
| Nonpartisan | Shanon Molina | 12.8% | 5,940 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in candidate | 0.5% | 225 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in candidate | 0% | 3 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in candidate | 0% | 2 | |
| Total Votes | 46,424 | |||
| Source: Kenosha County, Wisconsin "2012 Election Results," accessed September 23, 2014 | ||||
2009
| Kenosha Unified School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year term, 2009 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Carl Bryan |
23.3% | 7,261 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mary Snyder |
19.5% | 6,069 | |
| Nonpartisan | Pam Stevens |
17.4% | 5,432 | |
| Nonpartisan | Eric Olson | 14.6% | 4,561 | |
| Nonpartisan | James Twomey | 14.3% | 4,464 | |
| Nonpartisan | Marc Hujik | 10.6% | 3,321 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in candidate | 0.3% | 81 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in candidate | 0% | 2 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in candidate | 0% | 1 | |
| Total Votes | 31,192 | |||
| Source: Kenosha County, Wisconsin "2009 Election Results," accessed September 23, 2014 | ||||
Campaign themes
2015
Snyder said in an interview with Kenosha News:
| “ | I’ve been in education since I was 22 years old. It’s a lifelong commitment for me. I feel invested in it and passionate about having strong public schools, and if I can contribute to that, I want to be part of that.[6] | ” |
| —Mary Snyder (2015)[7] | ||
About the district
The Kenosha Unified School District is located in Kenosha County in southeastern Wisconsin. The county seat is Kenosha. Kenosha County was home to an estimated 168,437 residents in 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau.[8] The district was the third-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 22,602 students.[9]
Demographics
Higher education achievement
Kenosha County underperformed compared to Wisconsin as a whole in terms of higher education achievement between 2011 and 2015. The United States Census Bureau found that 24.5 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 27.8 percent of state residents.[8]
Median household income
The median household income in Kenosha County was $54,918 from 2011 to 2015, compared to $53,357 for Wisconsin. During that same time period, the median household income for the entire United States was $53,889.[8]
Poverty rate
From 2011 to 2015, the poverty rate in Kenosha County was 12.7 percent. During that same time period, it was 12.1 percent for the entire state, and it was 13.5 percent for the country as a whole.[8]
| Racial Demographics, 2015[8] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Race | Kenosha County (%) | Wisconsin (%) |
| White | 87.5 | 87.6 |
| Black or African American | 7.4 | 6.6 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7 | 1.1 |
| Asian | 1.7 | 2.8 |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Two or More Races | 2.6 | 1.8 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 12.8 | 6.6 |
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
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Mary + Snyder + Kenosha + Unified + School + District"
See also
- Kenosha Unified School District, Wisconsin
- Kenosha Unified School District elections (2015)
- Hot tub Gatorade, turnout in Peoria and the Wisconsin state...
- Wisconsin school districts 2014 review
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Kenosha News, "Candidate deadline for Kenosha Unified School Board extended," January 3, 2018
- ↑ Kenosha Unified School District, "Board Members," accessed September 23, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kenosha Unified School District, "Meeting Minutes," accessed February 13, 2017
- ↑ Margaret Koenig, "Email communication with Stacy Busby, executive assistant to the Kenosha Unified School District Board of Education," August 7, 2015
- ↑ Kenosa Education Association, "KEPAC Announces School Board Endorsements," February 20, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Kenosha News, "A peaceful Kenosha Unified School Board race?" January 10, 2015
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 United States Census Bureau, "Kenosha County, Wisconsin," accessed December 15, 2016
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed November 16, 2015
| 2015 Kenosha Unified School District Elections | |
| Kenosha County, Wisconsin | |
| Election date: | April 7, 2015 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Carl Bryan • Incumbent, Tamarra Coleman • Incumbent, Mary Snyder • Mike Falkofske • Tony Garcia |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
