Jack Coleman (Tennessee)

Jack Coleman

Education

Bachelor's

The Ohio State University

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army

Personal

Profession

Educator

Contact

Personal website

Jack Coleman was a candidate for the District 7 seat on the Maury County Board of Education in Tennessee. He was defeated in the general election on August 7, 2014 by fellow challenger David A. Bates.

Biography

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Coleman has his bachelor's degree in education from Ohio State University. He spent 20 years in the U.S. Army, starting out as an enlisted soldier and retiring as a lieutenant colonel. He was a teacher in Sullivan County Schools for six years. He is married and has five children.

Elections

2014

See also: Maury County Schools elections (2014)

The August 7, 2014, general election ballot for District 1 included Loretta Goodloe, Monty G. Overton and Kristin C. Parker. Jyuana L. Martin ran unopposed on the District 3 ballot and David Moore ran unopposed in District 5. The District 7 ballot included challengers David A. Bates, Jack Coleman, Brandom Gengelbach and Will Sims. The District 9 ballot included incumbent Lee Clayborne and challengers Carolyn W. McArthur and Carey Powers. The District 11 ballot included incumbent Tommy Dudley and Bowen Pratt.

Results

Maury County Schools, District 7, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	David A. Bates	31.4%	492
	Nonpartisan	Will Sims	27.9%	437
	Nonpartisan	Brandom Gengelbach	25.6%	401
	Nonpartisan	Jack Coleman	15.2%	238
Total Votes				1,568
Source: Maury County, Tennessee, "August 2014 Official Results," accessed June 9, 2015

Funding

The Maury County Election Commission does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports.

Endorsements

Coleman did not receive any official endorsements in this election.

Campaign themes

Coleman answered the following about his campaign in a July 2014 interview with the Columbia Daily Herald:

“

How would you characterize the current relationship between school board and county commission? What would you do to maintain or change it? There doesn’t appear to be a good relationship. At a minimum, I recommend both the commission and school board sit down together at least four times a year so they can really look at the issues, explain what are the priorities and why we need to invest in these priorities. What do you believe is he most pressing issue facing the school board and how would you address it? Improving academic performance. Our overall test scores can and must be better. I would address this shortcoming by requiring the school director to develop a good, five-year, comprehensive plan. The plan should be discussed with the school board and then once approved, revealed to the public for awareness and input. How effective do you believe Eddie Hickman has been as the schools director? Explain. Not effective. Overall decreasing test scores coupled with the amount of money we are spending per student, indicates to me that we need to find a director with a different skill set than Mr. Hickman. Our children deserve good leadership.

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See also

• Maury County Schools, Tennessee
• Maury County Schools elections (2014)

External links

Suggest a link

• Maury County Schools
• Campaign website
• Facebook page