The top four finishers in the April 3 election will serve four-year terms on the Lawrence School Board. They'll face budget issues, oversee continuance of construction projects throughout the district, and wrestle with the ongoing challenges posed by the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
Lawrence School Board, USD 497
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Mary Loveland
Michael Machell
Marlene Merrill
Rich Minder
Scott Morgan
Michael Pomes
Robert Rauktis
Victor Sisk
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2007 City Commission election
- Top vote-winner returns with ‘high expectations’
- Scott Morgan reclaims seat on Lawrence school board, ready to move forward
- April 21, 2007
- Four years ago, Scott Morgan presided over a school board worn out by school closings, layoffs and program cuts.
- Veterans re-elected to school board; race lacked 2003’s ‘hot button’ issues
- April 21, 2007
- Some familiar faces have returned to the Lawrence school board.
- Student voting sparse during April 3 election
- April 21, 2007
- Kansas University has a strong presence in Lawrence with its nearly 30,000 students, but their presence lags on election days.
- Western part of city’s voter turnout highest
- April 21, 2007
- The west was best.
- Canvass confirms election results
- April 7, 2007
- The ballots from Tuesday’s Lawrence City Commission and school board elections are now official.
- Ballots from Tuesday’s elections are now official
- April 6, 2007
- All of the ballots from Tuesday's City Commission and School Board elections are now official - and the results remain unchanged.
- School board candidate area’s top vote-getter
- April 5, 2007
- Maybe Bob Dole’s political career rubbed off on Scott Morgan. Morgan was the top vote-winner in Tuesday’s election for the Lawrence school board with 7,865 votes. That total, however, also made him the top vote-winner of any candidate in Douglas County this election season.
- School board election results
- April 4, 2007
- Who won the election? Scott Morgan, Rich Minder, Mary Loveland and Marlene Merrill all won seats on the Lawrence school board for four-year terms.
- Morgan, Loveland return to school board
- Minder, Merrill also win
- April 4, 2007
- Some familiar faces are returning to the Lawrence school board. Scott Morgan and Mary Loveland, both defeated in re-election bids four years ago, are back on the board after the voters spoke at the ballot box in Tuesday’s general election.
- Morgan tops school board race
- April 3, 2007
- A familiar face finishes on top with 22 percent of the vote. Former school board member Scott Morgan led the race from the beginning, finishing with just less than 8,000 votes.
- Familiar faces round out school board winner
- April 3, 2007
- Taking second place in the school board election - the only incumbent in the race - Rich Minder. Mary Loveland - a former school board member - finished in third place.
- Western precincts appear to have stronger voting turnout
- But percentages vary from precinct-to-precinct
- 09:49 a.m., April 3, 2007 Updated 04:20 p.m.
- “No real issues this morning,” said Keith Campbell, who supervises Douglas County elections.
- Students likely to skip voting
- April 3, 2007
- Kansas University has a strong presence in Lawrence with its nearly 30,000 students, but their presence lags on election days.
- School board, City Commission elections today
- April 3, 2007
- The finish line is here. Voters today will determine the winners of races for the Lawrence City Commission, Lawrence school board and several races in outlying communities.
- High turnout not likely for Lawrence’s youngest eligible voters
- April 2, 2007
- During the February Primary Election, only 14 voters showed up in Precinct 10, which includes most of the KU residence halls. That's pretty typical for that part of campus which had a 4% turnout in 2003, and a 17% turnout in the 2005 local election.
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