Lawrence School Board race / LJWorld.com

Ten candidates are running for four at-large positions on the Lawrence School Board.

All precincts reporting / 24,237 total votes / Unofficial results / Precinct breakdown

Rick E. Ingram 3,640 votes 15.0%
Shannon Kimball 3,510 votes 14.5%
Randy Masten 3,501 votes 14.4%
Keith Diaz Moore 3,460 votes 14.3%
Marlene Merrill Incumbent 3,091 votes 12.8%
Ola Faucher 2,145 votes 8.9%
Bill Roth 1,506 votes 6.2%
James W. Clark 1,465 votes 6.0%
Diane Lindeman 1,158 votes 4.8%
Tyler Palmer 761 votes 3.1%

Completed candidate chats

Shannon Kimball March 11 at 11:30 a.m. Read transcript
Rick Ingram March 14 at 11 a.m. Read transcript
Marlene Merrill March 15 at 11 a.m. Read transcript
Keith Diaz Moore March 17 at 11 a.m. Read transcript
Bill Roth March 18 at 11 a.m. Read transcript
Randy Masten March 21 at 11 a.m. Read transcript
Ola Faucher March 22 at 11 a.m. Read transcript
Jim Clark March 22 at 12:30 p.m. Read transcript
Tyler Palmer March 23 at 1 p.m. Read transcript
Jamie Shew March 29 at 1 p.m. Read transcript

Three questions for Lawrence school board candidates

Three questions with Lawrence school board candidate Ola Faucher

Three questions with Lawrence school board candidate Marlene Merrill

Three questions with Lawrence school board candidate Keith Diaz Moore

Three questions with Lawrence school board candidate Jim Clark

Three questions with Lawrence school board candidate Rick Ingram

Three Questions with Lawrence school board candidate Tyler Palmer

Three questions with Lawrence school board candidate Bill Roth

Three questions with Lawrence school board candidate Shannon Kimball

Three questions with Lawrence school board candidate Randy Masten

Candidates for the 2011 Lawrence school board answer questions about their campaigns.

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First Bell: Administrator to offer Langston Hughes parents a lesson on standards-based grading; walkers to keep eyes out for dangers on way to school: October 5, 2011; Time for another edition of “First Bell,” a look at issues and items involving education in and around Lawrence.
First Bell: Free State senior named U.S. Presidential Scholar; today is nominations deadline for $10,000 Bobs’ Award; Wichita school district to close school, cut 168 jobs: By Mark Fagan; May 10, 2011; Time for another edition of First Bell, a look at news and other educational items involving schools in the area.
First Bell: Tonight, school board members to consider athletics upgrades for LHS, learn about a ‘District Improvement Plan,’ and meet in executive session on personnel matters: By Mark Fagan; May 9, 2011; Time for another edition of First Bell, a look at news and other educational items involving schools in the area.
First Bell: School board member Bob Byers anticipates ‘fresh’ approach to issues, challenges beginning in July: By Mark Fagan; May 2, 2011; Time for another edition of First Bell, a look at news and other educational items involving schools in the area.
First Bell: Wakarusa Valley invites public, seeks yearbooks, for 50th anniversary event; Eudora boosts fees for all-day kindergarten; four Lawrence elementaries expected to remain without full-day K: By Mark Fagan; April 18, 2011; Time for another edition of First Bell, a rundown of news and other educational items involving schools in the area.
First Bell: Hillcrest kindergartners to sell lemonade to help Japan; new district budget reports ‘all about transparency’; Lawrence students among Presidential Scholar semifinalists: By Mark Fagan; April 14, 2011; Time for another edition of First Bell, a rundown of news and other educational items involving schools in the area.
First Bell: Final, final results from last week’s school board election; Scott Morgan shares top spot among write-ins; one school bans bringing lunches from home: By Mark Fagan; April 12, 2011; Time for another edition of First Bell, a rundown of news and other educational items involving schools in the area.
First Bell: Boundary changes proposed to handle Wakarusa Valley closure; Follies to feature ‘School Board Meeting: The Musical’; voters want their voices heard: By Mark Fagan; April 11, 2011; Time for another edition of First Bell, a rundown of news and other educational items involving schools in the area.
First Bell: A school board member’s life comes with challenges: By Mark Fagan; April 8, 2011; Time for another edition of First Bell, a rundown of news and other educational items involving schools in the area.
First Bell: Marlene Merrill carries (part of) Leavenworth County; no plans for Wakarusa Valley reconsideration; board president lauds Marlene Merrill for service: By Mark Fagan; April 6, 2011; Time for another edition of First Bell, a rundown of news and other educational items involving schools in the area.
New school board majority shares ideals: By Mark Fagan; April 6, 2011; Lawrence school board will enter the next school year with a new majority of members, a group intent on improving communication with the public, increasing information-gathering from the public and perhaps even soliciting budget ideas, suggestions and other advice from the public.
FINAL: Ingram, Kimball, Masten and Moore elected to Lawrence school board: By Whitney Mathews; 07:54 p.m., April 5, 2011 Updated 09:52 a.m.; Nine candidates are vying to be on the Lawrence school board.
Voters to decide leaders of city, schools today: By Mark Fagan; April 5, 2011; New majorities are available on the Lawrence City Commission and Lawrence school board, and Jamie Shew is here to remind you that only a select group of folks can fill them. That would be you, Registered Voter.
Fair on Saturday to feature candidates for Lawrence school board, city commission: By Ann Gardner; March 30, 2011; Candidates for Lawrence City Commission and the Lawrence school board will gather Saturday morning for a Candidate Fair sponsored by the local Voter Education Coalition.
First Bell: Obama backs away from standardized tests; small-class advocate criticizes task force report; ideas offered for budget cuts: By Mark Fagan; March 29, 2011; Time for another edition of First Bell, a rundown of news and other educational items involving schools in the area.

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