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
- First Bell: Get educated about school board election, in online chat; Free State junior pens ambitious essay; Eudora sets Kindergarten Roundup
- March 28, 2011
- Time for another edition of First Bell, a rundown of news and other educational items involving schools in the area.
- First Bell: One more candidate chat, today at 1 p.m.; YouTube video still defending teachers; N.J. school financing faces constitutional questions
- March 23, 2011
- Time for another edition of First Bell, a rundown of news and other educational items involving schools in the area.
- Lawrence school board candidates share budget-cutting approaches at forum
- March 23, 2011
- Candidates running for seats on the Lawrence school board understand that next year’s anticipated $3 million budget hole could grower wider and deeper in the years ahead for the Lawrence school district.
- Lawrence school board candidate Randy Masten, retired Army officer, ready to plan ahead
- March 22, 2011
- Randy Masten learned the importance of strategic planning not in a classroom, or from a textbook, or from one of those convention center management seminars. No, Masten saw the significance firsthand as a U.S. Army officer on post in Iraq — as a team chief at the Combined Intelligence Center in Baghdad — and then later on staff at the Pentagon.
- Town Talk: Subaru dealership to get new South Lawrence presence; talks to bring Chrysler dealership back to Lawrence progressing; turnout for advanced voting up over 2009 totals
- March 22, 2011
- News and notes from around Lawrence and Douglas County:
- School board candidates participate in Voter Education Coalition Forum
- March 22, 2011
- The Voter Education Coalition will host a forum featuring candidates for the Lawrence school board is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday in the City Commission chambers at City Hall.
- First Bell: Three more board candidates ready to chat online; candidate forum set for tonight; volunteers sought for ‘food backpack’ program
- March 22, 2011
- Time for another edition of First Bell, a rundown of news and other educational items involving schools in the area.
- Lawrence school board candidate Ola Faucher familiar with budget cuts as KU personnel director
- March 21, 2011
- Ola Faucher is nothing if not methodical. Precise. Determined. And she’s certainly ready, willing and able to infuse her approach into leadership at the Lawrence school district, where budget cuts continue to mount and the community’s concerns show no sign of abating.
- First Bell: Board candidate Randy Masten chats today at 11 a.m.; ‘Love and Logic’ classes to be offered at Central; Spring Break had early start
- March 21, 2011
- Time for another edition of First Bell, a rundown of news and other educational items involving schools in the area.
- Advance voting under way through April 4
- March 19, 2011
- Advance voting continues through noon April 4 for folks looking to personally cast their votes for Lawrence City Commission, Lawrence school board and other area races before Election Day arrives.
- First Bell: One more candidate chat before the weekend; foundation presents Teacher Innovation Grants; Academic All-Stars to be unveiled Sunday
- March 18, 2011
- Time for another edition of First Bell, a rundown of news and other educational items involving schools in the area.
- First Bell: Keith Diaz Moore chats today; junior highs still need ‘new’ names; LHS grad earns German military medal
- March 17, 2011
- Time for another edition of First Bell, a rundown of news and other educational items involving schools in the area.
- Voter Education Coalition announces Candidate Fairs, forum
- March 17, 2011
- The local Voter Education Coalition has announced plans for a Lawrence school board forum and a Candidate Fair for school board and City Commission candidates.
- Incumbent school board member Marlene Merrill wants to complete the work she’s begun
- March 16, 2011
- Marlene Merrill is nearly four years into studying, proposing and determining ways to steer the Lawrence school district through curriculum implementations, school reconfigurations, bond issue expenditures, budget-cutting moves and school-closing deliberations. And she wants to go back for more.
- First Bell: School board candidate chats — past and present — available online; candidate forum tonight at Cordley School; area grads secure research awards at KU
- March 16, 2011
- Time for another edition of First Bell, a rundown of news and other educational items involving schools in the area.
Candidates
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Rick E. Ingram
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Shannon Kimball
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Randy Masten
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Keith Diaz Moore
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Marlene Merrill Incumbent
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Ola Faucher
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Bill Roth
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James W. Clark
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- Diane Lindeman
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Tyler Palmer
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