Saturday, April 2, 2022

How Do You Decide Who To Vote For in School Board Elections?

The 2022 Fox C-6 School Board election is next week on Tuesday April 5, 2022.


Please Vote! Your Vote Matters!



So, how do you decide who you should vote for? 


In many of Fox's nearby school districts, you can find school board candidate information posted on the school district's website. Fox doesn't provide that information like they do in other school districts.


But, once I find out who has filed to run for school board, I search for the candidate's website or any other social media site where they may have posted information.


Next, I want to know who the treasurer is for their campaign and what their affiliations may be with the school district.


Once it gets closer to the election (40 days out), I look up their campaign finance reports to see who is helping fund their campaigns.


You can use the MEC's website to search for candidates who have registered with the Missouri Ethics Commission.


You can find this information at the Missouri Ethics Commission (MEC) website:

https://www.mec.mo.gov/MEC/Campaign_Finance/CFSearch.aspx


Each candidate who files with the MEC is assigned an MEC ID. You will notice that ID in the links below which link directly to the candidates information on the MEC website. It's the same link that you would find when you enter a search into the MEC website. 


Below are MEC links for the candidates in the order that they will appear on the April 5th ballot.

Once you click on the link, look for the dark gray Reports tab to the right of the Information tab to find the Electronic Reports for each of the candidates.

Click on the year 2022 for the current year which will then display the various reports that you can view.

There are multiple MEC reports:
8 Day Before General Municipal Election - 4/5/2022
40 Day Before General Municipal Election - 4/5/2022

Sometimes you may see an AMENDED report as well. 

Click on the link for each of the reports to see how much was spent or how much each candidate received in donations.


THREE YEAR TERM CANDIDATES

Kenneth Woolsey

https://www.mec.mo.gov/MEC/Campaign_Finance/CommInfo.aspx?MECID=A222179


Todd Scott

https://www.mec.mo.gov/MEC/Campaign_Finance/CommInfo.aspx?MECID=A222164


Brandon Williams

https://www.mec.mo.gov/MEC/Campaign_Finance/CommInfo.aspx?MECID=A222174


Cathey “Break” Michalski
No Committee Formed

Raymond “Curtiss” C Frazier III

https://www.mec.mo.gov/MEC/Campaign_Finance/CommInfo.aspx?MECID=A222156


Tara Hagin

https://www.mec.mo.gov/MEC/Campaign_Finance/CommInfo.aspx?MECID=A222063



ONE YEAR TERM CANDIDATES

Travis Lintner

https://www.mec.mo.gov/MEC/Campaign_Finance/CommInfo.aspx?MECID=A222187


Vicki Hanson - No Committee for 2022 / (2018 and 2021 Campaign Finance Reports)

https://www.mec.mo.gov/MEC/Campaign_Finance/CommInfo.aspx?MECID=A180051


David Knoll

No Committee Formed


Ryan Giesler

No Committee Formed



When to Form and Register a Committee

https://www.mec.mo.gov/WebDocs/PDF/CampaignFinance/Forming_Registering_Committee.pdf



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Tuesday, March 29, 2022

2022 - What Other School Districts Are Doing to Help Voters Meet Their School Board Candidates

In 2019, I wrote about why it’s important and sometimes very eye opening to see what other school districts do to help their community and voters meet their school board candidates.

Many of the surrounding school districts post information on their district website about the candidates running for school board each year.

It's great to have that information on the school district's website, because it's important for the community to get to know their candidates.

It's usually posted under a What's New or News category on the district's website.


Some Examples From Surrounding School Districts

Lindbergh School District

Rockwood School District

Parkway School District

Mehlville School District

Affton School District

Valley Park School District

Fox C-6 School District


Here's the article from 2019:


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Thursday, March 24, 2022

2022 Fox C-6 School Board Candidates Voters Guide

Leader Publications posted their Voters Guide for the Fox C-6 school board candidates today. You can also find the Voters Guide in this week's Arnold-Imperial Leader newspaper. The community will be voting for 3 Fox C-6 school board members on April 5, 2022. Two board members for 3 year terms. One board member to fill the remaining year of the position vacated by Bob Gruenewald which he resigned from on May 19, 2021. Candidates for the two 3 year term seats are: Kenneth Woolsey Todd Scott Brandon Williams Cathey Michalski Curtiss Frazier Tara Hagin
Candidates for the one 1 year term seat are: Travis Lintner Vicki Hanson David Knoll Ryan Giesler (No Longer Running But Still On the Ballot)



ROCKWOOD VOTES TO HAVE TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS SESSIONS
The Rockwood School District recently voted to have two Public Comments sessions at their  school board meetings starting March 17, 2022.

The first public comments session is limited to topics on the agenda for that night's school board meeting.

The second public comments session near the end of the meeting after all regular board meeting agenda items have been completed. The second public comments will allow speakers to talk about anything, including items that weren't on the agenda.

You can read about Rockwood's new Public Comment policy in the Eureka Leader article noted below (until the page expires):



Fox C-6 Planned To Have Listening Sessions beginning November 2013
Rockwood's new public comment policy is similar to the open forum that I had asked Fox's school board for in October 2013.

In fact, I was told by former superintendent, Dianne Critchlow in an October 4, 2013 email that:
"The board is going to host listening sessions beginning in November before each board meeting."
That meant that Fox would begin hosting listening sessions like they were having in the Rockwood School District. The whole idea of listening sessions was to improve transparency and have open discussions with our school board.

However that idea was short lived. Fox's attorney, Ernie Trakas told Fox's board during the November 5, 2013 board workshop that he felt that community listening sessions were a bad idea.

I wrote about this in the article noted below:

Additionally, Fox's attorney decided that the board workshop needed to go into closed session during the open session discussion. That move prompted the following article:


Below are links to some of the past Fox C-6 School Board Candidate Voters Guides and related articles:

June 16, 2021 - Former Fox school board president appointed to vacant seat

2021 Fox C-6 School Board Candidates Voters Guide

2020 Fox C-6 School Board Candidates Voters Guide

2019 Fox C-6 School Board Candidates Voters Guide

2018 Fox C-6 School Board Candidates Voters Guide




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