Tricia Zunker said she knows school board presidents sometimes have a target on their backs. It s part of the job, she said.
But as Zunker led the Wausau School District board over the past year, she said, People were so cruel, you d think I personally brought the pandemic here.
Angry citizens scrawled messages about her on sidewalks around town. A board president in a neighboring district wrote on Facebook that she was a waste of physical space on the planet.
Tuesday s election brought the coup de grace: Of seven candidates seeking four seats on the board, Zunker finished sixth. Three winners, all newcomers, ran as a bloc against what they called Wausau s virtual and hybrid learning nightmare.
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Two challengers and one incumbent win seats on the Franklin School Board Alec Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
There will be two new faces and a familiar one on the Franklin School Board after the April 6 election.
The top three vote-getters, according to unofficial results, were Maqsood Khan with 2,328 (21.83%), incumbent Ann Sepersky with 2,173 votes (20.83%) and Angela Bier with 2,088 votes (19.58%).
Incumbent Claude Lewis was fifth with 1,245 votes (11.67%). He finished just ahead of Shuchi Wadhwa, who received 759 votes (7.12%) and behind Angela Christie, who was fourth with 2,027 votes (19.01%). © Mike De Sisti / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel I Voted stickers at the South Shore Park voting location on South Shore Dr, in Milwaukee on Tuesday.
By Benjamin Cox on April 6, 2021 at 6:08am
Several area communities are expecting some turn over in their local school boards at the ballot box today.
The Waverly and New Berlin School Districts have had controversies surrounding their superintendents over the past year, and now members of the community are stepping forward to run against incumbents.
In Waverly, one incumbent, Jim Brown is seeking re-election to one of the 3 seats open. Newcomers David Carter, Makayla Fawcett, and Stefanie Ortman are looking to reshape the board. In New Berlin, no incumbents sought re-election. Three new members will be chosen out of 5 choices that include Holly Kotner, Jenny Mann, Casey Binkley, David Bridges, and Andrew Brashear.