Cripple Creek Vcitor Re 1 School District School Board
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| 2019 Cripple Creek-Victor School District RE-1 recall |
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| November 5, 2019 |
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| Recall vote Recall supporters Recall opponents Background Path to the ballot 2019 recall efforts |
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A recall election seeking to remove board President Timothy Braun from his position on the Cripple Creek-Victor School District RE-1 school board in Colorado was approved on November 5, 2019.[1] Mary Bielz replaced Braun.[1]
Board Treasurer Dennis Jones and Secretary Tonya Martin were also targeted in the initial recall effort, but they resigned from office in June 2019.[2] Mary Bielz ran to replace Braun in the recall election.[3]
The three members were targeted for recall due to "multiple violations of Colorado state statutes, school board policies and resolutions, Sunshine laws and the Colorado Open Records Act," according to Patty Waddle, a leader of the recall effort. Braun, Jones, and Martin disputed all of the claims listed on the recall petitions. Braun said Waddle was a disgruntled former employee.[4]
The recall election was first scheduled to be held on July 16, 2019, but the election was put on hold after the three targeted board members filed an appeal with the Fourth Judicial District on May 20, 2019, seeking a stay on the recall election. They said the county clerk had shown favoritism to the recall supporters and should have required the group to start over when their first petitions did not have enough valid signatures rather than giving them a window of time to add additional signatures. Judge Scott Sells disagreed with the board members' claims and ruled in favor of the county clerk, allowing the recall election to be placed on the ballot. Jones and Martin resigned from the board, but Braun appealed the decision to the Colorado Supreme Court.[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] The supreme court denied a hearing of his appeal on August 9, 2019, allowing the recall election to be scheduled.[2]
Waddle said the two other members of the board were not targeted for recall as one could not run for re-election in 2019 due to term limits, and the other had recently joined the board.[4]
Recall supporters
The recall effort was started by former district employee Patty Waddle, former school board member Bill Arrick, and Greg Brazill. Waddle ran against Dennis Jones in the 2017 election. She received 48.4% of the vote and was defeated by Jones, who received 51.6%. The three leaders were joined by around 50 volunteers organized as a group called the Coalition for Better Schools.[4] [10] [11] The group describes itself as "a coalition of taxpayers and stakeholders who expect honesty and integrity from their school board members," according to its website.[12]
Waddle said the three board members were targeted for recall due to "multiple violations of Colorado state statutes, school board policies and resolutions, Sunshine laws and the Colorado Open Records Act." Recall supporters also said they sought recall over concerns about staff turnover, dozens of missing checks, trying to profit off of open records requests, poor test scores, and ignoring and disrespecting community members.[4] [13]
"Our test scores have fallen, and that's alarming, the morale is bad, there's so much staff and teacher turnover, and when you have that, you lose consistency and continuity in your program," Waddle said. "We need board members that work with integrity, honesty, accountability and responsiveness."[4]
Arrick said the board had transparency issues. "There's an attitude of 'We're in charge, leave us alone,'" Arrick said. "Parents and teachers should be able to approach board members without feeling intimidated and humiliated and stand up and express their concern for their child's education. We've got horror stories about that."[10]
Recall opponents
Braun, Jones, and Martin disputed all of the claims in the recall petitions. Braun said that Waddle was a disgruntled former employee, and he called her a sore loser from the 2017 school board election.[4]
In reaction to staff turnover being listed as a reason for recall, the board said that the district's rate of 20 percent turnover was similar to other school districts of similar sizes.[13] The Cripple Creek-Victor School District had 372 students for the 2018-2019 school year. Braun also said that the board followed protocols when interacting with community members at meetings.[4]
In reaction to the accusation that the district was missing dozens of checks, Braun said they were accounted for and verified by an auditor. He also said the district was not trying to profit off of the open records requests submitted by the Coalition for Better Schools. He said Waddle had submitted more than 100 open records requests and that the expenses were justified. "She's emailed our business manager almost 300 times with petty objections, and she just keeps on and on, looking for something, anything," Braun said. "It's gotten to the point that it's harassment."[4] [13]
Braun said he has seen a difference in the district since he started serving on the board. "Everything is unlike I've seen in six years. I'm not worried about anything. I really am not. Everything is doing excellent. And you're always going to have a certain percentage of people that it doesn't matter what you do for 'em, they're going to be dissatisfied. That's life."[10]
"They can give it their best shot. I don't care," Braun said in response to the recall effort. "It's not gonna happen. It's not gonna go anywhere."[10]
Background
2017 election
| Cripple Creek-Victor School District RE-1, District B, 2017 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Timothy Braun | 100% | 662 | |
| Total Votes | 662 | |||
| Source: Teller County Clerk and Recorder, "2017 SOVC Results," accessed April 19, 2019 | ||||
| Cripple Creek-Victor School District RE-1, District D, 2017 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Tonya Martin | 100% | 729 | |
| Total Votes | 729 | |||
| Source: Teller County Clerk and Recorder, "2017 SOVC Results," accessed April 19, 2019 | ||||
| Cripple Creek-Victor School District RE-1, District E, 2017 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Dennis Jones | 51.6% | 480 | |
| Nonpartisan | Patricia Waddle | 48.4% | 450 | |
| Total Votes | 930 | |||
| Source: Teller County Clerk and Recorder, "2017 SOVC Results," accessed April 19, 2019 | ||||
Path to the ballot
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- See also: Laws governing recall in Colorado
The recall petitions were approved for circulation by the Teller County Clerk and Recorder in January 2019. To get the recall on the ballot, recall supporters had to submit the petitions with 400 signatures from active, registered voters in the school district for each targeted board member by March 11, 2019.[4] They submitted 444 signatures for Braun, 435 signatures for Jones, and 423 signatures for Martin.[14]
The county did not verify enough of the signatures to call for a recall election. Recall supporters were given until April 10, 2019, to submit more signatures. Recall supporters announced that they submitted the additional signatures by the deadline.[15] [16] [17]
The county approved the signatures on April 17, 2019, and allowed the recall effort to move forward. The targeted board members filed protests against the recall petitions. A hearing on those protests was held on May 9, 2019. The hearing officer ruled against the protests, citing the fact that they had not been submitted under oath by a notary. The hearing officer directed the county to schedule the election, and the county set the election date as July 16, 2019.[5] [18] [19]
The three targeted board members filed an appeal with the Fourth Judicial District on May 20, 2019, seeking a stay on the recall election.[5] On June 5, 2019, the county announced the recall election was on hold.[6] Teller County Clerk and Recorder Krystal Brown said they could not set an official election date due to court action.[7] The judge ruled in favor of the county clerk, which would have allowed the recall election to be put on the ballot. Board President Timothy Braun, however, filed an appeal with the Colorado Supreme Court. Board Treasurer Dennis Jones and Secretary Tonya Martin resigned from the board.[8]
On August 9, 2019, the state supreme court denied a hearing of Braun's appeal, allowing the recall election to be scheduled. Because no special election could be held within 90 days of the regularly-scheduled general election on November 5, 2019, the recall election was added to that ballot.[2] [20]
Braun estimated that a recall election would cost the district $8,500.[4]
2019 recall efforts
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- See also: School board recalls
Ballotpedia tracked 20 school board recall efforts against 47 board members in 2019. Three recall elections were held in 2019. The school board recall success rate was 6.4%.
The chart below details the status of 2019 recall efforts by individual school board member.
See also
- Cripple Creek-Victor School District, Colorado
- Recall campaigns in Colorado
- Political recall efforts, 2019
- School board recalls
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Cripple Creek-Victor School District RE-1
- Teller County Clerk and Recorder
- Coalition for Better Schools website
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Mountain Jackpot News, "Ashworth Wins Big As Mayor In Cripple Creek; Veteran School Board Leader Gets The Boot," November 6, 2019
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namednovelection - ↑ Pikes Peak Courier, "CC-V School District names school board candidates," September 23, 2019
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 The Gazette, "Recall effort aims to remove 3 school board members," February 8, 2019
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 The Gazette, "Appeal could change recall election set for 3 school board members in Cripple Creek-Victor RE-1," May 20, 2019
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 The Gazette, "Cripple Creek-Victor RE-1 school board recall election on hold due to 'circumstances beyond our control,'" June 6, 2019
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 The Mountain Jackpot News, "Cripple Creek/Victor RE-1 Recall Election Still In Limbo," June 11, 2019
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Pikes Peake Courier, "CC-V school board recall election still up in the air," July 3, 2019
- ↑ The Mountain Jackpot News, "RE-1 Recall Election Date Still In Limbo," June 28, 2019
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Colorado Springs Independent, "Cripple Creek-Victor school district is headed for a showdown, with board members facing a possible recall election ," February 27, 2019
- ↑ Teller County Clerk and Recorder, "2017 SOVC Results," accessed April 19, 2019
- ↑ ccvhearus.com, "Hear Us: For Better Schools," accessed February 11, 2019
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Pikes Peak Courier, "Residents petition to recall 3 Cripple Creek-Victor Board of Education members," February 4, 2019
- ↑ The Gazette, "Petitioners turn in signatures seeking recall election for three Cripple Creek-Victor RE-1 school board members," March 11, 2019
- ↑ Facebook, "Erase the Board: CCV Recall for Better Schools post from March 29, 2019," accessed April 2, 2019
- ↑ The Gazette, "Would-be recall of Cripple Creek-Victor school board stalled by shortage of valid petition signatures," April 2, 2019
- ↑ Facebook, "Erase the Board: CCV Recall for Better Schools post from April 10, 2019," accessed April 11, 2019
- ↑ Colorado Springs Independent, "Cripple Creek-Victor School District board recall effort will move forward," April 17, 2019
- ↑ Pikes Peak Courier, "CC-V school board members file protests in response to recall petition," May 6, 2019
- ↑ The Mountain Jackpot News, "CC/Victor Recall Vote May be Delayed Until Nov. General Election," July 19, 2019
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