Dear JCPS is in the process of aggregating responses from school board candidates as they respond to various groups in the district, as well as endorsements they receive. We will continue to add them here as they are brought to our attention. Be sure to check back after the candidates school board forum hosted by the 15th District PTA on Wednesday for a link to that video, as well. Our questionnaires and formal endorsements will be forthcoming. If you have a question you would like school board members to answer that you do not see on these sites, please email them to moderator@dearjcps.com.
Below are candidates for the upcoming school board elections, and links to their websites.
District 2
David Jones Jr. – Incumbent
James Fletcher
Chris Kolb
District 4
Benjamin Gies
Keisha Allen
District 7
Chris Brady – Incumbent
James Sexton
Scott Majors
Fritz Hollenbach
Below are organizations who have received responses from candidates:
FOR’s Aim Higher subcommittee advocates in Jefferson County Public Schools for improved outcomes for low-income students, immigrants, students of color and other marginalized students. As part of that work, we asked this year’s candidates in the three school board district races about their positions on important issues of policy and use of JCPS’ human and financial resources. Six of the nine candidates responded.Go to https://louisvillefor.org/
For the last two election cycles, GLI and the Business Leaders for Education (BLE) have collected and shared information on candidates with our members and whoever wishes to access this information on our website. We believe this is a very important race and that it is critical that voters know the stances of all potential school board members.
While GLI is active in public policy and in education, we do not endorse candidates. We have posted candidates responses verbatim here and encourage our members and community members to read them.
A map detailing Jefferson County’s school board districts can be found by clicking here.
GLI 2016 JCPS School Board Elections
From JCTA’s Website
Endorsements from some groups, such as Bluegrass Institute, cause concern:
Two years ago, this story from WDRB, revealed that corporate interests may be driving some endorsements, and Dear JCPS encourages proceeding with caution when considering these endorsements. So far, they have backed David Jones and Fritz Hollenbach. This is a red flag to our group.
If your organization has endorsements or candidate questionnaire responses you would like to see added to this page, please send an email to moderator@dearjcps.com.
