A potentially lively two months on the campaign trail await the eight candidates for Wauwatosa School Board — and voters, as they decide which four should be next to serve on the school district’s governing body.
Even before the candidates filed their nomination papers, the spring election was primed for a race unlike any in recent memory: The April 7 election will mark the transition to a system of results based on the top four vote-getters from the whole pool of candidates, rather than separate head-to-head contests for numbered board seats.
Tosa Forward News Staff
The school board provides governance oversight to the superintendent and district operations, approves the annual budget and sets the district’s policies. The board is made up of seven total board members, who are elected to serve for three-year terms and are not paid.
This year’s eight candidates include three incumbent board members, as well as four challengers who have grouped themselves as a “slate” under the label of a local reform advocacy group known as the 2030 Tosa Task Force. (A “slate” is not officially defined, and voters will cast their ballots for individuals, not any self-identified slate.)
Tosa Forward News contacted and interviewed each of the eight candidates to learn more about their backgrounds and to provide an opportunity to share their reasons for running for the school board. Those interviews were condensed for the following summaries, which are ordered alphabetically by last name.