Schools
VIDEO: Hudson Patch School Board Candidate Forum - March 7, 2013
The four Hudson School District Board of Education candidates — Jim Schrock, Bruce Hanson, Jamie Johnson and Jeanette Kunz — participated in the Hudson Patch School Board Candidate Forum on March 7 at the Phipps Center for the Arts.
Video is provided by The River Channel: Hudson/North Hudson Community Access Television.
The four Hudson School District Board of Education candidates — Jim Schrock, Bruce Hanson, Jamie Johnson and Jeanette Kunz — participated in the Hudson Patch School Board Candidate Forum on March 7 at the Phipps Center for the Arts in front of a live audience.
Hudson Patch Editor Micheal Foley served as event moderator.
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The following is a viewing guide for the video above, including each question and the video running time of when each speaker addressed it:
Opening Remarks
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- Foley - 0:10
Tell us a little bit about yourself. Not your platform or ideas, but about you as a person. What do you do for a living? Where are you from? How long have you lived in Hudson? Do you have kids in the district? How old are they? That sort of thing.
- Schrock - 2:06
- Hanson - 3:00
- Johnson - 4:59
- Kunz - 7:00
Please tell us why you’re running for a seat on the school board. What or who influenced your decision to run?
- Hanson - 8:55
- Johnson - 10:54
- Kunz - 12:40
- Schrock - 14:14
How much stock do you put in Dr. Hazel Reinhardt’s enrollment projections? What should be done to resolve current and projected secondary space issues? The board is currently exploring five options. Which do you like most? Which do you like least?
- Johnson - 16:16
- Kunz - 19:00
- Schrock - 21:09
- Hanson - 22:55
Last month the board granted Superintendent Mary Bowen-Eggebraaten an 8.9% raise totaling more than $13,000 to help bring her salary closer to the median salary of similar school districts' superintendents in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Had you been on the board, how would you have voted on this matter? How important do you think it is to pay our teachers, staff and administrators — including the superintdent — competitively?
- Kunz - 25:34
- Schrock - 27:18
- Hanson - 28:16
- Johnson - 30:09
The district has a strategic plan known as HSD 2025 that outlines seven key skill areas where graduates will show proficiency in the year 2025. The year 2025 may sound a long ways off, but our current kindergarteners will graduate that year. How will you ensure that the district stays on track in all seven of these key skill areas as these kindergarteners advance in their education?
- Schrock - 33:01
- Hanson - 33:48
- Johnson - 35:51
- Kunz - 37:28
Where should our district’s financial resources be focused? If you had unilateral control of the district budget, where would you make cuts and where would you make additional investments?
- Hanson - 39:44
- Johnson - 41:45
- Kunz - 43:47
- Schrock - 45:19
Are you the type of person who sticks to principles or do you seek compromises? Which school district issues are you willing to compromise on, and which issues will you stand firm on?
- Johnson - 47:13
- Kunz - 49:02
- Schrock - 50:02
- Hanson - 50:42
Kunz asks Johnson a direct question.
- Kunz - 52:53
- Johnson - 54:00
Schrock asks Hanson a direct question.
- Schrock - 55:51
- Hanson - 56:19
Hanson asks Schrock a direct question.
- Hanson - 56:55
- Schrock - 57:11
Johnson asks Kunz a direct question.
- Johnson - 57:56
- Kunz - 58:33
Closing statements
- Schrock - 1:00:14
- Hanson - 1:01:31
- Johnson - 1:03:16
- Kunz - 1:05:25
Closing remarks
- Foley - 1:06:48
The four candidates are vying for two seats on the school board in the April 2 election. Absentee voting begins March 18.
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