Wednesday, November 07, 2001
Upsets on Clermont school boards
Milford goes for two newcomers
By Cindy Kranz
The Cincinnati Enquirer
With all of the county's 191 precincts reporting, newcomers upset two incumbents in the Milford Exempted Village School District.
Challengers Edith Simmons Martin and David E. Yockey were the top vote-getters. Incumbent Gary Corn was re-elected, but board members Jim Hudson and Peter Gerdom lost their spots. They finished fourth and fifth, respectively, among the field of six candidates.
Voters in West Clermont School District signaled a continuing green light for high school restructuring when they returned the three incumbents to the school board on Tuesday.
Jo Ann Beamer and John Gray were re-elected with 21 percent and 18 percent of the vote, respectively.
Jeff Burgess, appointed June 11 to fill an unexpired term, was elected for the first time, with 15 percent of the vote.
Mrs. Beamer, the top vote-getter, has been a board member since 1982; Mr. Gray since 1990.
: Eight candidates were vying for three four-year terms.
Of the eight, candidate Karen Kaiser was most critical of the district's efforts to institute smaller schools of learning in the two high schools by next August. She was in sixth place among the candidates.
Meanwhile, voters in Williamsburg elected five school board members to see the district through its financial woes.
Voters mixed the new school board with incumbents and newcomers.
Incumbents Donald Burroughs and Michael G. Murray, along with newcomer Barbara Conner, were elected to four-year terms.
Incumbent Nancy Karlen lost, finishing in fourth place out of five candidates.
Incumbent Terry Frost and newcomer Mark Ely were elected to fill two unexpired terms.
Incumbent Trevor Foster lost.
It's uncommon for an entire school board to be on the ballot simultaneously, but it's been an unusual year in Williamsburg.
The district, facing a $788,000 deficit, was placed on a state fiscal watch.
Regaining fiscal stability was a theme trumpeted by most of the nine candidates.
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