Shop LocalWednesday, April 4, 2012
The Fulton School Board will welcome one familiar face and one new one at its next meeting on April 11.
Incumbent Dennis Depping and newcomer Kristi Donohue came out ahead of opponents Kathy Brandon and David “Rob” Hunter in Tuesday’s election, with 32.18 percent and 27.84 percent of the vote respectively. Hunter did not finish far behind with 24.46 percent of the vote, while Brandon took 13.76 percent.
Depping, who already has served six years on the board, said he is looking forward to a new term — particularly working with a new slate of administrators at the middle school and high school.
“No. 1 is continuing on with the high school and the direction it’s going and keeping the kids engaged,” Depping said, calling attention to the fact that high school principal Jason Whitt recently passed his doctorate. “The new leadership at the middle school is exciting.
“We have two young administrators who are full of good ideas.”
Donohue, who had previously said she and her husband made the decision to move to Fulton specifically because of the school system, said she is excited to get started with the school board.
“I am just looking forward to diving in and getting my feet wet and learning all that I can and moving forward with positive changes for the school district,” Donohue said. “I want to thank everybody for their support — it’s been amazing.”
Comments
Advocator 1 year, 1 month ago
Congratulations to Kristi Donohue. Good to see the new face on the board. Time will tell if she will be independent and think about her input or if she makes it the 7-0 club again. Hopefully she and Mr. Bonderer can make some positive changes in the direction of education in the FPS. They could start by getting the kids back into the classroom by doing away with block scheduling and by going back to a seven period day at the high school and by stopping the loss of class time caused by the early dismissals on Wednesdays. Both of these actions would allow for more contact time between teachers and students. Students can not learn if they are not in class, and teachers can not teach if the kids are not there. Again I challenge any administrator or school board member to produce the research which shows that students learn more if they are not in class.
The most disappointing thing about this election is, based on low voter turnout, the lack of interest by the voters in their school system. This is your school system and your tax dollars. It certainly doesn't say much about the people wanting a strong school system. Parents must be involved and this starts with the voting process.
online_editor 1 year, 1 month ago
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