Now that the smoke has cleared on this year’s Monroe school board race, it seems pretty clear that all the talk about a need for new leadership was just talk.
In the weeks leading up to Tuesday’s vote, the Press received several letters critical of sitting school board members — in particular, President Kathy Kolupanowich and board members Amy Speizer and Lew Kaufmann. Ms. Speizer and Mr. Kaufman were running for re-election.
But voters apparently disagreed. The only change on the board was the defeat of longtime incumbent Carol Haring, who while supporting the plan to place the new high school in Thompson Park had been critical of the board’s unwillingness to explore a backup plan.
And it wasn’t even close. Ms. Speizer and Mr. Kaufman were runaway winners, while Ira Tessler — running on a slate with the two incumbents — won the third seat.
Finishing at the bottom? The two most critical candidates, Ms. Bjornsen and Ms. Haring.
I’ll let the reader consider the meaning in all of this.
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