With the 11 candidates for the North Kansas City school board leading the way, Missouri voters sorted through some packed fields in choosing school leaders for hard economic times.
In most races, incumbents fared well, although there will be two new faces on the board in Liberty, where concerns over financial management may have fueled a move for change.
See The Star’s election tables for a complete list of area school board results.
Hickman Mills
A full slate of incumbents ruled the day in this south Kansas City district.
George Flesher, with 18 years of school board experience, earned three more.
Darrell Curls, who had been appointed to the board, won a three-year term outright.
And Scott Jennings won an additional two years, finishing the term that David Buie left.
In the race for the two three-year terms, Curls had 623 votes and Flesher had 444. They defeated challengers Edward Perry Jr. with 353 and Terrance Jones with 248.
Jennings defeated Clifton Holmes 610-301.
Lee’s Summit
Patricia Buie won her bid for a fourth term and will be joined by newcomer Ron Baker.
Baker sprinted past Sherri Tucker to succeed Manne Magady, who did not seek another term.
Baker had 2,624 votes and Buie had 2,594. Tucker fell short with 1,061, and J. Craig Belser had 596.
Belser was on the ballot but announced before the election that he had withdrawn.
Liberty
Two seats will have new board members as current board president John Sedlock came up short in what amounted to a tight three-person race.
Retired educator Charlene Armitage and restaurateur Mattie Ransom join the board, with Armitage tallying 2,877 votes and Ransom 2,026.
Sedlock followed close behind with 1,920 votes. He was trying to win a second term.
Two other candidates, Gary Collins and Cory Jines, also were on the ballot, but they had announced before the election that they had withdrawn from the race.
A private audit report commissioned by the Board of Education a year ago led to the resignation of one administrator and two others being placed on paid administrative leave.
Two investigations — a police inquiry and a review by the Missouri State Auditor’s Office — are ongoing.
North Kansas City
Many filed, but only three could be chosen.
Incumbents Chace Ramey and Spencer Fields led the way and were joined by newcomer Melissa Joy Roberts, as the top three ran away from the rest of the field.
Current board member Joe Jacobs did not seek another term.
Ramey had 1,901 votes, Fields 1,679 and Roberts 1,588 to win three-year terms.
The closest challengers were Richard Gist with 1,135 votes and Joann Davis with 909.
Also running were Crystal Powers, Tom Clossick, Josh Reed, Michael Wooten, Johnny Simpson and James Wenhart.
Park Hill
Three incumbents easily swept back onto the board.
Denise Schnell and John Thomas beat challenger Lathem Scott and will serve three more years.
Schnell led with 1,040 votes, followed by Thomas with 870. Scott had 419 votes.
Janice Bolin, an incumbent who had been appointed to the board, won her seat outright over Mark Roy and Dan Coronado.
Bolin won with 954 votes. Roy had 241 and Coronado had 215.
Bolin will finish out the two years left on the term that was resigned by Mike Otto.
Raytown
The two elected incumbents up for re-election will return, and an appointed incumbent was unseated in another crowded field.
Amy Tittle and Kristie Collins-Delarber won their bids for another three years on the board. But Allison Bruflat, who was appointed to the board 10 months ago, was defeated by Rick Thode, who will serve a one-year term.
In the race for the two full-term seats, Tittle came in first with 1,590 votes, followed by Collins-Delarber with 1,453.
Coming up short were Kyle White with 1,061 votes, Sally Allen with 1,047 and Ben Lorentz with 526.
In the race for the one-year term, Thode had 1,813 votes to Bruflat’s 1,262.
In most races, incumbents fared well, although there will be two new faces on the board in Liberty, where concerns over financial management may have fueled a move for change.
See The Star’s election tables for a complete list of area school board results.
Hickman Mills
A full slate of incumbents ruled the day in this south Kansas City district.
George Flesher, with 18 years of school board experience, earned three more.
Darrell Curls, who had been appointed to the board, won a three-year term outright.
And Scott Jennings won an additional two years, finishing the term that David Buie left.
In the race for the two three-year terms, Curls had 623 votes and Flesher had 444. They defeated challengers Edward Perry Jr. with 353 and Terrance Jones with 248.
Jennings defeated Clifton Holmes 610-301.
Lee’s Summit
Patricia Buie won her bid for a fourth term and will be joined by newcomer Ron Baker.
Baker sprinted past Sherri Tucker to succeed Manne Magady, who did not seek another term.
Baker had 2,624 votes and Buie had 2,594. Tucker fell short with 1,061, and J. Craig Belser had 596.
Belser was on the ballot but announced before the election that he had withdrawn.
Liberty
Two seats will have new board members as current board president John Sedlock came up short in what amounted to a tight three-person race.
Retired educator Charlene Armitage and restaurateur Mattie Ransom join the board, with Armitage tallying 2,877 votes and Ransom 2,026.
Sedlock followed close behind with 1,920 votes. He was trying to win a second term.
Two other candidates, Gary Collins and Cory Jines, also were on the ballot, but they had announced before the election that they had withdrawn from the race.
A private audit report commissioned by the Board of Education a year ago led to the resignation of one administrator and two others being placed on paid administrative leave.
Two investigations — a police inquiry and a review by the Missouri State Auditor’s Office — are ongoing.
North Kansas City
Many filed, but only three could be chosen.
Incumbents Chace Ramey and Spencer Fields led the way and were joined by newcomer Melissa Joy Roberts, as the top three ran away from the rest of the field.
Current board member Joe Jacobs did not seek another term.
Ramey had 1,901 votes, Fields 1,679 and Roberts 1,588 to win three-year terms.
The closest challengers were Richard Gist with 1,135 votes and Joann Davis with 909.
Also running were Crystal Powers, Tom Clossick, Josh Reed, Michael Wooten, Johnny Simpson and James Wenhart.
Park Hill
Three incumbents easily swept back onto the board.
Denise Schnell and John Thomas beat challenger Lathem Scott and will serve three more years.
Schnell led with 1,040 votes, followed by Thomas with 870. Scott had 419 votes.
Janice Bolin, an incumbent who had been appointed to the board, won her seat outright over Mark Roy and Dan Coronado.
Bolin won with 954 votes. Roy had 241 and Coronado had 215.
Bolin will finish out the two years left on the term that was resigned by Mike Otto.
Raytown
The two elected incumbents up for re-election will return, and an appointed incumbent was unseated in another crowded field.
Amy Tittle and Kristie Collins-Delarber won their bids for another three years on the board. But Allison Bruflat, who was appointed to the board 10 months ago, was defeated by Rick Thode, who will serve a one-year term.
In the race for the two full-term seats, Tittle came in first with 1,590 votes, followed by Collins-Delarber with 1,453.
Coming up short were Kyle White with 1,061 votes, Sally Allen with 1,047 and Ben Lorentz with 526.
In the race for the one-year term, Thode had 1,813 votes to Bruflat’s 1,262.
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