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   Voters favored change in Denver's Board of Education in Tuesday's   
   elections, appearing to have tossed two incumbents and electing a   
   former East High School principal who provided a critical report on   
   the district by an overwhelming majority in an open at-large seat.   
   That seat is currently held by often controversial board member   
   Auon'tai Anderson who decided not to seek re-election.   
      
   Pinning down the reason voters chose John Youngquist for at-large   
   board member, Marlene DeLaRosa in District 5 and likely Kimberlee   
   Sia (who was 11 points ahead Tuesday night in the District 1 race)   
   could be difficult.   
      
   Voter angst was significant in many different categories. It may   
   have been worries about school safety, especially following   
   shootings in and around East High School, a demand for the re-   
   introduction of more school resource officers who were removed from   
   schools in 2020, then partially restored earlier this year, school   
   closings amid declining enrollments, or possible disdain for the   
   dysfunction of the current Board of Education. It could also be that   
   the three were favored by supporters of charter schools who provided   
   heavy financial backing, or the endorsement of the three apparent   
   victors by new Denver mayor Mike Johnston, or... any number of other   
   reasons.   
      
   The school board has seven members and only three seats were up for   
   election, so it is unlikely there will be overwhelming change in   
   direction. But incumbent Charmaine Lindsay in District 5 and Scott   
   Baldermann in District 1 appear to have been ousted.   
      
   Baldermann, who owns a software company, has spent hundreds of   
   thousands of dollars in his own money to get elected first in 2019   
   and run again. Lindsay was appointed to fill a vacancy on the board   
   that this was her first attempt at election, but voters did not   
   stick with her.   
      
   "Our job is we hopefully get together on this Board of Education,"   
   said John Youngquist to a crowd gathered at Bar 38 in Northwest   
   Denver, "To start listening to people in our community across the   
   city to understand what our children need, what our parents want,   
   what our teachers need, what our principals need to get this job   
   done together."   
      
   https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/voters-change-denver-school-   
   board-education-elections-john-youngquist/   
      
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