Duane Bartsch

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Duane Bartsch

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Last election

April 5, 2022

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Missouri

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Duane Bartsch ran for election for an at-large seat of the North Kansas City Public Schools Board of Education. He lost in the general election on April 5, 2022.

Bartsch completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Duane Bartsch was born in Missouri.

Elections

2022

See also: North Kansas City Schools, Missouri, elections (2022)

General election

General election for North Kansas City Public Schools Board of Education (2 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for North Kansas City Public Schools Board of Education on April 5, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Daniel Wartick (Nonpartisan)	22.2	4,256
✔		Terry Ward (Nonpartisan)	22.0	4,219
		Laura Wagner (Nonpartisan)	13.5	2,576
		Duane Bartsch (Nonpartisan)	11.9	2,280
		Josiah Bechthold (Nonpartisan)	11.1	2,115
		Frances Yang (Nonpartisan)	10.9	2,090
		Susan Hines (Nonpartisan)	6.7	1,280
		Andrew Corrao (Nonpartisan)	1.7	322

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 19,138
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2022

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Duane Bartsch completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Bartsch's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am an Army vet, conservative and a lawyer. I have four kids in NKC Schools and graduated Winnetonka High School. I was general counsel for an inner-city k-8th grade public charter school, and later a board member. The school was started by a minister who believed that a quality, rigorous education was the number one civil rights issue of the day. Every child deserves a quality, rigorous education.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• NKC needs to focus on academics. Winnetonka has a 13% math proficiency, we need to stop focusing on trendy social theory.
• Masks should be optional, not required. Let's give kids back their childhoods.
• Graphic depictions of cunnilingus are not age appropriate in kids' libraries.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Give students a strong foundation in the basics: reading, writing, and math. If you're not proficient in the basics, then you're not prepared as a citizen. You're not prepared to think for yourself, fight for what is right, reason effectively, or participate in work environments and earn a good wage. Emphasizing divisive social theory, dividing kids by color or sexuality destroys citizenship promotion. The good news is that schools can and should be good at the basics -- if it's prioritized. NKC needs to focus on academics. My alma mater, Winnetonka, has a 13% math proficiency (source: publicschoolreview.com). NKC has too many resources and quality teachers to have ever allowed this to happen.

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