Steven R. Seibert
Steven R. Seibert was a member of the Harrison School District Two school board At-large in Colorado. Seibert assumed office in 2013. Seibert left office on December 1, 2021.
Seibert ran for re-election to the Harrison School District Two school board At-large in Colorado. Seibert won in the general election on November 7, 2017.
Biography
Seibert's career experience includes working as the managing partner of Jay-Gee Properties. He attended Mesa State College and Pikes Peak Community College.[1]
Elections
2017
Three of the five seats on the Harrison School District Two Board of Education in Colorado were up for nonpartisan general election on November 7, 2017. In his bid for re-election, incumbent Steven R. Seibert faced challengers Joshua Hitchcock, Jeannie Orozco, and Linda Pugh. Seibert won re-election, and Orozco and Pugh won new terms on the board.[2][3]
Results
| Harrison School District Two, At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Linda Pugh |
30.52% | 3,579 |
| Jeannie Orozco |
25.42% | 2,981 |
| Steven R. Seibert Incumbent |
22.69% | 2,661 |
| Joshua Hitchcock | 21.36% | 2,505 |
| Total Votes | 11,726 | |
| Source: El Paso County Elections Office, "Official Results: HARRISON SCHOOL DISTRICT 2 DIRECTOR," accessed November 27, 2017 | ||
Funding
Seibert began the race with an existing account balance of $735.00 from his previous campaign. He reported $0.00 in contributions and $740.97 in expenditures to Colorado Secretary of State, which left his campaign with $5.97 in debt in the election.[4]
Endorsements
Seibert was endorsed by the Pikes Peak Association of REALTORS® (PPAR).[5]
2013
Seibert ran against four fellow challengers on November 5, 2013.
Results
| Harrison School District Two, At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2013 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Joyce L. Leigh |
24.5% | 3,213 | |
| Nonpartisan | Doriena S. Longmire |
22.7% | 2,986 | |
| Nonpartisan | Steven R. Seibert |
18.8% | 2,471 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ryan Thompson | 18.8% | 2,468 | |
| Nonpartisan | Aaron Simpson | 15.2% | 1,998 | |
| Total Votes | 13,136 | |||
| Source: El Paso County, Colorado, "2013 Coordinated Election," November 14, 2013 | ||||
Funding
Seibert reported $735.00 in contributions and $0.00 in expenditures to the Colorado Secretary of State, which left his campaign with $735.00 on hand in the election.[6]
Endorsements
Seibert was endorsed by the HBA Political Action Committee (PAC).[7]
Campaign themes
2013
Seibert participated in the following an interview with The Gazette. The interview questions appear bolded, and Seibert's responses follow below.[1]
What major challenges face your school district and how would you solve them, aside from additional funding?
| “ | Hsd2's largest opportunities for improvement continue to be academic improvement and graduation rate. Through pay for performance and the retention of the high performing teachers, we will continue to improve academically. Graduation rates however need to be looked at in a whole new light. If we look at community partnerships, corporate internships, and other vocational avenues we can recapture a large number of students who feel high school and college will simply not benefit them.[8] | ” |
| —Steven R. Seibert (2013)[1] | ||
With budget constraints in place, what areas would you concentrate on?
| “ | Student contact is the number one most vital element to education. All other areas must take the largest budgetary impact first, prior to any program or staff being affected.[8] | ” |
| —Steven R. Seibert (2013)[1] | ||
This year, voters will decide whether to pass Amendment 66, which would raise $950 million in additional taxes for education. If the amendment passes, how should the money be allocated in your district?
| “ | I am truly a proponent of head start and funding schools. I am even in favor of tax increases to fund well defined school programs. I do not believe however Amendment 66 is one of these well defined and strictly accountable measures.[8] | ” |
| —Steven R. Seibert (2013)[1] | ||
Why don't most districts get beyond 70 percent student proficiency on state assessments?
| “ | Books could be written on this subject and not conclusively answer the matter at hand. If I may oversimplify my position on state standards and testing, I would have to refer to the bell curve data collection. We simply expect a small number to fail , a small number to be high functioning, and the rest to fall some where in the middle. 70% is exactly that average students, average by measure of the largest part of their piers. An "A" student is suddenly a failure in a class of geniuses![8] | ” |
| —Steven R. Seibert (2013)[1] | ||
See also
- Harrison School District Two, Colorado
- Harrison School District Two elections (2017)
- Harrison School District Two elections (2013)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 The Gazette, "Steven Seibert," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ Abbey Smith, "Phone communication with Harrison School District Two," September 11, 2017
- ↑ El Paso County Elections Office, "Unofficial Results: HARRISON SCHOOL DISTRICT 2 DIRECTOR," accessed November 7, 2017
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "TRACER: Candidate Search," accessed December 15, 2017
- ↑ Pikes Peak Association of REALTORS®, "2017 November Coordinated Election," accessed November 2, 2017
- ↑ Colorado TRACER, "Candidate Detail," accessed December 19, 2013
- ↑ Housing & Building Association of Colorado Springs, "PAC Endorsed Candidates," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
| Harrison School District Two elections in 2017 | |
| El Paso County, Colorado | |
| Election date: | November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Steven R. Seibert • Joshua Hitchcock • Jeannie Orozco • Linda Pugh |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
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