Melanie Monestere
Melanie Monestere (Republican Party) ran for election to the Utah State Board of Education to represent District 6. Monestere lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Monestere completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2022
See also: Utah State Board of Education election, 2022
General election
General election for Utah State Board of Education District 6
Incumbent Carol Barlow Lear defeated Melanie Monestere in the general election for Utah State Board of Education District 6 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Carol Barlow Lear (D) | 70.9 | 65,779 | |
| Melanie Monestere (R) | 29.1 | 26,953 | ||
| Total votes: 92,732 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Carol Barlow Lear advanced from the Democratic primary for Utah State Board of Education District 6.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Melanie Monestere advanced from the Republican primary for Utah State Board of Education District 6.
Democratic convention
Democratic convention for Utah State Board of Education District 6
Incumbent Carol Barlow Lear defeated Joshua Sine in the Democratic convention for Utah State Board of Education District 6 on April 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Carol Barlow Lear (D) | 80.1 | 193 | |
| Joshua Sine (D) | 19.9 | 48 | ||
| Total votes: 241 | ||||
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Republican convention
Republican convention for Utah State Board of Education District 6
Melanie Monestere defeated incumbent Janet Cannon in the Republican convention for Utah State Board of Education District 6 on April 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Melanie Monestere (R) | 69.8 | 118 | |
| Janet Cannon (R) | 30.2 | 51 | ||
| Total votes: 169 | ||||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Melanie Monestere completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Monestere's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- RESTORE FOCUS ON ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE. Nationally, Utah ranks 50th in per student funding. That is last place. In performance, we rank much better thanks to the dedicated teachers and administrators who run our schools. We have wonderful schools in our state that are transforming lives every day. In my district, East High School has only 31% of graduates at grade level in English, 27% in science, and only 20% in math. We have elementary schools with similar test scores, and about three fourths of kids below grade level in math, reading, and science. People often point to Covid, but the truth is test scores started declining before Covid, with the decline starting in 2017 or earlier. We need to get our focus back on academic excellence.
- REDUCE CLASS SIZES. When we look at how to improve student outcomes, we need to address the teacher shortage. Half of our teachers leave the profession in the first 5 years. That makes our class sizes too big. Kids get less individual instruction, less help and do not learn as well. What can we do to make teaching a more attractive profession, and to restore the joy of teaching that attracted our teachers in the first place? Our bright young college graduates have many career opportunities. We need to look at pay, mentoring, flexibility in the classroom to teach to individual student needs, and do what it takes to make teaching an attractive profession again.
- TRANSPARENCY. One of the challenges we have had with our schools is transparency. Covid really highlighted to parents that school policies were being decided on and put in place, sometimes with no prior communication or input from parents. In other cases our school boards have ignored parent input. Policy makers have been out of touch with families. This has left many parents feeling a loss of trust in our schools and a loss of confidence in our school boards. Families and schools share a common goal of educating our kids and preparing them for life in our communities. I will work to improve transparency for our school boards. With greater transparency we can work to rebuild trust between parents and schools.
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See also
2022 Elections
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