Angela Pitter-Wright
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Angela Pitter-Wright was the Ward 3 member of the Newton School Committee. She was first elected to the chamber in 2011, and she served until January 2018 as she did not file to run for another term in the general election on November 7, 2017.
Biography
Pitter-Wright earned a B.S. degree in computer engineering and an M.S. degree in administration from Boston University. She spent more than 25 years as a business executive with the Hewlett Packard Corporation, including serving as a senior program manager.[1]
Elections
2015
- See also: Newton Public Schools elections (2015)
The Newton School Committee consists of nine members, eight of whom are elected to two-year terms. The ninth member and chair of the board is the Mayor of Newton. The other eight members of the board are elected at large, although each member represents a different ward in the school district. The general election was held on November 3, 2015. All eight seats were on the ballot in 2015.[2]
All incumbents sought re-election; only two saw challengers on the ballot. Ward 2 incumbent Margaret L. Albright defeated Cyrus Vaghar, while Ward 5 incumbent Steven Siegel won re-election against Susan Huffman.[3]
The following incumbents won re-election unopposed: Ellen P. Gibson in Ward 1, Angela Pitter-Wright in Ward 3, Diana Fisher Gomberg in Ward 4, Ruth E. Goldman in Ward 6, Matt Hills in Ward 7, and Margie Ross Decter in Ward 8.[3]
Results
| Newton School Committee, Ward 3, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Angela Pitter-Wright Incumbent |
99.3% | 4,450 |
| Write-in votes | 0.69% | 31 |
| Total Votes | 4,481 | |
| Source: Newton Election Commission, "November 3, 2015 Official Results," accessed December 17, 2015 | ||
Funding
The Newton Election Commission does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports. If you have any information regarding the campaign finance disclosures in this race, please contact the school board elections team at elections@ballotpedia.org.
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify any official endorsements for Pitter-Wright in the election.
2013
- See also: Newton Public Schools elections (2013)
Pitter-Wright ran unopposed to keep her Ward 3 seat in the general election on November 5, 2013.
Results
| Newton Public Schools, Ward 3 General Election, 2-year term, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Angela Pitter-Wright Incumbent |
99.1% | 5,467 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.9% | 51 | |
| Total Votes | 5,518 | |||
| Source: Newton, Massachusetts, "Official Results - November 5, 2013," accessed December 18, 2013 | ||||
Funding
Pitter-Wright did not file a campaign finance report during the 2013 election, but she did submit a 2012 year-end report that disclosed $50.00 in contributions along with an existing balance of $1,672.82 and $907.28 in expenditures along with $1,089.64 in outstanding liabilities to the Newton Election Commission, which left her campaign $274.10 in debt.[4]
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify any official endorsements for Pitter-Wright in the election.
2011
| Newton Public Schools, Ward 3 General Election, 2-year term, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Angela Pitter-Wright |
99.7% | 4,274 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.3% | 13 | |
| Total Votes | 4,287 | |||
| Source: Newton, Massachusetts, "City of Newton November 8, 2011 Municipal Election Official Results," accessed November 19, 2013 | ||||
Campaign themes
2015
Candidate website
Pitter-Wright's campaign website listed the following themes for 2015:
| “ |
As a School Committee member, I will leverage my 25 years of skills and experience resolving complex challenges and building partnerships to create successful outcomes. It is only through this open and honest process that we are able to drive a best-in-class education for our children. Building a comprehensive 21st century technology infrastructure is one way to both alleviate costs and become more efficient.
Partner and collaborate with public and private institutions as well as local businesses and national corporations to create greater alliances and opportunities for our students.
Accelerate our long-range facilities plan to alleviate over-crowding. Ensure new building designs include mixed use space for times of low enrollment. Create a stronger bond between the schools and the rest of the Newton community. We need to hear from you to have a dialogue about the priorities and how we plan to move forward short and long term. Utilize online surveys and other feedback mechanisms to measure system performance ongoing. It’s about bringing all the stakeholders to the table and building consensus. This practice is no different than when I participated on the Newton Superintendent Search Committee. None of these efforts I speak of can be implemented by one person. It takes a team, a village which includes all of you. [5] |
” |
| —Angela Pitter-Wright (2015), [6] | ||
Recent news
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See also
- Newton Public Schools, Massachusetts
- Newton Public Schools Elections (2013)
- Newton Public Schools elections (2015)
- Incumbency no guarantee of success in Nov. 3 school board elections (November 6, 2015)
- What happened in Nov.'s top board elections? (November 4, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Angela Pitter-Wright - School Committee Ward 3, "About Angela," accessed November 20, 2013
- ↑ Daniel Anderson, "Email correspondence with the Newton Election Commission," March 6, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 City of Newton, "Elections," accessed September 10, 2015
- ↑ Newton, Massachusetts, "Form CPF M 102: Campaign Finance Report," accessed November 19, 2013
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Angela Pitter-Wright for School Committee, "What Matters About Our Schools," accessed October 26, 2015
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