Lawrence Public School District, Michigan, elections

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Lawrence Public School District
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District details
School board members: 7
Students: 419 (2022-2023)
Schools: 2 (2022-2023)
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Lawrence Public School District is a school district in Michigan (Van Buren County). During the 2023 school year, 419 students attended one of the district's two schools.

This page provides information regarding school board members, election rules, finances, academics, policies, and more details about the district.

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Elections

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Lawrence Public Schools, At-large

General election

General election for Lawrence Public Schools, At-large (4 seats)

Jason Becht, Nicole Colgren, Angela Marsh-Peek, and Marney Santo ran in the general election for Lawrence Public Schools, At-large on November 5, 2024.

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Jason Becht (Nonpartisan)
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Nicole Colgren (Nonpartisan)
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Angela Marsh-Peek (Nonpartisan)
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Marney Santo (Nonpartisan)

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Lawrence Public Schools, At-large

General election

Special general election for Lawrence Public Schools, At-large

Missy Alfieri ran in the special general election for Lawrence Public Schools, At-large on November 5, 2024.

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Election rules

 

Election dates and frequency

See also: Rules governing school board election dates and timing

School board general elections in Michigan are held on the first Tuesday after the First Monday in November every two years in even-numbered years.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Michigan Statute Section 380.384

Recent or upcoming election dates for all local school districts in the state

Below are the recent/upcoming dates for all local school districts in the state. There may be exceptions to these dates for specific districts because of local charters and district-specific exceptions and carve-outs.

  • Filing deadline date: July 23, 2024
  • General election date: November 5, 2024

Election system

School board members in Michigan are elected through nonpartisan general elections without primaries.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Michigan Statute Section 380.384

Party labels on the ballot

See also: Rules governing party labels in school board elections

School board elections in Michigan are nonpartisan, which means party labels do not appear on the ballot for school board candidates. Michigan Election Law on school board candidate nominating petitions states, "(2)The nominating petition must be substantially in the form prescribed in section 544c, except that the petition must be nonpartisan." It also states, "At any regular election, the names of the several nonpartisan offices to be voted for shall be placed on a separate portion of the ballot containing no party designation in the following order: [...], and in a year in which an election for the office is held, local school district board member, metropolitan district officer, and district library board member."

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Michigan Statute Section 168.303 and Section 168.699

Winning an election

The candidate or candidates that receive the most votes in the nonpartisan general election are elected to office.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Michigan Statute Section 168.307

Term length and staggering

All school districts other community school districts in Michigan have board member terms of either four or six years depending on the board by-laws. As of 2022, 60% of school districts in Michigan had six-year board member terms, and 40% -- including community school districts -- had four-year board member terms.

Community school districts in Michigan have four-year board member terms. Initial terms for the first board members of newly organized community school districts are two, four, or six years to stagger elections.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Michigan Statute Section 380.11a and Michigan Statute Section 380.384

For community school districts in Michigan, as close to half of school board members as possible for each district are elected every two years, which means either three or four seats are up for election at each even-year election. At the first board member election after community school districts are first organized, all seven board member seats are elected. Two members are elected to two-year terms, three members are elected to four-year terms, and two members are elected to six-year terms, with higher vote totals dictating longer initial terms. After initial terms, all board members have four-year terms, which results in staggered elections: four seats up in one election and three seats up in the next election.

Michigan statute requires that at least one board member must be elected every two years at each regular even-year election. Specific seat staggering details for school districts other than community school districts are determined at the local level by the district board's bylaws. Most districts with four-year board member terms elect as close to half of board members as possible every two years. Most districts with six-year board member terms elect as close to one-third of board members as possible every two years.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Michigan Statute Section 380.384 and Michigan Statute Section 168.301

Representation: at large vs. by sub-district

School board members in Michigan are elected at large by all voters in the district.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Michigan Statute Section 168.303, Section 168.307, and Section 380.384 (3)

Filing deadlines and swearing-in dates

School board candidates must file affidavits and nomination petitions or candidate filing fees by 4 p.m. on the 15th Tuesday before the November election. This means that the school board candidate filing deadline is in late July every even-numbered year.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Michigan Statute Section 168.303


Newly elected school board members in Michigan officially take office on January 1 of the year following the election.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Michigan Statute Section 380.384 and Section 168.302

 


About the district

School board

The Lawrence Public School District consists of seven members serving four-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members
NameYear assumed officeYear term ends
Nicole Colgren
Ruth Cowles
Greg Kovacs
Rebecca Litchfield
Angela Marsh Peek
Deb Salvano
Karl Sell

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Overlapping state house districts

Lawrence Public School District
Office NameCurrent OfficeholderParty% School District Covered% Other District Covered
Michigan House of Representatives District 39Pauline WendzelRepublican Party 100% 6%

The table was limited to the lower chamber because it provides the most granularity. State house districts tend to be more numerous and therefore smaller than state senate or U.S. House districts. This provides an impression of the partisan affiliations in the area.

Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[1]

Revenue, 2020-2021
SOURCE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Federal: $721,000 $1,534 10%
Local: $2,104,000 $4,477 30%
State: $4,166,000 $8,864 60%
Total: $6,991,000 $14,874
Expenditures, 2020-2021
TYPE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Total Expenditures: $6,160,000 $13,106
Total Current Expenditures: $5,945,000 $12,648
Instructional Expenditures: $3,693,000 $7,857 60%
Student and Staff Support: $266,000 $565 4%
Administration: $1,032,000 $2,195 17%
Operations, Food Service, Other: $954,000 $2,029 15%
Total Capital Outlay: $29,000 $61
Construction: $8,000 $17
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other: $0 $0
Interest on Debt: $186,000 $395

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements.[2][3]

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 22 PS PS 15-19 <50 20-24
2018-2019 29 PS 15-19 <50 35-39
2017-2018 25 PS PS 15-19 <50 30-34
2016-2017 31 PS PS 20-24 PS 35-39
2015-2016 36 PS PS 25-29 PS >=50 40-44
2014-2015 31 PS PS 20-24 PS <50 35-39
2013-2014 37 PS PS 25-29 PS >=50 40-44
2012-2013 40 PS PS 30-34 PS >=50 40-44
2011-2012 40 PS PS 30-34 PS <50 45-49
2010-2011 84 PS PS 80-84 >=50 85-89

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 36 PS PS 30-34 <50 35-39
2018-2019 41 PS 25-29 <50 45-49
2017-2018 37 PS PS 30-34 >=50 40-44
2016-2017 43 PS PS 35-39 PS 45-49
2015-2016 48 PS PS 40-44 PS <50 50-54
2014-2015 46 PS PS 35-39 PS >=50 45-49
2013-2014 64 PS PS 55-59 PS >=50 65-69
2012-2013 61 PS PS 50-54 PS >=50 65-69
2011-2012 60 PS PS 50-54 PS >=50 60-64
2010-2011 80 PS PS 75-79 >=50 80-84

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2019-2020 >=90 PS >=50 PS >=80
2018-2019 70-79 PS >=50 >=80
2017-2018 80-89 PS >=80 60-79
2016-2017 >=90 PS >=50 >=80
2015-2016 80-89 >=50 80-89
2014-2015 >=90 PS >=50 PS >=90
2013-2014 70-79 >=50 PS >=80
2012-2013 70-79 PS PS >=50 60-79
2011-2012 80-89 PS >=50 80-89
2010-2011 70-79 PS >=50 PS 70-79

Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[4]

Year Enrollment Year-to-year change (%)
2022-2023 419 -9.3
2021-2022 458 -2.6
2020-2021 470 -11.9
2019-2020 526 -8.4
2018-2019 570 -0.2
2017-2018 571 -8.9
2016-2017 622 -1.6
2015-2016 632 0.0
2014-2015 632 0.2
2013-2014 631 -6.2
2012-2013 670 -0.9
2011-2012 676 -4.6
2010-2011 707 -6.8
2009-2010 755 -1.3
2008-2009 765 -0.5
2007-2008 769 -0.8
2006-2007 775 -1.9
2005-2006 790 3.0
2004-2005 766 -6.1
2003-2004 813 -2.5
2002-2003 833 -0.2
2001-2002 835 -2.9
2000-2001 859 -2.6
1999-2000 881 0.0
Racial Demographics, 2022-2023
RACE Lawrence Public School District (%) Michigan K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native 0.0 0.6
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander 0.0 3.6
Black 0.7 18.1
Hispanic 39.1 8.9
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.0 0.1
Two or More Races 3.3 5.1
White 56.8 63.6

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[5]

As of the 2022-2023 school year, Lawrence Public School District had 28.60 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 14.65.

Teachers, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten: 0.00
Kindergarten: 1.00
Elementary: 12.00
Secondary: 13.20
Total: 28.60

Lawrence Public School District employed 1.00 district administrators and 4.00 school administrators as of the 2022-2023 school year.

Administrators, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators: 1.00
District Administrative Support: 0.00
School Administrators: 4.00
School Administrative Support: 3.51
Other staff, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides: 9.60
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors: 0.00
Total Guidance Counselors: 1.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors: 0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors: 0.00
Librarians/Media Specialists: 0.00
Library/Media Support: 0.00
Student Support Services: 1.30
Other Support Services: 8.00

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[6]

The Lawrence Public School District operates two schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.
List of schools
SCHOOL NAMENUMBER OF STUDENTSGRADES
Lawrence Elementary School207KG-6
Lawrence Jrsr High School2127-12

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    • Footnotes

    1. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
    2. ↑ U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC: EDFacts, "State Assessments in Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics- School Year 2018-19 EDFacts Data Documentation," accessed February 25, 2021
    3. ↑ To protect student privacy, percentages were reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five (5) or fewer students were included in a data set, the data was replaced by "PS."
    4. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
    5. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
    6. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
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