Glendale School District recall, Oregon (2016)

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Glendale School District Board recall
Officeholders
William Boal
Recall status
Recall approved
Recall election date
February 29, 2016
See also
Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2016 Recalls in Oregon Oregon recall laws School board recalls Recall reports

A recall election seeking to oust William Boal from his position on the Glendale school board was approved by voters in February 2016. More than 60 percent of voters cast ballots in favor of recalling him.

The election was conducted by mail-in ballot. The deadline to return ballots was February 29, 2016. The recall supporters also targeted board members Henry Perry and Judith Dickerson, but both members decided to resign from their posts rather than face a recall election. The three board members were targeted for recall due to their failure to follow school board policies and district procedures and their inability to keep administrators accountable, according to the recall committee in charge of filing the petitions.

Recall vote

William Boal, Position 6 Board Member, Glendale School District
Result		Votes	Percentage
Recall		348	65.41%
Retain		184	34.59%
Election results via: Douglas County Clerk's Office, "Recall Of William C. Boal, Board Member, Director Position 6, Glendale School District #77 Certified Final Results," accessed March 21, 2016

Recall supporters

Pete Ney chaired the five-member recall committee that led the effort to oust Boal, Perry, and Dickerson from their seats. The committee sought to recall the three members due to their failure to follow school board policies and proper procedures and "claiming priorities that were questionable and upside down at best," according to NR Today. The petition also said the board members had not held the administration accountable when policy violations were reported.

Members of the recall committee said that they believed removing Boal, Perry, and Dickerson from office would help bring respect back to the school district. “We have to do something before our schools get worse than they are now,” said Ney.

Recall opponents

Perry, who first joined the board in 1999, admitted that school board meetings had deteriorated in the months leading up to the recall election. “I’m 72 years old, I don’t need this stuff. I’ve been on the school board for 17 years, and I have never seen anything like this," said Perry.

Dickerson also said board meetings had been disruptive. “We have watched these people disrupt our meetings, they have not obeyed the rules, they accuse us of not following policy when we have been meticulous about checking policy and legal issues,” she said.

Perry said he thought he could have won the recall election, but he resigned instead. “I feel bad that I’m abandoning the school district, but there comes a point when you realize that you’re not effective any longer,” he said. Dickerson said she resigned due to health concerns.

When asked why he decided to go through with the recall election, Boal said, "I plan to participate in the recall because I was elected to this position and I believe that the district as a whole should have a chance to weigh in on the issue." He said he believed the district had made improvements, such as increasing graduation rates, raising student test scores, bringing in better technology and getting accepted into the state's natural resources program. He said he hoped voters would have the chance to see those improvements and give the district "a vote of confidence."

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing recall in Oregon

The recall mail-in ballots had to be returned to the Douglas County Clerk's Office by February 29, 2016. The election was put on the ballot after recall supporters submitted more than the 178 required signatures for each of the three targeted board members. The county clerk gave the board members until January 25, 2016, to resign. Two members—Perry and Dickerson—resigned, but Boal decided to face the recall election.

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See also

• Glendale School District, Oregon
• Recall campaigns in Oregon
• Political recall efforts, 2016
• School board recalls

External links

• Glendale School District
• Douglas County Clerk's Office