11/9/2009 3:41:00 PM New faces elected to school boards
By Brett Stursa
Residents will see new faces on all of the school boards in the Lake Minnetonka area after the Nov. 3 election.
Voters in the Hopkins School District elected two new board members, with Susan Wootten and Warren Goodroad taking seats in January.
Peg Keenan will be taking a seat on the Minnetonka School Board, and Bob Tunheim and Mike Johnson will be joining the board in Orono.
In Wayzata, Susan Gaither will be joining the board. Wayzata School District voters also supported both of the district's referendum questions, with more than 60 percent of voters supporting both questions.
Westonka voters elected two new board members, Gary Wollner and Margie Saatzer.
Minnetonka and Hopkins, the only cities with council members on the ballot in the area, will see a return of all current council members and mayors, as all of the incumbents were reelected.
The following information shows the total votes cast for each candidate, with the name of those elected in bold.
Hopkins School Board
Betsy Scheurer (I) 2,506
Susan Wootten 2,314
Warren Goodroad 1,883
Paul Scofield 1,855
Israel Alguindique 895
Minnetonka School Board
Erin Adams (I) 1,826
Peg Keenan 1,823
Pam Langseth (I) 1,816
Jim Patterson 1,634
Orono School Board
Bob Tunheim 818
Martha Van de Ven (I) 809
Mike Johnson 731
Lyle Brandt 317
Wayzata School Board (Four year terms)
Susan Hayes Droegemueller (I) 2,579
Susan Gaither 2,481
John Moroz (I) 2,269
Erik Brown 1,119
Marvin Hannon 786
Nolan Fredrickson 836
Wayzata School Board (Two year term)
Carter Peterson (I) 2,359
Mark Ness 1,503
Wayzata referendum question 1
Revoke the district's three existing operating levies that total $1,609.26 per pupil and replace them with one levy for the same per pupil amount of $1,609.26. The renewed levy would be in place for 10 years and continues to have a provision for inflation.
Yes 3,200
No 2,014
Wayzata referendum question 2
Revoke one of the district's two existing technology levies that is currently generating about $3.1 million each year and set to expire in two years, and replace it with a levy for the same amount of $3.1 million. The renewed levy would in place for 10 years.
