5 Candidates For Wisconsin School Post Meet Deadline
Current Superintendent Is Stepping Down
Updated: 2:19 pm CST January 7,2009
MADISON, Wis. -- Five candidates seeking to become state superintendent of public instruction filed signatures by Tuesday's deadline to appear on the ballot.Those with at least 2,000 valid signatures will face each other in a Feb. 17 primary. The top two vote-getters advance to the general election on April 7.The candidates are current deputy superintendent Tony Evers, Beloit superintendent Lowell Holtz, Concordia University professor Van Mobley, National-Louis University professor Todd Price and virtual schools advocate Rose Fernandez.The winner will serve a four-year term starting in July. The position pays $122,000 a year.The current superintendent, Libby Burmaster, decided against seeking a third term.
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- January 5, 2009: Five People Running For Wisconsin School Superintendent
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- November 17, 2008: Second Person Wants To Be State Superintendent
- October 7, 2008: Wis. School Superintendent Won't Run Again
- September 18, 2008: State Schools Superintendent Calls For Reinvestment In Education
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