Stamford Board of Education: Election Day 2012

Precinct Pia Olsen Hoch Rauh Burgess 1 1082 1012 960 1365 1335 2 427 376 391 995 1000 3 775 677 644 940 970 CORRECTED 4 552 471 423 656 652 5 715 588 567 1162 1180 6 863 843 840 1631 1666 7 310 294 303 558 576 8 107 96 99 149 154 9 97 83 90 317 343 10 11 287 281 262 512 527 12 442 413 383 555 530 13 1029 935 891 959 940 14 1354 1179 1109 1299 1259 15 1101 908 923 1166 1193 16 881 785 717 717 639 17 1311 1299 1147 1199 942 18 969 865 810 833 773 19 1321 1209 1119 954 820 20 528 517 468 448 384 21 1533 1480 1322 1430 1266 22 689 675 614 557 512 Totals 16373 15086 14082 18402 16841

Updated, 11:55 a.m.

Burgess joined Carlo Leone Tuesday morning in greeting arriving voters at Springdale School. She told Patch that she's not nervous about the race, but had a "little anxiety."

"Going forward, no matter what happens, we want the poele to understand that we have to be for the children and that the Board has to become transparent and that our focus has to be on setting good policy," Burgess said. "That is going to ensure good education in the city Stamford."

Original Story

Republican candidates John Hoch and incumbents Lorraine Olson and school board Vice President Jerry Pia along with newcomer Dolores Burgess and current board President Polly Rauh shared their views on how Stamford Public School could be improved at a recent debate.

Hoch: "I've enjoyed this process. The people up here are willing to give their heart, soul, blood, sweat and tears to the young people of Stamford and whether or not we will agree on every issue if I'm elected, I know that I will be starting from that place."

Olson: "Colleges require kids to be well-rounded," she said. "They fit sports into the end of the day and all these other extra-curricular activities. I just don't know if you could extend the day with a child, it's just too long already."

Pia: "Preschool is extremely important. You have to get to children really early. We've seen through various results that everybody learns on the same level, they just don't come in at the same level and that's the key. We have to get them to all come in at the same level."

Burgess: "I think [extending] the day is better. I think children adapt to a lot of things. The problem will be the parents that will have more trouble adjusting to it. If good learning is going on and it's fun and [the kids] are being challenged and motivate, I think they won't mind going a little longer."

Rauh: "The resources of the district need to be put where the needs are," she said. "We talk about equality [in giving funds per school]. I think we need to get away equality and look at equity and put our efforts exactly to the point of the needs of the children in those particular schools and also monitor that the standard curriculum and the amount of time spent on instruction is implemented across the district and not in variations."