2024 Juneau Municipal Election
What makes you a good candidate for the Juneau school board?
- What makes you a good candidate for the Juneau Assembly?
- The city is asking voters to approve adding nearly $23 million to the city’s debt for public health and safety improvements. What are your thoughts on the two ballot initiatives?
- Do you think the Ship-Free Saturday ballot initiative will benefit Juneau residents? Why or why not? If so, how?
- Juneau has now experienced record-breaking glacial outburst flooding events two years in a row. What role should the city play in mitigating damage to residential property in the future?
- The city is moving forward with a redevelopment plan for the Telephone Hill neighborhood in the coming years. How should the Assembly balance the need for more affordable housing downtown with the costs the city may have to shoulder to get those requirements in place?
- What do you think are the most important issues facing Juneau right now?
- School Board
- What makes you a good candidate for the Juneau school board?
- What do you think is the biggest challenge facing the Juneau School District right now?
- Last year, the district had to solve an abrupt multimillion-dollar deficit in a matter of months. Not all residents were happy with the decisions made and it prompted a recall effort this election for two of its current members. Moving forward, what role does each school board member play in ensuring that the district remains on firm financial footing?
- The school board voted to consolidate Juneau’s high schools and middle schools this past winter. And, with the uncertainty about education funding in the state and the district’s declining enrollment, do you think more school consolidation will be necessary in the future? If so, how will you tackle that situation?
- With hundreds of more students at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé this year, issues with the lack of parking have been a hot topic. What more could the district be doing to mitigate that?
- Is student achievement where it should be in Juneau? What can the district do to improve reading and math scores as students grapple with major shifts in their school environments?
School Board
Amber Frommherz
Candidate for School Board
I feel like I’m a good candidate for the Juneau school board because this will be my second term. I have one term under my belt, and I feel like I have been a part of a board where we’ve created momentum, and I would be able to continue that momentum. I’ve been on the program evaluation committee and policy committee and so I feel like I’ve learned enough, I still have enough newness that I can incorporate change and bring my perspective that I feel is new and unique to the board, and I’m looking forward to this election.
Jenny Thomas
Candidate for School Board
I think I’m a good candidate because I’ve done a lot of speaking to people in the community regarding what they want, and what they think needs to happen. I’m a parent of two kids in the school. Well, my son just graduated, but one child in the school district. And I’m a good communicator, I’m open-minded, I’m ready to listen and make some important decisions, and be a strong voice.
Michele Stuart Morgan
Candidate for School Board
I think I’m a good candidate. I’ve been a parent in the school district. I have worked for the school district. I was a paraprofessional for five years, and I’ve been a Juneau resident for 34 years. And I’ve seen a lot of things happening in the school and I’ve been pretty involved as a parent, and then also as just a community member.
Will Muldoon
Candidate for School Board
So as the current finance chair, you know that’s our number one issue facing us right now. And, I wasn’t initially going to file to run for reelection, but after discussing it with my family and doing some soul-searching, I’m extremely concerned about the complexity and the myriad issues that we face. And I think that now is the time for us to see this through and it would be really hard to onboard for new members, so I’m going to step up and run for reelection.
Jeff Redmond
Candidate for School Board
I would be providing a fresh effort toward the board, and I’m a parent. I have two kids in the system. I’ve been in Juneau for a little over 10 years, in Alaska for a little over 20. I feel like I’ve got a pretty good pulse on kind of our local ebb and flow of finances and general culture. So yeah, I’m excited to do it. I’m ready to put the effort in and bring some fresh energy to the board.
Elizabeth (Ebett) Siddon
Candidate for School Board
I’m just finishing my second term on the board, and even before running for the school board, I’ve been really committed to public education and to the schools in Juneau. I bring a strong background in STEAM, I work as a fisheries biologist in my day job, and also a strong advocate for special education.