Pocatello-Chubbuck School District No. 25 recall, Idaho (2020-2021)
Recall elections seeking to remove three of the five members of the Pocatello-Chubbuck School District No. 25 board of trustees in Idaho are being held on March 9, 2021. The recall ballots will ask voters if they are in favor of recalling Zone 1 representative Jackie Cranor, Zone 2 representative Janie Gebhardt, and Zone 5 representative Dave Mattson with the option of answering yes or no.[1]
The recall effort began in September 2020. Cranor, Gebhardt, and Mattson were named in the recall petitions after the board unanimously voted to continue using a hybrid teaching model (two days in-person and three days online) for middle school and high school students for the remainder of the first trimester of the 2020-2021 school year. The district started the hybrid model due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3] On November 13, 2020, the district sent a letter to families announcing that the hybrid teaching model would continue into the second trimester.[4]
Recall supporters said the board was not fully representing the electorate on the issue of hybrid learning and other issues. The school district released a statement saying that the board weighs a number of factors when making decisions and that majority opinion does not always rule.[2]
Cranor, Gebhardt, and Mattson were also included in a 2018 recall effort against all five members who served on the board at the time. That effort started after the board voted to end the district's 20-year-old open enrollment policy that allowed students to choose which high school they attended. The leader of the recall put the effort on hold before the deadline to submit petitions. Click here to read more about that recall effort.
Recall vote
In order for the recalls to be approved, a majority of voters must cast ballots in favor. The total number of votes cast in favor of recall must also equal or be greater than the number of votes that first put the board members in office in order for the recall elections to be successful.[2]
Zone 1
The recall against Cranor needs 279 votes to be successful.[2]
Jackie Cranor recall, 2021
Jackie Cranor is facing a recall election in the Pocatello-Chubbuck School District 25 school board Zone 1 recall on March 9, 2021.
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Zone 2
The recall against Gebhardt needs 417 votes to be successful.[2]
Janie Gebhardt recall, 2021
Janie Gebhardt is facing a recall election in the Pocatello-Chubbuck School District 25 school board Zone 2 recall on March 9, 2021.
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Zone 5
The recall against Mattson needs 278 votes to be successful.[2]
David Mattson recall, 2021
David Mattson is facing a recall election in the Pocatello-Chubbuck School District 25 school board Zone 5 recall on March 9, 2021.
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