UFT 2016 ELECTION RESULTS
Below are the American Arbitration Association totals for the
number of votes coming from each district in the recent UFT election. This is
important to look at in terms of the community districts to see where the election had a robust turnout.
Clearly, District 24, a longtime Unity
Caucus stronghold, did very well. District 75 is the special education district
which is citywide. The other districts in the 70s are the high schools which we
covered in a prior posting except for District 79.
I believe the
numbers shown before we get to any district are the retirees and non Department of
Education votes.
I am not that familiar with the elementary and middle
school districts, as my focus has been mostly on the high schools, so I would
appreciate any help to enlighten me on the meaning of these district-by-district numbers.
UFT District Cumulative Total
25,618
00 279
01 293
02 395
03 311
04 337
05 288
06 464
07 564
08 597
09 582
10 865
11 798
12 486
13 197
14 368
15 700
16 275
17 310
18 446
19 513
20 1292
21 756
22 853
23 242
24 1621
25 765
26 576
27 663
28 492
29 660
30 806
31 1636
32 241
71 683
72 594
73 729
75 2464
76 984
77 1712
79 371
84 47
88 29
Total 52,902
I learned during the election that all D75 ballots are marked and counted in the Functional Division, even those that are sent to teachers (which in my school makes up about 50% of the UFT membership). This is true regardless of whether the school is elementary, K-8, middle, or high school.
ReplyDeleteI inquired with the UFT election committee about this and Amy Arundell responded that because the DOE does not designate D75 schools by level, for the purposes of the UFT election only, D75 schools receive ballots for the Functional Division.
I have no idea if that has any significance in determining the outcome of UFT elections; whether splitting the D75 vote among Functional, Elementary, Middle School, or High School divisions would have helped or hurt MORE/New Action, but I think it’s interesting and deserves some further analysis.
We need to get s rough count of number of k-8 schools per district. Unity knows where it has strength and can also hold their own people accountable for poor turnouts. We can also check to see where those 220 Unity CLs are running from to see if they brought out the vote.
ReplyDeleteMORE should do the same where it has people.
what is district 00?
ReplyDeleteNot that it means anything at all, but I do wonder about those Central Brooklyn districts that posts some of the lowest returns. In those Brooklyn districts you have more teachers of color working and the most charter schools. You probably can find more ATRs floating around in those districts as well. Never mind, just wondering out loud.
ReplyDeleteNorm, 00 is code when Kirk wishes to blow up the Enterprise.
ReplyDeleteJames, the numbers look good for my district, 7, but to truly analyze (for any district)it would help to know the percentage of teachers for each district, as well as totals for each school. I know I hit almost every elementary school in D7. I would hope that had affected the turnout.
This might help: DoE unaudited attendance by district
ReplyDeleteI'll pull together some analysis as well.
Jonathan
Central Brooklyn - Dist 13, 16, 17, 23 plus Harlem - Dist 5 - has the highest concentration of black teachers - a legacy of the old district community boards. Many chap ldrs are Unity - I would say the largest contingent of teachers of color at the AFT conventions are from those districts. Check the list of Unity CLs who ran on the slate. http://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2016/05/a-list-of-222-school-level-chapter.html
ReplyDeleteDist 5 has 7 Unity CLs, Dist 13 - 3, Dist 16 - 10, Dist 17 - 6, Dist 23 - 6.
Now look at the big Unity turnout dist - 24 - there are 13 CLs running - and 31 - 7.
They were very motivated to get out the vote.
Dist 15 only has 3 Unity running but MORE has some people there - the high totals there would be MORE votes.
Credit to MORE's operation in District 15 then. Isn't that where people such as 2013 MORE presidential candidate Julie Cavanagh and 2016 elementary VP candidate Lauren Cohen are from?
ReplyDeleteQuick analysis (based on size of the district
ReplyDeleteBest turnout by District: 7, 16, 18, 24, 31
Worst by District: 2 and 13, in their own category, trailed by 3, 9, 10, 17, 27 and 28.
Districts vary widely in size. Districts 2, 10, 20, 24 and 31 all have over 50,000 students each. Districts 1, 4, 5, 16 and 23 all have fewer than 10,000 students each.
Thank you for doing this analysis Jonathan.
ReplyDeleteSo District 7 turned out. Isn't that where Peter Zucker is? Good job Peter.
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