Board of Education - Unified School District of De Pere

Election Information

Election Information

School Board Election Information

Official Results of February 21, 2023 Primary - The Board of Canvassers will met on Monday, February 27 at 8:00 am in the District Office, 1700 Chicago St., De Pere, WI to complete canvassing and to draw lots for the Spring election. Open Meeting Posting

Primary Results

The following candidates for School Board will be on the April 4, 2023 Spring Election Ballot:

Jeff Dickert
Wolf Hindrichs
Mark Meneau
Melissa Niffenegger

Voters will be able to vote for two (2) candidates. The two candidates with the highest votes will be elected to the School Board.

Type B&D Legal Notice for February Primary Election 2023: Press Times-Denmark Times and Press-Gazette

The deadline for filing the ballot access documents for the April 4, 2023 School Board Election was Tuesday, January 3, 2023 at 5:00 pm. The Drawing of Lots for the primary was held on January 9, 2023.

David Youngquist filed for non-candidacy on Monday, December 5, 2022. Doug Seeman filed for non-candidacy on Thursday, December 22, 2022. David and Doug will not be running for re-election.

The Type A Legal Notice was published by the Brown County Clerk in November:

Type A Legal Notice - Spring 2023

This Notice explains that current Board members who are up for re-election in 2023 include Doug Seeman and David Youngquist. Notification of Non-Candidacy: Incumbents not seeking reelection have until December 23, 2022 at 5:00 pm to file Notification of Non-Candidacy.

If a primary is necessary, the primary will be held on Tuesday, February 21, 2023.

A group photo of the USDD Board of Education

Meet The 2022-2023 Board

Back row: Chad Jeskewitz, Dan Van Straten (Clerk), Doug Seeman (Vice President), Jeff Mirkes (Treasurer)
Front row: David Youngquist (President), Adam Clayton, Brittony Cartwright

Overview

The Board of Education of the Unified School District of De Pere meets on the third Monday of each month to address the regular business of the school district. Please call (920) 337-1032 to confirm meeting dates and times. Due to mitigation strategies during the pandemic, meetings might be moved from the District Office. Check the agenda for meeting location and time. Sub-committees of the Board also meet once a month, generally on the 1st Mondayof the month. Standing committees of the Board of Education include the Personnel Committee, the Curriculum & Instruction Committee, and the Finance Committee.

board members

2022-2023 School Board

President - David A. Youngquist
Elected in 2014
Address: 709 Desplaine Rd., De Pere, WI 54115
Phone: 920-716-5834
dyoungquist@depere.k12.wi.us

Vice-President - Doug Seeman
Elected in 2009
Address: 1733 O'Hearn Ln., De Pere, WI 54115
Phone: 920-676-1748
dseeman@depere.k12.wi.us

Treasurer - Jeff Mirkes
Elected in 2019
Address: 1103 Tanager Tr., De Pere, WI 54115
Phone: 920-639-8090
jeffmirkes@depere.k12.wi.us

Clerk - Dan Van Straten
Elected in 2012
Address: 326 S. Ontario St., De Pere, WI 54115
Phone: 920-660-4355
dvanstraten@depere.k12.wi.us

Member - Brittony Cartwright
Elected in 2022
Address: 2002 Dollar Rd., De Pere, WI 54115
Phone: 920-309-0550
bcartwright@depere.k12.wi.us

Member - Adam Clayton
Elected in 2022
Address: 2041 Higgins Hill., De Pere, WI 54115
Phone: 608-220-3042
aclayton@depere.k12.wi.us

Member - Chad Jeskewitz
Elected in 2022
Address: 5362 Sportsman Dr.., De Pere, WI 54115
Phone: 920-217-6315
cjeskewitz@depere.k12.wi.us