SOUTH WAYNE - The Black Hawk School District has two seats open for the April 5 election, with each carrying a three-year term on the school board.
Incumbents Steve Holland, Browntown, and Kevin Lowe, Gratiot, are running against newcomers Lowell Dalsorn and Dustin Williams, both from Browntown.
Repeated attempts to reach candidate Kevin Lowe for additional information were unsuccessful.
Steve Holland
The are two primary issues facing the school board, Holland said. One such issue is the reduction in state funding, while the second, he says, is the district's building needs. Holland said that the school is running at 65 percent capacity and the school board is sitting on the fence about the need for another building.
"I hope to keep the school, in what I think is heading in the right direction," Holland said.
To do so, he is hoping to maintain curriculum, and preserve staffing levels.
"I'm hoping to sneak through without any more lay-offs," he said.
Holland and his wife have four children, with the oldest a senior at Black Hawk and the youngest age 4.
Holland is himself a Black Hawk School graduate. After finishing high school in 1985, Holland went to the UW-Stout, where he majored in marketing education.
After working for a few years, he returned to dairy farming.
Holland is finishing his second term, and hopes to be re-elected to a third.
Dustin Williams
Newcomer Dustin Williams said he understands the needs of Black Hawk School and the district.
He taught for three years in the agriculture department at Black Hawk. He's also had other jobs in the district, including driving a school bus.
"We can't provide quality education without being financially sound," Williams said.
He hopes to work with the community, the school board and administrators to increase growth in the community.
For the past three years, he has taught in the agriculture department at Monroe's Blackhawk Technical College.
Williams and his wife have an eight-month-old baby girl, Dalia. And he also has three children attending Monroe schools.
He says that, since his step- children and daughter do not attend Black Hawk, he would be able to remain unbiased during the decision-making processes the board faces.
After receiving his bachelor of arts in animal science from UW-River Falls, Williams earned a master's degree in agriculture education.
Lowell Dalsorn
Lowell Dalsorn has lived in Browntown for eight years. Both Darlsorn and his wife are retired.
The main issue facing the board, in his view, is finances. He said the board has to react to what the state is doing related to school aid.
"I could add insight to the school board," Dalsorn said.
Dalsorn is an active member in the community, involved in the township of South Wayne and attends the township and school board meetings regularly.
He does not have any specific plans for the board at the moment.
But he hopes that when he is elected, he will have a better plan for possible state budget cuts.
For 35 years, Dalsorn has worked for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation as a computer analyst specializing in payroll and human services. He received his computer degree from Herzing University.
Before his work at the DOT, he was drafted into the Army in the 1960s, where he was trained as an electrical technician and repairman. He also spent a year in Vietnam.
Incumbents Steve Holland, Browntown, and Kevin Lowe, Gratiot, are running against newcomers Lowell Dalsorn and Dustin Williams, both from Browntown.
Repeated attempts to reach candidate Kevin Lowe for additional information were unsuccessful.
Steve Holland
The are two primary issues facing the school board, Holland said. One such issue is the reduction in state funding, while the second, he says, is the district's building needs. Holland said that the school is running at 65 percent capacity and the school board is sitting on the fence about the need for another building.
"I hope to keep the school, in what I think is heading in the right direction," Holland said.
To do so, he is hoping to maintain curriculum, and preserve staffing levels.
"I'm hoping to sneak through without any more lay-offs," he said.
Holland and his wife have four children, with the oldest a senior at Black Hawk and the youngest age 4.
Holland is himself a Black Hawk School graduate. After finishing high school in 1985, Holland went to the UW-Stout, where he majored in marketing education.
After working for a few years, he returned to dairy farming.
Holland is finishing his second term, and hopes to be re-elected to a third.
Dustin Williams
Newcomer Dustin Williams said he understands the needs of Black Hawk School and the district.
He taught for three years in the agriculture department at Black Hawk. He's also had other jobs in the district, including driving a school bus.
"We can't provide quality education without being financially sound," Williams said.
He hopes to work with the community, the school board and administrators to increase growth in the community.
For the past three years, he has taught in the agriculture department at Monroe's Blackhawk Technical College.
Williams and his wife have an eight-month-old baby girl, Dalia. And he also has three children attending Monroe schools.
He says that, since his step- children and daughter do not attend Black Hawk, he would be able to remain unbiased during the decision-making processes the board faces.
After receiving his bachelor of arts in animal science from UW-River Falls, Williams earned a master's degree in agriculture education.
Lowell Dalsorn
Lowell Dalsorn has lived in Browntown for eight years. Both Darlsorn and his wife are retired.
The main issue facing the board, in his view, is finances. He said the board has to react to what the state is doing related to school aid.
"I could add insight to the school board," Dalsorn said.
Dalsorn is an active member in the community, involved in the township of South Wayne and attends the township and school board meetings regularly.
He does not have any specific plans for the board at the moment.
But he hopes that when he is elected, he will have a better plan for possible state budget cuts.
For 35 years, Dalsorn has worked for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation as a computer analyst specializing in payroll and human services. He received his computer degree from Herzing University.
Before his work at the DOT, he was drafted into the Army in the 1960s, where he was trained as an electrical technician and repairman. He also spent a year in Vietnam.