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'''Holly Franks Boffy''' (born January 1978),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=3071607|title=Holly Boffy, January 1978|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=October 29, 2015}}</ref> is a school administrator from [[Lafayette, Louisiana|Lafayette]], [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party| Republican]] member of the eleven-person Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education for District 7, which encompasses all or portions of nine parishes of Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasiey, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. John the Baptist, St. Landry, and Vermilion.<ref name=ereturns/>
==Background==
Boffy received her [[Bachelor of Science]] and [[Master of Education]] degrees from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. In 1975, she was awarded a doctorate from [[Walden University]]. She began her education career teaching [[social studies]] at Glasgow Middle School in Baton Rouge. She then transferred to Paul Breaux Middle School in Lafayette. She has been an [[Adjunct professor|adjunct instructor]] at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.<ref name=hfb/> In 2010, she was designated "Louisiana State Teacher of the Year".<ref name=nola>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2014/04/lafayette_teacher_considering.html|title=
Lafayette teacher considering bid for Holly Boffy's BESE seat, report says|publisher=''[[New Orleans Times-Picayune]]''|date=April 30, 2014|author=Danielle Dreilinger|accessdate=November 15, 2015}}</ref> While on the BESE board, a nonpaid position but with reimbursement for expenses, she is also director of teacher and leadership development for the Council of Chief State School Officers.<ref name=hfb>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollyboffy.com/|title=About Holly Boffy|publisher=hollyboffy.com|accessdate=October 29, 2015}}</ref><ref name=besemember/>
Since 2001, Boffy has been married to her high school sweetheart, Carrick Neil Boffy (born September 1977). The couple has a son, Pierce Boffy. The family attends the Esther [[Baptist Church]], affiliated with the Evangeline Baptist Association and located in the community of Esther in Vermilion Parish.<ref name=hfb/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebalaf.com/esther-baptist-church/|title=Esther Baptist Church|publisher=ebalaf.com|accessdate=October 29, 2015}}</ref>
Boff and her family are active in the charity, Fishing for Memories: A Benefit Rodeo for the Alzheimer’s Association, which has raised more than $250,000 for those afflicted with [[Alzheimer's disease]].<ref name=besemember>{{cite web|url=http://bese.louisiana.gov/about-bese/bese's-district-7-representative|title=BESE Member Biographical Summary: Dr. Holly Boffy|publisher=bese.louisiana.gov|accessdate=November 15, 2015}]</ref>
==BESE activities==
In the primary held on October 22, 2011, Boffy unseated the incumbent, Dale Bayard, a convert to the Republican Party, 82,395 votes (66.5 percent) to 41,460 (33.5 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10222011/10222011_MultiParish.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/22/2011|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=October 29, 2015}}</ref> Bayard, running as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] in 2007, had narrowly defeated the Republican candidate, Charlie Buckels of Lafayette, 79,697 (51 percent) to 76,721 (49 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10202007/10202007_MultiParish.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/20/2007|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=October 29, 2015}}</ref>
Through 2014, Boffy received $145,661 in campaign contributions in her non-salaried position. This amount includes $40,000 from the [[Chamber of Commerce]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://influenceexplorer.com/politician/boffy-holly/80100f3bd35846b9a0a05bd248c7fc4f|title=Holly Boffy|publisher=influenceexplorer.com|accessdate=November 15, 2015}}</ref> She received $5,000 in 2015 from former [[Mayor of New York|New York City Mayor]] [[Michael Bloomberg]] of the PAC called Stand for Children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theneworleanstribune.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/BILLIONBESE.pdf|title=Billionaires and their Super PACS Vie for Control of Education in Louisiana|author=Elizabeth K. Jeffers|publisher=''The New Orleans Tribune''|accessdate=November 15, 2015}}</ref>
On October 15, 2015, ''The Baton Rouge Advocate'' reported that PAC-Empower Louisiana had available $818,000 for the BESE races. Prominent PAC members include Alice and Jim Walton, [[Wal-Mart]] heirs who reside in Bentonville, [[Arkansas]], and Eli Broad of [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], and the trade association, the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry. Four candidates in eight districts, including Boffy, re-elected board vice president James Garvey, Jr., in District 1 ([[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]]), and the newly-elected [[Sandy Holloway]] in District 3, were declared "acceptable" to the PAC. Boffy received $107,145; Garvey, $230,459, and Holloway, $87,696.<ref>{{cite web|url=
http://louisianavoice.com/2015/10/23/guest-columnist-recounts-out-of-state-money-and-pac-support-going-to-campaigns-of-certain-bese-candidates/|title=Guest columnist recounts out-of-state money and PAC support going to campaigns of certain BESE candidates|publisher=''Louisiana Voice''|author=Mark A. Joyce|date=October 23, 2015|accessdate=November 14, 2015}}</ref>
Boffy was endorsed in 2011 by [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]], who in 2015 withdrew his support for the [[Common Core]] State Standards Initiative, of which Boffy is a steadfast backer.<ref name=nola/> Her opponent, fellow Republican Michael Wade "Mike" Kreamer (born January 1960), also of Lafayette,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=2943694|title=Michael Kreamer, January 1960|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=October 30, 2015}}</ref> opposes Common Core<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/flipbese|title=Flip BESE|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=November 2, 2015}}</ref> and disagrees with Boffy on teacher evaluations, charter schools, and student grading procedures as well.<ref name=katc/> A long-term educator, Kreamer is the principal of St. Martinville Senior High School in St. Martinville in St. Martin Parish. He expresses alarm over the continuing exodus of teachers from [[State school|public schools]]. In an interview, Kreamer noted his lengthy work hours as a principal: "I see how the policies that have been put into place over the past four years impact students, teachers, parents, and the system ... I think on the state board of education we need someone who is in the trenches every day to make decisions."<ref name=katc>{{cite web|url=http://www.katc.com/story/30330269/two-candidates-vying-for-district-7-bese-seat?clienttype=mobile|title=Two candidates vying for District 7 BESE seat|publisher=KATC (TV)||location=[[Lafayette, Louisiana]]|accessdate=November 15, 2015}}</ref>
In the primary held on October 24, 2015, Boffy, the board secretary-treasurer,<ref>{{cite web|url=
https://www.linkedin.com/in/holly-boffy-ed-d-nbct-52514044|title=Holly Boffy, Ed.D.|publisher=linkedin.com|accessdate=November 15, 2015}}</ref> won her second term on BESE by defeating Kreamer, 72,246 (53.4 percent) to 62,987 (46.6 percent).<ref name=ereturns>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10242015/10242015_MultiParish.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/24/2015|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=October 28, 2015}}</ref>
==References==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Boffy, Holly}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Schools]]
[[Category:Baptists]]
==Background==
Boffy received her [[Bachelor of Science]] and [[Master of Education]] degrees from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. In 1975, she was awarded a doctorate from [[Walden University]]. She began her education career teaching [[social studies]] at Glasgow Middle School in Baton Rouge. She then transferred to Paul Breaux Middle School in Lafayette. She has been an [[Adjunct professor|adjunct instructor]] at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.<ref name=hfb/> In 2010, she was designated "Louisiana State Teacher of the Year".<ref name=nola>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2014/04/lafayette_teacher_considering.html|title=
Lafayette teacher considering bid for Holly Boffy's BESE seat, report says|publisher=''[[New Orleans Times-Picayune]]''|date=April 30, 2014|author=Danielle Dreilinger|accessdate=November 15, 2015}}</ref> While on the BESE board, a nonpaid position but with reimbursement for expenses, she is also director of teacher and leadership development for the Council of Chief State School Officers.<ref name=hfb>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollyboffy.com/|title=About Holly Boffy|publisher=hollyboffy.com|accessdate=October 29, 2015}}</ref><ref name=besemember/>
Since 2001, Boffy has been married to her high school sweetheart, Carrick Neil Boffy (born September 1977). The couple has a son, Pierce Boffy. The family attends the Esther [[Baptist Church]], affiliated with the Evangeline Baptist Association and located in the community of Esther in Vermilion Parish.<ref name=hfb/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebalaf.com/esther-baptist-church/|title=Esther Baptist Church|publisher=ebalaf.com|accessdate=October 29, 2015}}</ref>
Boff and her family are active in the charity, Fishing for Memories: A Benefit Rodeo for the Alzheimer’s Association, which has raised more than $250,000 for those afflicted with [[Alzheimer's disease]].<ref name=besemember>{{cite web|url=http://bese.louisiana.gov/about-bese/bese's-district-7-representative|title=BESE Member Biographical Summary: Dr. Holly Boffy|publisher=bese.louisiana.gov|accessdate=November 15, 2015}]</ref>
==BESE activities==
In the primary held on October 22, 2011, Boffy unseated the incumbent, Dale Bayard, a convert to the Republican Party, 82,395 votes (66.5 percent) to 41,460 (33.5 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10222011/10222011_MultiParish.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/22/2011|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=October 29, 2015}}</ref> Bayard, running as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] in 2007, had narrowly defeated the Republican candidate, Charlie Buckels of Lafayette, 79,697 (51 percent) to 76,721 (49 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10202007/10202007_MultiParish.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/20/2007|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=October 29, 2015}}</ref>
Through 2014, Boffy received $145,661 in campaign contributions in her non-salaried position. This amount includes $40,000 from the [[Chamber of Commerce]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://influenceexplorer.com/politician/boffy-holly/80100f3bd35846b9a0a05bd248c7fc4f|title=Holly Boffy|publisher=influenceexplorer.com|accessdate=November 15, 2015}}</ref> She received $5,000 in 2015 from former [[Mayor of New York|New York City Mayor]] [[Michael Bloomberg]] of the PAC called Stand for Children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theneworleanstribune.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/BILLIONBESE.pdf|title=Billionaires and their Super PACS Vie for Control of Education in Louisiana|author=Elizabeth K. Jeffers|publisher=''The New Orleans Tribune''|accessdate=November 15, 2015}}</ref>
On October 15, 2015, ''The Baton Rouge Advocate'' reported that PAC-Empower Louisiana had available $818,000 for the BESE races. Prominent PAC members include Alice and Jim Walton, [[Wal-Mart]] heirs who reside in Bentonville, [[Arkansas]], and Eli Broad of [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], and the trade association, the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry. Four candidates in eight districts, including Boffy, re-elected board vice president James Garvey, Jr., in District 1 ([[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]]), and the newly-elected [[Sandy Holloway]] in District 3, were declared "acceptable" to the PAC. Boffy received $107,145; Garvey, $230,459, and Holloway, $87,696.<ref>{{cite web|url=
http://louisianavoice.com/2015/10/23/guest-columnist-recounts-out-of-state-money-and-pac-support-going-to-campaigns-of-certain-bese-candidates/|title=Guest columnist recounts out-of-state money and PAC support going to campaigns of certain BESE candidates|publisher=''Louisiana Voice''|author=Mark A. Joyce|date=October 23, 2015|accessdate=November 14, 2015}}</ref>
Boffy was endorsed in 2011 by [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]], who in 2015 withdrew his support for the [[Common Core]] State Standards Initiative, of which Boffy is a steadfast backer.<ref name=nola/> Her opponent, fellow Republican Michael Wade "Mike" Kreamer (born January 1960), also of Lafayette,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=2943694|title=Michael Kreamer, January 1960|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=October 30, 2015}}</ref> opposes Common Core<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/flipbese|title=Flip BESE|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=November 2, 2015}}</ref> and disagrees with Boffy on teacher evaluations, charter schools, and student grading procedures as well.<ref name=katc/> A long-term educator, Kreamer is the principal of St. Martinville Senior High School in St. Martinville in St. Martin Parish. He expresses alarm over the continuing exodus of teachers from [[State school|public schools]]. In an interview, Kreamer noted his lengthy work hours as a principal: "I see how the policies that have been put into place over the past four years impact students, teachers, parents, and the system ... I think on the state board of education we need someone who is in the trenches every day to make decisions."<ref name=katc>{{cite web|url=http://www.katc.com/story/30330269/two-candidates-vying-for-district-7-bese-seat?clienttype=mobile|title=Two candidates vying for District 7 BESE seat|publisher=KATC (TV)||location=[[Lafayette, Louisiana]]|accessdate=November 15, 2015}}</ref>
In the primary held on October 24, 2015, Boffy, the board secretary-treasurer,<ref>{{cite web|url=
https://www.linkedin.com/in/holly-boffy-ed-d-nbct-52514044|title=Holly Boffy, Ed.D.|publisher=linkedin.com|accessdate=November 15, 2015}}</ref> won her second term on BESE by defeating Kreamer, 72,246 (53.4 percent) to 62,987 (46.6 percent).<ref name=ereturns>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10242015/10242015_MultiParish.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/24/2015|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=October 28, 2015}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boffy, Holly}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Schools]]
[[Category:Baptists]]