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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/>

'''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]], 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==

==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=

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/>  

Lafayette teacher considering bid for Holly Boffy's BESE seat, report says|publisher=''The 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>  

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>  

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>  

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>

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 [[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=

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=