Jon Vaupel
MN · ISD 197 School Board Vice Chair and Clerk
Jon Vaupel serves as school board vice chair and clerk and works in early education for Minnesota. He focuses on educational equity, community ties, and responsible budgets.
Where Jon Vaupel stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Education Quality (3 records), Civil Rights (2 records)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 3 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 3 oppose
Made the motion to adopt the 2026-27 district budget. The budget funds help for struggling students, English learners, and integration programs. It passed 7-0.
June 15, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Voted to approve a three-year plan to raise achievement for students of color and improve racial and economic integration. The plan uses about $1.14 million in state money. It passed 5-0.
March 16, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Voted to approve the budget plan for the 2026-27 school year. The plan set a goal to cut $2.5 million in costs. It passed 6-0.
March 2, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Voted to approve a two-year contract for about 450 district teachers. It gave a 1.25% raise the first year and $1,250 more per pay step the second year. It passed 6-0.
October 6, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 3 support
Made the motion to adopt the 2026-27 district budget. The budget funds help for struggling students, English learners, and integration programs. It passed 7-0.
June 15, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Voted to approve a three-year plan to raise achievement for students of color and improve racial and economic integration. The plan uses about $1.14 million in state money. It passed 5-0.
March 16, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Voted to approve a two-year contract for about 450 district teachers. It gave a 1.25% raise the first year and $1,250 more per pay step the second year. It passed 6-0.
October 6, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 2 support
Voted to approve a plan to give families trained interpreters and translated information in the languages they understand. It passed 6-0.
May 4, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Voted to approve a three-year plan to raise achievement for students of color and improve racial and economic integration. The plan uses about $1.14 million in state money. It passed 5-0.
March 16, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Track record — General
General · 5 records
Voted to move $4.5 million in leftover building bond money into the general fund for future repairs, equipment, and technology, without raising taxes. It passed 7-0.
June 15, 2026
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Voted to send a proposed capital project levy of about $4.6 million a year to the state for review. This was a required step before any ballot vote. It passed 7-0.
June 1, 2026
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Voted to close grades 7-12 to new students from outside the district for the 2025-26 school year, because classes were near capacity. It passed 6-0.
October 6, 2025
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Was elected vice chair of the school board in a unanimous board vote.
January 8, 2024
Source: weststpaulreader.com
Cast the only vote against ending the school mask rule. He had proposed waiting one more week and keeping masks at the early learning center. The board voted 6-1 to end the rule.
March 1, 2022
Source: weststpaulreader.com
Past race Jon Vaupel ran in:
- West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan School Board Member (ISD 197) · November 3, 2026 · West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan, Minnesota · incumbent