Public Schools of the City of Ann Arbor - Board Member - Four Year Term
What does this office do?
- Deciding how school district money is spent
- Picking the superintendent
- Choosing curriculum, within state rules
Affects: Government Efficiency, Government Spending Reduction, Public Safety and Crime Control,
Candidates:
Nonpartisan
University of Michigan student and 2023 Pioneer High School graduate who spent 13 years in Ann Arbor schools and edited the Pioneer Optimist. Priorities: higher teacher pay and better services for students with disabilities.
Nonpartisan
Scientist with a Ph.D. in biochemistry who works on drug discovery and has served on life science company executive teams; parent of two Ann Arbor students. Priorities: sound district finances and keeping great teachers with competitive pay.
Nonpartisan
AAPS parent of three and a former teacher with a background in education policy and government finance; serves on the district PTO Council board. Priorities: radical transparency in district finances and closing discipline and academic disparities.
Records: Public Education Quality 1 for
Nonpartisan
Saline High School social studies teacher, vice president of the Saline Education Association, and member of Governor Whitmer's Educator Advisory Council. Priorities: fiscal transparency and a budget that helps keep good educators in the district.
Records: Public Education Quality 2 for
Nonpartisan
Retired educator: Ann Arbor Public Schools math teacher and class principal, South Redford high school principal, and Wayne RESA mathematics consultant, with a PhD in school leadership. Priorities: data-driven decisions on the budget shortfall and teacher retention.
Nonpartisan
Parent of three Ann Arbor students with a Caltech degree and a U-M master's in social work; founder of the Thurston Math Club. Priorities: better pay for teachers and putting teachers ahead of classroom technology and screens.
Nonpartisan
Pediatric nurse practitioner with more than a decade in children's health care and parent of three Ann Arbor students. Priorities: careful, transparent budget stewardship and keeping teachers so families stay in the district.
Nonpartisan
University of Michigan student and Pioneer High School graduate who attended Ann Arbor Public Schools for 12 years. Priorities: restoring the 80/20 health care cost split for teachers and cutting classroom screen time and technology spending.
Records: Public Education Quality 1 for
Nonpartisan · Incumbent
Clinical professor and pharmacist at the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, elected to the district board in 2022 and a parent of four AAPS students. Priorities: budget transparency and financial accountability, and closing opportunity and achievement gaps.
Records: Government Spending Reduction 2 for, 8 against, Public Education Quality 8 for, 1 against, Civil Rights 3 for,
Sources: content.civicplus.com · ballotpedia.org