Alex Brown (Westlake City School District, At large, Ohio, candidate 2025)
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Alex Brown ran for election to the Westlake City School District, At large in Ohio. He was on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025.[source]
Brown completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
[1]Biography
Alex Brown provided the following biographical information via Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey on October 16, 2025:
- Birth place: Berea, Ohio
- High school: Strongsville High School
- Gender: Male
- Profession: Pharmacist
- Incumbent officeholder: No
- Campaign website
Elections
General election
General election for Westlake City School District, At large (2 seats)
Alex Brown, John J. Finucane, and Mark A. Homyak ran in the general election for Westlake City School District, At large on November 4, 2025.
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| Mark A. Homyak (Nonpartisan) | ||
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Election results
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Alex Brown completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Brown's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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My career as a community pharmacist has given me much practice advocating for community members’ health and collaborating with other health care professionals and insurance companies. During my 8 years managing the pharmacy at Drug Mart in North Olmsted and in my current role managing the Drug Mart in Wellington, I oversee pharmacy operations while processing over 500 prescriptions a day, work to maintain a budget, and manage personnel.
I believe that my experience working in and with the community has taught me many ways to be approachable; I have honed my listening skills, as dealing with medication leaves little room for error.
My most important role, however, is being a parent with a child on each campus in our school district, which makes me incredibly affected by and invested in seeing our schools excel.- As a parent of 3 children, one with special needs, I understand as well as anyone how different students' needs can be. Regardless of personality, ability, or interest, I believe all children deserve a safe space to learn and to grow - both academically and personally - as they pass through our schools. Westlake has added security measures to our schools, including most recently the vestibule at DIS, while also keeping counselors available and open lines of communication between the schools and parents. I would commit to keeping our students' wellbeing a top priority so that no child feels left behind or has their education hindered by needs that can be addressed collaboratively by parents and educators.
- I believe a key aspect in seeing our students thrive is by proactively communicating with and supporting our educators, trusting their expertise, and providing them the resources needed to provide our children the best education possible. My priority as a board member would be to facilitate getting our students the best education we can provide and preparing them to take their next steps after leaving our school system, whatever that may entail.
- There is much discussion about public school funding and property taxes currently happening at the state level. There has been a trend of decreased funding from the state, despite the Fair School Funding Plan, which will be an obstacle for almost every district across Ohio. While we do not know how funding will look in the future, I believe that we must be responsible and transparent with our spending. Our current board, along with our treasurer, has put us in a good position that prevents us from being forced to a levy immediately and gives us time to make smart and calculated decisions.
Outside of our districts' immediate control, public school funding policies are what I feel passionate about. I acknowledge that public school may not be the best fit for every student, although I believe that the financial aid provided for private or charter schools should be, at most, proportionate in growth to public school funding as opposed to the current trend of how the funds are being allotted
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See also
2025 Elections
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