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Angela Erickson (Eastern Carver County School Board At-large, Minnesota, candidate 2024)
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Angela Erickson ran for election to the Eastern Carver County School Board At-large in Minnesota. She was on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024.[source]
Erickson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
[1]Biography
Angela Erickson provided the following biographical information via Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey on September 28, 2024:
- Birth date: December 25, 1980
- Birth place: Glenwood, Minnesota
- High school: Minnewaska Area High School
- Bachelor's: Gustavus Adolphus College, 2001
- Graduate: San Diego State University, 2003
- Graduate: Saint Cloud State University, 2009
- Gender: Female
- Religion: Christian: Lutheran
- Profession: Administrator
- Prior offices held:
- Eastern Carver County School Board Member (2020-Prsnt)
- Incumbent officeholder: Yes
- Campaign website
- Campaign Facebook
Elections
General election
General election for Eastern Carver County School Board At-large (3 seats)
Sam Aldoubal, Robin Bielefeldt, Angela Erickson, Sean Olsen, and Rachel Berg Scherer ran in the general election for Eastern Carver County School Board At-large on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | ||
| Sam Aldoubal (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Robin Bielefeldt (Nonpartisan) | ||
Angela Erickson (Nonpartisan)  | ||
| Sean Olsen (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Rachel Berg Scherer (Nonpartisan) | ||
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Election results
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Angela Erickson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Erickson's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I have spent my career in higher education, including nearly 15 years as a professor of Spanish. As I honed my leadership skills along the way, I realized that my strengths in strategic systems thinking, collaborative problem solving, and personnel management and development were being underutilized in the classroom. I transitioned into administration over a decade ago, and currently serve as the Director of Alumni and Parent Engagement at Gustavus.
I believe in the power of education to fundamentally change the trajectory of individual lives, communities, and society. A strong public school education has provided me with social mobility, an ethos of care for community, and the building blocks of success in life, and I moved to Chanhassen because of the quality of our public education system. It has been an honor to work to make our great district even better over the past four years.
In my spare time, I enjoy hanging out with my two high schoolers and family, playing tennis, skiing, gardening, cooking and baking, watching sports, keeping current on news and politics, and staying involved in my community.- Consistent Investment in Our Schools: While it’s important that members of the board advocate for taxpayer support of public education, it’s also essential that they engage in critical examination of district budgets. Analysis and scrutiny on both the revenue and expense sides of the equation help ensure each dollar is being spent wisely with intent to maximize impact. The Board and district leadership have implemented creative solutions to ensure that needs for capital projects, curricular innovation, and personnel have been met while maintaining sound fiscal stewardship of limited resources. Going forward, we must continue to anticipate needs, identify strategic investment opportunities, demonstrate returns, and maintain community trust.
- Communication and Relationship Building: Proactive, consistent communication from district leadership is a cornerstone of accountability and trust. Area residents deserve timely, transparent updates in formats that reflect how they consume information, in addition to opportunities to both hear from and engage with board members outside of official board meetings. Given the recent discontinuation of our local newspapers, maintaining open lines of communication and developing creative solutions to ensure community members have the information they need to remain informed is more important than ever. I take my duty to listen and respond to community feedback seriously while serving as a vocal advocate for public education.
- Increased Sophistication in Data-Driven Decision-Making: Closing achievement gaps, improving outcomes, and rectifying systems that perpetuate educational injustice are laudable goals, and they’re critical to delivering on our mission of exceptional, personalized learning for ALL. Knowing where our students are in their learning, what they need to make progress, and how to get them there will allow us to continue to build on documented success. My strong background in assessment and evaluation will continue to push our leaders and staff to think critically and creatively about what to measure and effective responses to the challenges and opportunities illuminated by the data.
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See also
2024 Elections
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