Anita Pandey
Anita Pandey ran for election for an at-large seat of the Howard County Public Schools Board of Education in Maryland. Pandey lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Pandey completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2018. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Howard County Public Schools Board of Education At-large (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Howard County Public Schools Board of Education At-large on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Vicky Cutroneo (Nonpartisan) | 15.1 | 58,426 |
| ✔ |  | Chao Wu (Nonpartisan)  | 14.1 | 54,254 |
| ✔ |  | Jen Mallo (Nonpartisan) | 13.9 | 53,766 |
| ✔ |  | Sabina Taj (Nonpartisan) | 13.4 | 51,842 |
| Bob Glascock (Nonpartisan) | 12.2 | 46,929 | ||
 | Robert Wayne Miller (Nonpartisan) | 11.4 | 43,847 | |
 | Anita Pandey (Nonpartisan) | 9.9 | 38,109 | |
 | Danny Mackey (Nonpartisan) | 9.6 | 36,923 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 1,685 | ||
| Total votes: 385,781 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Howard County Public Schools Board of Education At-large (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the primary for Howard County Public Schools Board of Education At-large on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Vicky Cutroneo (Nonpartisan) | 14.1 | 20,602 |
| ✔ | Bob Glascock (Nonpartisan) | 12.0 | 17,503 | |
| ✔ | | Robert Wayne Miller (Nonpartisan) | 11.3 | 16,469 |
| ✔ | | Chao Wu (Nonpartisan) | 10.7 | 15,600 |
| ✔ | | Jen Mallo (Nonpartisan) | 9.3 | 13,545 |
| ✔ | | Sabina Taj (Nonpartisan) | 9.2 | 13,326 |
| ✔ | | Anita Pandey (Nonpartisan) | 6.9 | 10,041 |
| ✔ | | Danny Mackey (Nonpartisan) | 6.9 | 9,980 |
 | Carleen Pena (Nonpartisan) | 5.7 | 8,301 | |
 | Saif Rehman (Nonpartisan) | 5.2 | 7,582 | |
| Mavourene Robinson (Nonpartisan) | 4.0 | 5,828 | ||
| Timothy Hodgson Hamilton (Nonpartisan) | 2.5 | 3,691 | ||
| Christopher Michael Hilfiger (Nonpartisan) | 2.2 | 3,171 | ||
| Total votes: 145,639 | |||
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Campaign themes
2018
October 26, 2018 responses
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Anita Pandey participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on October 26, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Anita Pandey's responses follow below.[1]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | • To increase educator compensation, & retention while integrating diverse perspectives--resulting in earlier contract provision, & competitive pay
• To select content, approaches, and assessments that engage students and that WORK, including successful English language instruction (key for academic success and communication using our shared language), reading and World languages--demonstrated to make English acquisition and reading easier (we could accomplish this via student and community-run heritage language and literacy programs) to help bridge the achievement gap—through individualized instruction for “struggling readers,” “special needs,” & “ESL” students and families with the objective of including every student, while reducing dyslexia, stress, and instructor and family frustration and workload, and • To balance the budget deficit by identifying potential savings and by tapping supplemental funding sources & to advocate for ECE, & reduced testing time.[2][3] |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | I am passionate about education and public policy because what we teach, how we teach, when we teach and how we assess progress significantly impact outcomes.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[3]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Anita Pandey answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?
| “ | I look up to my mother, Mrs. Savitri Dube who, despite being denied "schooling," is the best problem-solver and most knowledgeable and success-oriented person I know, as well as my father, Mr. Ramanuj Pandey--who was the first to go to high school and to college and the first in his family to educate his three "daughters." I also look up to Mahatma Gandhi, because he was a fearless FIGHTER that never hurt a soul.[3] | ” |
| “ | Books I've been inspired by include mostly African literary artists such as Ken Saro Wiwa who was MURDERED due to Shell Oil's unethical oil excavation practices in the Ogoni region of Nigeria, Ngugi w Thiong'O of Kenya (see his trilogy) and Chinua Achebe (also famous for his trilogy that opens with *Things Fall Apart*), as well as "Freedom at Midnight," *How Europe Underdeveloped Africa," and "The Argumentative Indian." I enjoy lots of international movies that focus on children and young adults and their phenomenal instructional capabilities. An example is "The Inheritors" an eye-opening documentary from Mexico. Many others are listed as resources on my simple Website: www.languagebuildingblocks.com[3] | ” |
| “ | Competence, excellent communication and collaboration skills, honesty, cross-cultural know-how, and integrity.[3] | ” |
| “ | I would like to make my children and family proud of me by ensuring that all marginalized preschoolers and enrolled students--and their families--feel included and welcome at our schools and communities. I intend to do so by sharing my expertise in parent and community engagement, reading, early childhood, ESOL, World Language instruction, and proposal writing and funds administration. I want our students to be more internationally aware and to be critical thinkers, so we can prepare future leaders that are competent and empathetic.
When we lived in Nigeria, I recall waking up to numerous coups (some bloody--announced on the radio) and feeling terrified when overly aggressive military personnel with machine guns would approach our white beetle (Volkswagon) on the jammed streets, as we would attempt to visit my siblings who were studying medicine at the University of Ibadan. I can relate to the families whose safety and livelihood are threatened by corrupt politicians and businesses (often interconnected), who take their land and place them in a perpetual cycle of slave labor and fear--of repercussions and drug- and gang violence. The current President of Honduras refuses to leave that office even though he was NOT officially elected by his people, so if he won’t leave, the people have decided that they will have to leave. Walking up North and across multiple national borders—women and children too--is their way of garnering international attention to their plight, and the UN and US need to intervene to depose such power-hungry Presidents. [We see a similar wave of (business) control over Africa by China] That’s the only way to turn back the caravan. Insightful excerpts from “Business Insider” follow: “ . . . . the role played by the United States in shaping the causes of this migration raises ethical questions about its responsibility toward those now fleeing from the ravages its policies have helped to produce.” “. . . By 1914, US banana interests owned almost 1 million acres of Honduras' best land. These holdings grew through the 1920s to such an extent that, as LaFeber asserts, Honduran peasants "had no hope of access to their nation's good soil." Over a few decades, US capital also came to dominate the country's banking and mining sectors, a process facilitated by the weak state of Honduras' domestic business sector. This was coupled with direct US political and military interventions to protect US interests . . . . Such developments made Honduras' ruling class dependent on Washington for support. A central component of this ruling class was and remains the Honduran military. By the mid-1960s it had become, in LaFeber's words, the country's "most developed political institution," — one that Washington played a key role in shaping.”[3] |
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| “ | When I was around seven, I recall waking up to a nightmare. We were living in Luanshya, Zambia, at the time and the neighboring nation was still in the throes of colonialism and "freedom fighters" were hungry for freedom and independence, yet they needed funds and supplies. They traveled to Zambia where the copper mines had attracted the whole world, and raided our neighborhood. They started with our home. My mother was screaming and my father was crouched behind the curtains, and I could see through the curtains the shadows of military uniforms and men holding machine guns--pointed in our direction. I was paralyzed with fear. My father threatened to bring out his "gun"--even though he didn't own one and my mother admonished him in Hindi. Then she shouted in Bemba "kabwalala!!!" As soon as she uttered this word, the men that intended to rob us put down their weapons and walked away. They must have assumed we were locals, so why bother us? A single word in the local language saved us . . . . Years later, after we moved to Nigeria, we heard that the family that moved into that home was visited once again and this time, bullet holes riddled the walls and window panes. The only thing that saved the family was a sliding lock that my father had installed in the bathroom. Since that day, I've developed a penchant for languages and have learned that the best way to connect with people of diverse backgrounds is to try to address them in "their language." In my experience, this (simple effort) is rewarded with an expanded world view, unforgettable smiles, and a whole lot more. This experience might explain why I become a language specialist and why I champion early bilingualism (starting in Pre-K) and dual language instruction for all students! A simple hello and thank you in someone's language can bring out the SUN in a relationship--permanently![3] | ” |
| “ | I was my mother's first English teacher--starting when I was in second grade—and for around 5 years.[3] | ” |
October 25, 2018 responses
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Anita Pandey completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Pandey's responses.
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
-To increase educator compensation,
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?
I am passionate about education and public policy because what we teach, how we teach, when we teach and how we assess progress significantly impact outcomes.
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?
I look up to my mother who while denied "schooling" is the best problem-solver and most knowledgeable and success-oriented person I know, as well as my father (the first to go to high school and to college and the first in his family to educate his three "daughters"). I also look up to Mahatma Gandhi.
Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?
Books I've been inspired by include mostly African literary artists such as Ken Saro Wiwa who was murdered due to Shell Oil's unethical oil excavation practices in the Ogoni region of Nigeria, Ngugi w Thiong'O of Kenya (see his trilogy) and Chinua Achebe (also famous for his trilogy that opens with *Things Fall Apart*), as well as "Freedom at Midnight," *How Europe Underdeveloped Africa," and "The Argumentative Indian." I enjoy lots of international movies that focus on children and young adults and their phenomenal instructional capabilities. An example is "The Inheritors" an eye-opening documentary from Mexico. Many others are listed as resources on my simple Website: www.languagebuildingblocks.com
What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?
Competence, excellent communication and collaboration skills, honesty, cross-cultural know-how, and integrity.
What legacy would you like to leave?
I would like to make my children and family proud of me by ensuring that all marginalized preschoolers and enrolled students--and their families--feel included and welcome at our schools and communities. I intend to do so by sharing my expertise in parent and community engagement, reading, early childhood, ESOL, World Language instruction, and proposal writing and funds administration.
What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?
When I was around seven, I recall waking up to a nightmare. We were living in Luanshya, Zambia, at the time and the neighboring nation was still in the throes of colonialism and "freedom fighters" were hungry for freedom and independence, yet they needed funds and supplies. They traveled to Zambia where the copper mines had attracted the whole world, and raided our neighborhood. They started with our home. My mother was screaming and my father was crouched behind the curtains, and I could see through the curtains the shadows of military uniforms and men holding machine guns--pointed in our direction. I was paralyzed with fear. My father threatened to bring out his "gun"--even though he didn't own one and my mother admonished him in Hindi. Then she shouted in Bemba "kabwalala!!!" As soon as she uttered this word, the men that intended to rob us put down their weapons and walked away. They must have assumed we were locals, so why bother us? A single word in the local language saved us . . . . years later, after we moved to Nigeria, we heard that the family that moved into that home was visited once again and this time, bullet holes riddled the walls and panes. The only thing that saved the family was a sliding lock that my father had installed in the bathroom. Since that day, I've developed a penchant for languages and have learned that the best way to connect with persons is by speaking "their language." In my experience, this (simple effort) is rewarded with an expanded world view, unforgettable smiles, and a whole lot more. Since that day, I've developed a penchant for languages and have learned that the best way to connect with people of diverse backgrounds is by speaking "their language." In my experience, this (simple effort) is rewarded with an expanded world view, unforgettable smiles, and a whole lot more. This experience might explain why I become a language specialist and why I champion early bilingualism (starting in Pre-K) and dual language instruction for all students!
What was your very first job? How long did you have it?
I was my mother's first English teacher--starting when I was in second grade�and for around 5 years.
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Footnotes
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Anita Pandey's responses," October 26, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
| Howard County Public Schools elections in 2018 | |
| Howard County, Maryland | |
| Election date: | Primary Election: June 26, 2018 • General Election: November 6, 2018 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Vicky Cutroneo • Bob Glascock • Timothy Hodgson Hamilton • Christopher Michael Hilfiger • Danny Mackey • Jen Mallo • Robert Wayne Miller • Anita Pandey • Carleen Pena • Saif Rehman • Mavourene Robinson • Sabina Taj • Chao Wu |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
