Arthur Carrasco

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Arthur Carrasco

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Elections and appointments

Last election

November 2, 2021

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Arthur Carrasco ran for election to the Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education to represent District 6 in New Mexico. He lost in the general election on November 2, 2021.

Carrasco completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Arthur Carrasco's career experience includes working as a business owner.

Elections

2021

See also: Albuquerque Public Schools, New Mexico, elections (2021)

General election

General election for Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education District 6

Josefina Dominguez defeated Arthur Carrasco and Celia Cortez in the general election for Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education District 6 on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Josefina Dominguez (Nonpartisan)	55.8	11,265
		Arthur Carrasco (Nonpartisan)	42.9	8,672
	Submit photo	Celia Cortez (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	1.3	257

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,194
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Crystal Franco (Nonpartisan)

Campaign themes

2021

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Arthur Carrasco completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Carrasco's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am not a politician. I am a parent and a businessman. I have lived in New Mexico for over 30 years. I am married and have a seven and a nine year old. I have served on international, national, state and local boards as on a volunteer basis and from that I have learned the importance of listening to members and dialogue. I have coached football, basketball, baseball, wrestling, swimming, and volleyball within my community. I have volunteered in my children's APS school.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• APS must be hold accountable for their performance and finances.
• We must keep kids in school.
• We must support the frontline workers in our schools.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

APS can no longer run at a 45 million dollar deficit. We can no longer pay people and companies for services not performed. We can no longer pay out thousands of dollars to the IRS for missing report deadlines. Our children cannot afford for our leadership to misplace five million dollars that was ear marked for their future. We can no longer receive over 360 million dollars of grant money and not have a plan to better education for our children. APS has the money to be a strong district, however, financial mismanagement and outright theft has prevented this. We must fix this today.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

I look up to all people who never quit.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Accountability

Transparency
Honesty

Hard-working

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

To perform the duties of you office. In this case to listen to constituents and hold the superintendent accountable for them.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

My first job was a newspaper route delivery boy. I was 12 years old. I did this job for 3 years. I left this job to become a lifeguard and to teach private swim lessons. I never stopped working from then to the present.

What is the primary job of a school board member in your view?

A board member's primary job is to review and approve budgets .

Who are your constituents?

All families with children in APS and all tax payers who pay into the Albuquerque Public Schools.

How would you support the diverse needs of your district’s students, faculty, staff, and community?

Support needs to happen at the classroom level, teachers and principals need to be empowered to make changes at the school level to meet the needs of their immediate community.

How will you build relationships with members of the broader community? Which groups, organizations, stakeholders will you specifically target?

APS needs to work on internal team issues first, we have major financial problems as evidenced by PEDs recent take over.

Do you believe it is important to intentionally recruit with the aim of diversifying the district’s faculty, staff, and administration? If so, what would be your policy to achieve this?

APS has 750 job opening.. We need to hire the best candidates for the job.

What issues get in the way of quality education? How would you address these obstacles?

We have to keep politics out of school goals and plans and money allocated for schools needs to be spent in the classroom.

What constitutes good teaching? How will you measure this? How will you support advanced teaching approaches?

Good teaching is the ability to motivate, education and graduate students at the classroom level.

In what areas would you like to expand curriculum? For example, do you see a need for advanced technical training or apprenticeships? What sort of innovative programming would you advance if given the opportunity?

We must provide trade classes for students that don't want to go to college, there is a huge need for these jobs, they pay well and providing training in this direction will only help the community in the long run.

What strategies or plans would you advance to ensure the schools are properly funded?

APS finances are a disaster! Tax payer money has been stolen, lost, and mishandled in every conceivable way. We must balance our books internally before we can work on any external issues.

What principles drive your policies for safety in schools?

All kids should feel 100% safe in school, I have zero tolerance for any sort of threat or violence in schools.

What role do you imagine technology playing in (and outside) the classroom in the future? How would you prepare the district for this?

Technology is a tool and not the answer for education.

What are your views on how to address schooling during pandemic times?

We need to answer to our community needs and not follow what others are doing to keep kids in school. With a low graduation rate, high poverty and low reading and math scores we as a community must keep our students in the classroom, for their educational, nutritional and to keep them feeling like the valuable members of the community that they are.

What will you do to build a relationship with parents in the district? What plans do you have to be inclusive of parental involvement?

Parents and care providers need to be involved at the classroom level.

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