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Ashley Esposito
Ashley Esposito is an at-large member of the Baltimore City Public Schools in Maryland. She assumed office on December 1, 2022. Her current term ends on December 1, 2026.
Esposito ran for election for an at-large seat of the Baltimore City Public Schools in Maryland. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Esposito completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Ashley Esposito was born in Concord, Massachusetts. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland Global Campus in 2021. Her career experience includes working as a software developer.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Baltimore City Public Schools, Maryland, elections (2022)
General election
General election for Baltimore City Public Schools Board of Commissioners (2 seats)
Ashley Esposito and Kwame Kenyatta-Bey defeated April Curley and Salimah Jasani in the general election for Baltimore City Public Schools Board of Commissioners on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ashley Esposito (Nonpartisan)  | 29.1 | 57,648 |
| ✔ | Kwame Kenyatta-Bey (Nonpartisan) | 26.8 | 53,093 | |
 | April Curley (Nonpartisan) | 22.7 | 45,056 | |
 | Salimah Jasani (Nonpartisan) | 20.9 | 41,478 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 1,035 | ||
| Total votes: 198,310 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Baltimore City Public Schools Board of Commissioners (2 seats)
The following candidates ran in the primary for Baltimore City Public Schools Board of Commissioners on July 19, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ashley Esposito (Nonpartisan) | 19.8 | 26,263 |
| ✔ | | April Curley (Nonpartisan) | 15.6 | 20,748 |
| ✔ | Kwame Kenyatta-Bey (Nonpartisan) | 13.8 | 18,384 | |
| ✔ | | Salimah Jasani (Nonpartisan) | 13.5 | 17,892 |
| Michael Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 12.6 | 16,768 | ||
 | Kevin Parson (Nonpartisan) | 8.9 | 11,797 | |
| Karen Yosafat Beleck (Nonpartisan) | 8.1 | 10,824 | ||
| Cortly Witherspoon (Nonpartisan) | 7.7 | 10,242 | ||
| Total votes: 132,918 | |||
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Endorsements
To view Esposito's endorsements in the 2022 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Ashley Esposito completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Esposito'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 work in coalitions with other education advocates, parents, students, and educators to address critical challenges in our school system. Those challenges include community engagement, equitable resource distribution, morale, facilities, and supporting ALL students and families.
If elected my school board seat will be your seat -- the community seat. I will ensure that policy and budget priorities are identified by you and that you are engaged in decision making. I am committed to working with you to address our challenges and elevate the perspectives and interests of our most vulnerable students.
- I am committed to disrupting the school-to-prison pipeline by investing in wrap-around services and supports including trauma informed care, mental health support, mentoring, student leadership, and restorative practices. We all are aware that too many Baltimore City students are challenged by poverty, gun violence, substance use, and/or other traumatic experiences. Trauma is a barrier to students’ participation and success in the classroom. Investments in the support and resources that students, families, and educators identify, need, and want is an investment in our children’s education and disrupts the school-to-prison pipeline.
- I am committed to turning schools into welcoming and vibrant community hubs. Our community has continually identified a lack of enrichment, after school and recreational opportunities as barriers to student success. Exciting grade-appropriate enrichment and after school programs including employment programming for older students and access to resources for families will help students and families thrive. We can do better coordinating with non-profit and community-based programs to offer the resources, activities and experiences our students and families want and need inside of the school walls.
- I am committed to polices and investment that promotes equitable resource distribution. I am a certified Blueprint Advocate (explain this). I want to ensure that the funding goes towards its intended purpose of correcting historic disinvestment and closing the gap between “good” and “bad” schools. We need to invest in tutoring programs, night school, teacher retention, vocational school, and literacy supports.
~ community advocacy and accessible community engagement
~ overall administration oversight
~ make sure our budget fits our values and vision for the school system
~ review policy proposals and ensuring that EVERY student has a positive outcome, especially our vulnerable student populations
~ facilities oversight
~ make curriculum decisions
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 29, 2022
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