Dashay Carter
Dashay Carter is a former at-large member on the Newark Public Schools Advisory Board in New Jersey. Carter won her seat on the board in the general election on April 21, 2015.
Mayor Ras J. Baraka endorsed a slate of candidates called the "Children First Team," which includes Carter, Marques-Aquil Lewis and Crystal Fonseca.[1]
In a candidate forum on March 25, 2015, Carter referenced the two decades which the district has been under state control saying, "I would make returning control of Newark's schools from the state a priority."[2]
Biography
Carter was born in Newark and graduated form North Star Academy. She went on to earn a bachelor's degree in sociology with a concentration in education from Emory University. Since 2012, she has served as an aviation operation specialist in the U.S. Army Reserve Branch. She is a member of St. James AME Church and is involved with the Big Brother Big Sister program of Essex and Hudson County.[3]
Elections
2015
- See also: Newark Public Schools elections (2015)
Three of the nine seats on the Newark Advisory Board were up for election on April 21, 2015. Only one incumbent, Marques-Aquil Lewis, filed to run for re-election. He faced the following seven challengers on the general election ballot: Natasha Alvarado, Veronica Branch, Dashay Carter, Crystal Fonseca, Ronnie Kellam, Charles Love III, and Sheila Montague. Lewis, Carter, and Fonseca were chosen for Mayor Ras J. Barak's "Children First Team" slate.[1]
Michael Diaz and Ivan Holmes also filed to run in this election but did not appear on the ballot. Holmes withdrew from the race and Diaz was disqualified.[4]
The Baraka-backed candidates Lewis, Carter, and Fonseca, won the three seat up for election.
Results
| Newark Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 3-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Crystal Fonseca |
21.9% | 3,745 | |
| Nonpartisan | Marques-Aquil Lewis Incumbent |
21.8% | 3,729 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dashay Carter |
19.4% | 3,311 | |
| Nonpartisan | Charles Love III | 11.4% | 1,955 | |
| Nonpartisan | Sheila Montague | 10.1% | 1,729 | |
| Nonpartisan | Veronica Branch | 9.6% | 1,637 | |
| Nonpartisan | Natasha Alvarado | 3.4% | 584 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ronnie Kellam | 2% | 347 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.4% | 63 | |
| Total Votes | 17,100 | |||
| Source: Essex County Clerk, "2015 School Board Election," April 27, 2015 | ||||
Funding
Carter ran as part of the Children First Team, which reported a $4,000.00 transfer from the slate's prior campaign, plus $16,050.00 in contributions and $3,111.20 in expenditures to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission as of April 7, 2015.[5]
Endorsements
Carter was endorsed by Mayor Ras J. Baraka. Baraka endorsed a slate of candidates called the "Children First Team," which includes Carter, Marques-Aquil Lewis and Crystal Fonseca.[1]
Campaign themes
2015
The following statement was provided on the Children First Team's slate Facebook campaign page:
| “ | The Children First Team (CFT) is for the uplifting of our people through cooperative gain, not selfish, self-serving agendas; CFT is for the restoration of our community through hard-work and perserverance, not short-cuts and scapegoats; CFT is for EQUALITY & JUSTICE as evidenced by an equitable distribution of resources not seemingly arbitrary and inconsistent policies and practices; CFT is for building capacity amongst stakeholders, sharing best practices, eliminating "pockets of success" and supporting a common instructional practice that breeds EXCELLENCE for ALL; CFT is for making ALL schools incubators of excellence by focusing on the most critical mechanics of academic achievement--Teaching & Learning. CFT is ready, willing and able to stand with anyone who shares in this mission for Justice and Salvation.[6] | ” |
| —Children First Team Facebook campaign page (2015)[7] | ||
Recent news
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See also
- Newark Public Schools, New Jersey
- Newark Public Schools elections (2015)
- Baraka-backed "Children First Team" dominates Newark's school election (April 22, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 NJ.com, "Ten candidates sign up for Newark school board race," March 4, 2015
- ↑ LocalTalkNews.com, "Five Candidates Spar in Newark School Board Forum," April 3, 2015
- ↑ Facebook, "Children First Team: Timeline Photo," March 19, 2015
- ↑ Margaret Koenig, "Email correspondence with Martha A. Jones, Newark Public Schools," April 14, 2015
- ↑ New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, "View a Candidate or Election Related Committee Report," accessed April 17, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Facebook, "Children First Team: About," accessed April 2, 2015
| 2015 Newark Public Schools Elections | |
| Essex County, New Jersey | |
| Election date: | April 21, 2015 |
| Candidates: | At-large: Incumbent, Marques-Aquil Lewis • Natasha Alvarado • Veronica Branch • Dashay Carter • Michael Diaz • Crystal Fonsica • Ivan Holmes • Ronnie Kellam • Charles Love III • Sheila Montague |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
