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Dawn Iannaco-Hahn
Dawn Iannaco-Hahn ran for election to the Montgomery County Board of Education to represent District 5 in Maryland. She lost in the primary on July 19, 2022.
Iannaco-Hahn completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2022
See also: Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland, elections (2022)
General election
General election for Montgomery County Board of Education District 5
Incumbent Brenda Wolff defeated Valerie Coll in the general election for Montgomery County Board of Education District 5 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Brenda Wolff (Nonpartisan) | 52.4 | 128,313 |
![]() | Valerie Coll (Nonpartisan) | 46.8 | 114,577 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 1,873 |
Total votes: 244,763 | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Montgomery County Board of Education District 5
Incumbent Brenda Wolff and Valerie Coll defeated Dawn Iannaco-Hahn in the primary for Montgomery County Board of Education District 5 on July 19, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Brenda Wolff (Nonpartisan) | 39.5 | 53,474 |
✔ | ![]() | Valerie Coll (Nonpartisan) | 39.3 | 53,110 |
![]() | Dawn Iannaco-Hahn (Nonpartisan) ![]() | 21.2 | 28,704 |
Total votes: 135,288 | ||||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Dawn Iannaco-Hahn completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Iannaco-Hahn'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 hope to bring a fresh perspective and a new voice to the Board of Education, particularly the voice of a current MCPS parent, and the voice of someone experienced in the field of mental health.
- I won't tow the line and I won't rubber stamp everything. I will take my voting power seriously, I will ask tough questions, and won't be afraid to be the only dissenting voice.
- I believe our Board of Education members should really be listening to its stakeholders. I want to hear what people have to say and engage in respectful dialogue.
Within Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), students are begging for more mental health services. Parents, like me, have been testifying in support of increased mental services for our children, and the staff want to see their students mentally well and ready to learn, so there is no downside to increasing mental health services and supports to the students of MCPS.
People may not always like what someone has to say and they may not always agree with them, but as long as the person is being up front and honest in what they are saying, trust can be achieved, and respect should be given. You can disagree with someone and still respect them as long as they are being honest and coming from a good place.
I alive for events such as the boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the Gulf War, but I was young when those events took place and therefore do not have vivid memories of them like to do with 9/11.
My first job in my field of mental health, was in 2000 right after I finished my Master's program. I worked at The Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (JHBMC) as a mental health therapist and case manager in the Child and Adolescent Division of their Community Psychiatry Program. I worked at JHBMC for a total of 5 years, after receiving a promotion after my 3rd year there.
In order to increase parental involvement, we need to change meeting times to the evenings so that parents, (and students and staff), can attend and give public testimony. We must also keep the ability to submit audio or video testimony because not all people will be able to attend meetings, no matter what time they are held, and everyone should have the opportunity to be heard. The meetings also need to be streamlined and made shorter so that more people will want to attend and get involved. Right now, the meetings are too long and tedious which causes people to not want to come or to only stay for public testimony and then leave. Parents are a big part of a school community so we must do everything we can to engage them and make them feel a part of that community.
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See also
2022 Elections
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