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Jared Nicholson
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Jared Nicholson is a member of the Lynn Public Schools school board, At-large in Massachusetts. He assumed office in 2015.
Nicholson ran for re-election to the Lynn Public Schools school board, At-large in Massachusetts. He won in the general election on November 7, 2017.
Biography
Nicholson's work experience includes serving as an attorney for Latham & Watkins. He earned degrees from Princeton University and Harvard Law School.[1]
Elections
2017
- See also: Lynn Public Schools elections (2017)
Six seats on the Lynn Public Schools School Committee were up for general election on November 7, 2017. All seven seats on the school committee were up for election. The seventh seat on the school committee was automatically held by the mayor of Lynn, who was also up for election. Ballotpedia did not cover the mayoral race as it fell outside of municipal elections coverage.[2] Incumbents Donna M. Coppola, John E. Ford Jr., Lorraine Gately, and Jared Nicholson and newcomers Michael A. Satterwhite and Brian Castellanos won the election, defeating challengers Cherish Casey, Elizabeth Rosario Gervacio, Natasha Megie-Maddrey, and Jessica Murphy. All 10 candidates advanced from the primary election on September 12, 2017.[3][4][5]
The school committee election was nonpartisan, but candidate filings included the party enrollment of each candidate. Every candidate except Jessica Murphy identified as a Democrat. Murphy was not enrolled with a political party.[3]
Results
| Lynn Public Schools, At-large General Election, 2-year terms, 2017 |
||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Donna M. Coppola Incumbent |
15.22% | 6,630 |
| John E. Ford Jr. Incumbent |
14.84% | 6,465 |
| Lorraine Gately Incumbent |
12.79% | 5,573 |
| Jared Nicholson Incumbent |
10.83% | 4,719 |
| Michael A. Satterwhite |
10.20% | 4,443 |
| Brian Castellanos |
10.02% | 4,367 |
| Elizabeth Rosario Gervacio | 8.11% | 3,532 |
| Natasha Megie-Maddrey | 6.58% | 2,868 |
| Jessica Murphy | 5.93% | 2,583 |
| Cherish Casey | 5.17% | 2,254 |
| Write-in votes | 0.32% | 138 |
| Total Votes | 43,572 | |
| Source: City of Lynn, "Election Summary Report Municipal Election Lynn, MA," accessed December 4, 2017 | ||
| Lynn Public Schools, At-large Primary Election, 2-year terms, 2017 |
||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Donna M. Coppola Incumbent |
18.05% | 3,102 |
| Lorraine Gately Incumbent |
15.39% | 2,645 |
| John E. Ford Jr. Incumbent |
13.86% | 2,382 |
| Brian Castellanos |
10.64% | 1,828 |
| Jared Nicholson Incumbent |
10.39% | 1,786 |
| Michael A. Satterwhite |
8.68% | 1,492 |
| Jessica Murphy |
6.59% | 1,132 |
| Elizabeth Rosario Gervacio |
6.42% | 1,103 |
| Natasha Megie-Maddrey |
5.57% | 957 |
| Cherish Casey |
4.01% | 689 |
| Write-in votes | 0.4% | 68 |
| Total Votes | 17,184 | |
| Source: City of Lynn, "Election Summary Report: Preliminary Election," accessed September 12, 2017 | ||
Funding
Nicholson reported $15,982.99 in contributions and $15,003.41 in expenditures to the Lynn City Elections and Voting Department, which left his campaign with $979.58 on hand in the election.[6]
Endorsements
Nicholson was endorsed by the Lynn Teachers Union (LTU).[7]
2015
- See also: Lynn Public Schools elections (2015)
The Lynn School Committee consists of seven members, six of whom are elected to two-year terms. The seventh member and chair of the board is the Mayor of Lynn. The other six members of the board are elected at large by the district as a whole. The general election was held on November 3, 2015. Incumbents Donna Coppola (D), John Ford Jr. (D), Patricia M. Capano (D), and Maria O. Carrasco (D) won re-election, while Lorraine Gately (D) and Jared Nicholson (D) joined the board. They defeated Dolores Jean DiFillipo (D), Natasha Megie-Maddrey (D), June Natola (R), and Michael Ouk (I).
While the school committee is a nonpartisan office, candidate filings for this election included the party enrollment of each candidate. Eight Democrats, one Republican, and one unenrolled candidate filed for the at-large race. A primary election was not necessary because all 10 candidates appeared on a joint ballot in the general election.[8]
Results
| Lynn School Committee, At-large, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Donna Coppola Incumbent |
13.4% | 4,560 |
| John Ford Jr. Incumbent |
12.5% | 4,257 |
| Lorraine Gately |
12.5% | 4,248 |
| Jared Nicholson |
11.9% | 4,024 |
| Patricia Capano Incumbent |
11.4% | 3,867 |
| Maria Carrasco Incumbent |
10.9% | 3,712 |
| Dolores Jean DiFillipo | 9.1% | 3,104 |
| Michael Ouk | 8.5% | 2,867 |
| June Natola | 5.2% | 1,762 |
| Natasha Megie-Maddrey | 4.3% | 1,451 |
| Write-in votes | 0.22% | 74 |
| Total Votes | 33,926 | |
| Source: City of Lynn, "Municipal Election: Lynn, MA," accessed November 4, 2015 | ||
| Candidate forum, July 29, 2015 |
Funding
Nicholson reported $18,405.95 in contributions and $17,697.02 in expenditures to the Lynn City Clerk, which left his campaign with $708.93 on hand as of October 28, 2015.[9]
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify any official endorsements in the election.
Campaign themes
2017
Nicholson highlighted the following issues on his campaign website:
| “ | Why I’m Running
I believe in the Lynn Public schools and all that is possible for our children. My wife and I plan to raise our family in Lynn and we want to send our future kids to great public schools. I also feel strongly that improving our schools is key to creating jobs and economic growth in Lynn. Great schools:
Contributing New Ideas I bring a fresh perspective and new ideas to the Committee, including:
We know that in today’s economy, more school won’t necessarily lead to a good job. One strategy for success is building more pathways for students from our high schools to college and jobs based on feedback from local employers. Lynn already has momentum on this front. We start from an enviable position having our own vocational and technical school. We also have innovative programs in the Lynn Public Schools — such as the Cisco Systems training program that began at Lynn English and the partnership with North Shore Community College’s CommUniverCity initiative to deepen NSCC ties in Lynn. The community has also chipped in with programs such as the well-respected E-Team machinist training for adult learners and employer site visits for teachers organized by the North Shore Workforce Investment Board. Some concrete ways we are building on that momentum include offering more programs at Lynn Tech in healthcare, IT and HVAC, fields we know are growing. We are also exploring offering vocational programming for students at English and Classical who express an interest in career technical education. Finally, we should continue to evaluate and expand the Early College program to let more high school students jumpstart their pursuit of higher education by earning college credits while still in high school. Helping students on their way to good careers is one of the many goals of a good public education system. It’s also another way to keep students engaged in school, which contributes towards the system’s other goals, like developing well-rounded citizens. For more information about my ideas on this issue, please check out my Op-Ed in the Daily Item.
There is a common thread to feedback we are getting from both educators and business leaders – our public schools need to focus on students’ social-emotional learning. Social-emotional learning is also called non-cognitive skill development or even character-building. When a student feels overwhelmed or frustrated, how does he or she react? How can students work well with one another? What’s their relationship like with their community and its civic life? What needs of a student are not being met and how can that be fixed? Adding resources is the obvious way to expand and build on these programs, offering more programs districtwide or hiring more social workers for instance. While we work to make that possible, here are some ideas that would require smaller investments. Older students who work could present to younger students about the skills they need to do well in different situations they encounter in their jobs. Schools that give students community service citations could add a special category for students who worked on a project together as a team. The Lynn Public Schools District could add to its curriculum guides a detailed list of the social-emotional skills we want our children to be learning at each grade level with input from teachers, health care providers, parents, and, for the older grades, employers. That would remind teachers what to look for and give teachers from different departments, like math and music, a shared language to discuss their students’ development. The District is planning to start with a guide for the early grades for the 2017-2018 school year. For more information about my ideas on this issue, please check out my Op-Ed in the Daily Item.
We now have a middle school and varsity wrestling team in Lynn. We need to keep finding ways to offer after school activities.
Finally, the District faces serious challenges that require leadership today, chief among them rising enrollment and financial instability. I plan to continue to focus on those issues drawing on my legal training and business experience. These are a few of the new ideas and issues that I am focusing on. I look forward to learning more about ways to improve our schools over the course of the campaign from students, parents, teachers, administrators and voters. Those conversations are the centerpiece of my campaign. Please feel free to reach out to me at jaredc.nicholson at gmail.com and (617) 780-6747.[10] |
” |
| —Jared Nicholson (2017)[11] | ||
2015
Nicholson's campaign website listed the following themes for 2015:
| “ | Why I’m Running I am running for Lynn School Committee because I believe in the Lynn Public schools and all that is possible for our children. I plan to raise my family here, and like many Lynners, I want to send my kids to great public schools. I also feel strongly that improving our schools is key to creating jobs and economic growth in Lynn. Great schools:
Contributing New Ideas I plan to offer a fresh perspective and contribute new ideas to the Committee, including:
We know that in today’s economy, more school won’t necessarily lead to a good job. One strategy for success is building more pathways for students from our high schools to college and jobs based on feedback from local employers. Lynn already has momentum on this front. We start from an enviable position having our own vocational and technical school. We also have innovative programs in the Lynn Public Schools — such as the Cisco Systems training program that began at Lynn English and the partnership with North Shore Community College’s CommUniverCity initiative to deepen NSCC ties in Lynn. The community has also chipped in with programs such as the well-respected E-Team machinist training for adult learners and employer site visits for teachers organized by the North Shore Workforce Investment Board. Some concrete ways we can build on that momentum include offering more healthcare-oriented programs at Lynn Tech since we know that field continues to grow, reaching out to students at English and Classical who expressed an interest in career technical education but could not meet Lynn Tech’s admissions criteria, and expanding the Early College program to let more high school students jumpstart their pursuit of higher education by earning college credits while still in high school. Helping students on their way to good careers is one of the many goals of a good public education system. It’s also another way to keep students engaged in school, which contributes towards the system’s other goals, like developing well-rounded citizens.
There is a common thread to feedback we are getting from both educators and business leaders – our public schools need to focus on students’ social-emotional learning. Social-emotional learning is also called non-cognitive skill development or even character-building. When a student feels overwhelmed or frustrated, how does he or she react? How can students work well with one another? What’s their relationship like with their community and its civic life? What needs of a student are not being met and how can that be fixed? Adding resources is the obvious way to expand and build on these programs, offering more programs districtwide or hiring more social workers for instance. While we work to make that possible, here are some ideas that would require smaller investments. Older students who work could present to younger students about the skills they need to do well in different situations they encounter in their jobs. Schools that give students community service citations could add a special category for students who worked on a project together as a team. The Lynn Public Schools District could add to its curriculum guides a detailed list of the social-emotional skills we want our children to be learning at each grade level with input from teachers, health care providers, parents, and, for the older grades, employers. That would remind teachers what to look for and give teachers from different departments, like math and music, a shared language to discuss their students’ development.[10] |
” |
| —Jared Nicholson (2015)[12] | ||
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See also
- Lynn Public Schools, Massachusetts
- Lynn Public Schools elections (2017)
- Lynn Public Schools elections (2015)
- Incumbency no guarantee of success in Nov. 3 school board elections (November 6, 2015)
- What happened in Nov.'s top board elections? (November 4, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Jared Nicholson for Lynn School Committee, "About Jared," accessed September 6, 2017
- ↑ City of Lynn Elections Office, "City of Lynn Political Calendar For 2017," accessed June 28, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Mary Jules," City of Lynn Election Coordinator, June 28, 2017
- ↑ City of Lynn, "Election Summary Report: Preliminary Election," accessed September 12, 2017
- ↑ City of Lynn, "Election Summary Report Municipal Election Lynn, MA," accessed November 7, 2017
- ↑ Lynn City Elections and Voting, "2017 Campaign Finance Reports," accessed January 25, 2018
- ↑ The Daily Item, "Lynn Teachers Endorse McGee," October 30, 2017
- ↑ LynnCam TV, "School Committee," accessed September 8, 2015
- ↑ Lynn City Clerk, "Campaign Finance Report Archives 2015-2010," accessed October 30, 2015
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Jared Nicholson for Lynn School Committee, "Issues," accessed September 6, 2017
- ↑ Jared Nicholson for Lynn School Committee, "Issues," accessed October 26, 2015
| 2015 Lynn Public Schools Elections | |
| Essex County, Massachusetts | |
| Election date: | November 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Patricia M. Capano • Incumbent, Maria O. Carrasco • Incumbent, Donna M. Coppola • Incumbent, John E. Ford, Jr. • Dolores Jean DiFillipo • Lorraine Gately • Natasha Megie-Maddrey • June Natola • Jared Nicholson • Michael Ouk |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
