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Justin M. Cook (Rochester Public Schools Seat 2, Minnesota, candidate 2022)
Justin M. Cook ran for election to the Rochester Public Schools to represent Position 2 in Minnesota. He was on the ballot in the general election on November 8, 2022.[source]
Cook completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
[1]Elections
General election
General election for Rochester Public Schools, Position 2
Justin M. Cook and Rae Parker ran in the general election for Rochester Public Schools, Position 2 on November 8, 2022.
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Rochester Public Schools, Position 2
Justin M. Cook, Rae Parker, and Abdullahi Omar Yusuf ran in the primary for Rochester Public Schools, Position 2 on August 9, 2022.
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Campaign themes
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Justin M. Cook completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Cook's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Reading proficiency by grade 3 is a key indicator of academic outcomes. Students that develop strong reading skills in the early elementary years have greater self-confidence in school, a much easier time learning substantive material from written texts, and are less likely to have behavioral challenges or feel disengaged from school in later years. The evidence is in on the best way to educate all kids to read -- including striving readers that exhibit characteristics of dyslexia -- I strongly support aggressively deploying evidence-based literacy instruction grounded in the science of reading.
- Community mentoring opportunities benefit our students through the perspectives shared with them by more experienced hands, or people that have been in the professional world. And they also benefit our community by giving our broader community an opportunity to have first-hand exposure to what's going on in our schools and with our youth. The experience can be energizing and invigorating, and helps foster robust community partnership with our schools that reinforce one another.
- Transparency is so important in any public institution, and for our school district it is paramount. I will strongly advocate for public-facing technology-driven dashboards that provide transparency for our community, our school leaders, and anyone with an interest to be able to observe how the district is performing against the goals it has set for itself. I'd like to see our district become the pride of our community, and the envy of everywhere, and providing clear publicly-accessible indicators of success will help keep our community aligned on what we are striving for.
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2022 Elections
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