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Sandra Bankes
Sandra Bankes is an at-large member of the Colorado Springs School District 11 school board. She assumed office on December 1, 2021. Her current term ends in 2025.
Bankes ran for election for an at-large seat of the Colorado Springs School District 11 school board. She won in the general election on November 2, 2021.
Bankes completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Sandra Bankes was born in Detroit, Michigan. Bankes earned a bachelor's degree from California State University, Northridge in 1969, a master's degree from the University of Colorado Colorado Springs in 1988, and a Ph.D. in educational leadership from the University of Denver in 1999. Her career experience includes working as an elementary school principal and teacher.[1][2]
Elections
2021
See also: Colorado Springs School District 11, Colorado, elections (2021)
General election
General election for Colorado Springs School District 11 Board of Education At-large (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Colorado Springs School District 11 Board of Education At-large on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sandra Bankes (Nonpartisan)  | 20.2 | 24,059 |
| ✔ |  | Lauren Nelson (Nonpartisan) | 20.0 | 23,763 |
| ✔ |  | Julie Ott (Nonpartisan) | 15.1 | 17,987 |
 | Chris Wallis (Nonpartisan) | 14.7 | 17,515 | |
 | Jennifer Williamson (Nonpartisan) | 13.1 | 15,541 | |
 | John Gustafson (Nonpartisan) | 11.3 | 13,449 | |
| Rebecca Acevedo Kenderdine (Nonpartisan) | 5.5 | 6,501 | ||
| Total votes: 118,815 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Joseph Shelton (Nonpartisan)
Endorsements
To view Bankes' endorsements in the 2021 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2021
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Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Sandra Bankes completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Bankes' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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My parents moved to East Los Angeles when I was 3 years and attended neighborhood schools. Education was held in high regard by my parents, neither of whom completed high school as they worked to provide for family. I am the youngest sibling and the first to go to college. After high school I enrolled at East Los Angeles Junior College (East Los Angeles College) where I earned an A.A. degree. It was a broadening experience that prepared me for pursuing a Bachelor degree in Philosophy from California State University-Northridge. I was drawn to a career in teaching through the compassion, dedication , and commitment of my teachers and professors. I went on to the University California - Riverside to finish work to earn my first teacher’s license. I earned a Master’s Degree in Gifted Education and a PhD from the University of Denver in Educational Leadership.
I moved to Colorado Springs with my husband and children when my husband received orders to the Air Force Academy. Both of my children are District 11 graduates.- Public education is the gateway for all children. The greatest impact on our future is providing our children with the skills, compassion, and vision to lead productive lives in adulthood.
- The focus of the School Board Directors should always be focused on students' mastery of skills, critical thinking, and compassion for themselves and others.
- A measure of a district's success in preparing its students is parental choice in selecting their child's school in that district.
With the impact of COVID 19, we have seen that local school authority overridden by other agencies.
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See also
2021 Elections
External links
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Candidate Colorado Springs School District 11 Board of Education At-large |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 4, 2021
- ↑ Elect Sandra Bankes School District 11 - School Board, "Meet Sandra Bankes," accessed October 7, 2021
