Tarece Johnson-Morgan
Tarece Johnson-Morgan is a member of the Gwinnett County Public Schools school board in Georgia, representing District V. She assumed office on December 17, 2020. Her current term ends on December 31, 2028.
Johnson ran for re-election to the Gwinnett County Public Schools school board to represent District V in Georgia. She won in the general election on May 21, 2024.
Johnson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Tarece Johnson-Morgan was born in Houston, Texas. Johnson-Morgan earned a bachelor's degree from the Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in 1998, a graduate degree from Columbia University in 2000, and a graduate degree from Emory University in 2011. Her career experience includes working as an educator and administrator.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Gwinnett County Public Schools, Georgia, elections (2024)
General election
General election for Gwinnett County Public Schools school board District V
Incumbent Tarece Johnson-Morgan defeated Patrina King and Jacquelyn Evenezer-Gold in the general election for Gwinnett County Public Schools school board District V on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tarece Johnson-Morgan (Nonpartisan)  | 53.8 | 2,864 |
| Patrina King (Nonpartisan) | 24.1 | 1,283 | ||
| Jacquelyn Evenezer-Gold (Nonpartisan) | 22.1 | 1,177 | ||
| Total votes: 5,324 | |||
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Endorsements
Johnson received the following endorsements. To view a full list of Johnson's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here.
- State Sen. Nabilah Islam Parkes (D)
- Working Families Party
- Gwinnett County Association of Educators
- Asian American Advocacy Fund
- Black Jewish Liberation Collective
- Educate US
- EducateUs
- Georgia Conservation Voters
- Georgia Equality
- Georgia Working Families Party
- Gwinnett County, Ga., Association of Educators
- Gwinnett Professionals for Human and Civil Rights
- Make Gwinnett Great Again
- Southern Poverty Law Center
- The Good Party
- The SIX PAC
- Voices of Muslims
2020
See also: Gwinnett County Public Schools, Georgia, elections (2020)
General election
General election for Gwinnett County Public Schools school board District V
Tarece Johnson-Morgan defeated George Puicar in the general election for Gwinnett County Public Schools school board District V on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tarece Johnson-Morgan (D) | 99.2 | 38,192 |
| George Puicar (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.8 | 291 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 30 | ||
| Total votes: 38,513 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Gwinnett County Public Schools school board District V
Tarece Johnson-Morgan defeated incumbent Louise Radloff in the Democratic primary for Gwinnett County Public Schools school board District V on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tarece Johnson-Morgan | 66.4 | 8,660 |
| Louise Radloff | 33.6 | 4,386 | ||
| Total votes: 13,046 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Tarece Johnson-Morgan completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Johnson's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Public funding is one of the most critical factors for children to have successful educational and social outcomes. It is important to engage stakeholders to sustain our community by investing in, supporting, volunteering, and working together to strengthen our community and build better schools.
- Serving children and empathetically meeting their unique needs is very important to improve outcomes. Each and every student must have access and opportunities to achieve excellence. From early literacy learning to safe environments, to culturally responsive engagement, to equitable practices, it is important to take multi-pronged and multi-system approaches to ensure all students may thrive in school and beyond.
- Supporting the needs of teachers and staff are important to ensuring we achieve student success. From competitive pay and benefits to relevant training, to support systems, to representation, we must invest in the people and processes that keep our schools healthy spaces to work and learn.
- Education Funding (fully funding public schools)
- Safe environments (physically, socially, & emotionally)
- Educational Equity (access and opportunities to meet needs of each and every student)
- Early Literacy and Universal Pre-K
- Justice (elimination of structural barriers, systemic inequities, and reparations)
2) Purpose
3) Authenticity
4) Integrity
5) Empathy
My adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have fueled the fire I have to fight for the most marginalized, needy, unseen, and undervalued child.
My education, knowledge, skills, and abilities are valuable as I serve on the board. My doctorate degree in education, teaching experience, master's degree in public policy from Columbia University helps to me understand legislation and the policy making process. I have written policies, procedures, and metrics and I use these as I serve on the school board. My master's in business administration from Emory University also helps as I serve in the board to evaluate our budget and ensure alignment with our strategic plan, legislative priorities, and portrait of a graduate. My undergraduate degree in humanities (languages and literatures) from Sagrado Corazón catapulted my understanding of multicultural education, cultural competence, and culturally responsive education.
2) Accountability
3) Budget Responsibility
It’s had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor—
Bare.
But all the time
I’se been a-climbin’ on,” – Langston Hughes
This poem sums up my life and current experience as an educational leader who does not “fit the box” of the typical “politician”. I dare to be perfectly imperfect as I believe in the humanity of people. I am a courageous advocate and activist who challenges status quo that does not serve the needs of the people. I hold accountable anyone regardless of race and gender, etc. who upholds structures, creates barriers, and maintains systems that do not benefit the people, I overstand that managing change is challenging and I submit to you that it takes courage to charter a boat through the rough seas of change. We must do it strategically, precisely, boldly, and with focus to reach our destination… student success for all. Addressing the most marginalized students, those with disabilities, those learning English, BIPOC students, etc. must be bravely addressed, because when we help those with the greatest of needs, we uplift the entire system. We all benefit when we address the needs of everyone (equity).
Physical safety ensures that each and every child, teacher, and staff member feel their environment is secure. From facilities to fighting, I am dedicated to the protection of all precious life and safe spaces. Teaching discipline and appropriate consequences are necessary as well as interventions that address root causes and repeat behaviors.
Psychological safety is also important as we address bullying (verbal & cyber), harassment (in-person & on-line), and other emotionally harmful experiences. We must hold accountable bad behaviors that negatively impact belonging. I also believe teaching de-escalation, conflict resolution, and providing mental health supports will help to create safe spaces where people can be free to be WHO they are. We must also teach and model empathy, compassion, and grace.
1) Invest in social emotional learning (SEL). SEL helps adults and children with their mental health and wellness, improve social engagement, enhance safety, eliminate bullying, and helps people feel belonging.
2) Partner with mentoring organizations. Mentoring helps students to learn more about themselves, love who they are, and have empathy for others. Mentoring can improve behavior, decrease likelihood of substance abuse and violence, and increase opportunities and motivation to achieve.
3) More resources allocated for mental health including therapists, counselors, mental health sessions / groups, and training (eliminate substance abuse, manage emotions, conflict resolution, self-harm ideation, etc.)
4) Trauma-informed practices will help address root causes of issues from behavior, to absenteeism, to graduation rates.
1) Equity Policy = access, resources, and opportunities to meet the needs of ALL students (comprehensive audit, class sizes, teacher incentives, special education, multilingual learners, Title 1 schools, culturally relevant learning, and supplier/contractor diversity).
2) Personnel Policy (fair recruitment and hiring practices / process, teacher and staff retention, and anti-retaliation).
3) Student Safety (antibullying, conflict resolution, substance abuse prevention, SEL, mental health and wellness, and environmental).
4) Student & Family Engagement (student representation on board, board committees, local student council, innovative family engagement, affinity groups, etc.)
5) Teacher and Staff Belonging (work/life harmony, cultural competence, health and wellness, retention, surveys and feedback, thought leadership, intentional collaboration, etc.
1) Survey existing staff (anonymous surveys. focus groups, other forms of feedback, etc.) to understand opportunity gaps.
2) Address the needs (opportunity gaps) of current teachers, staff, and administration as this is one of the most powerful forms of attracting highly qualified talent.
3) Engage and incentivize current teachers and staff to recruit talent.
- Seven years of a detailed line-item budget
- Budget scorecard
- Disaggregated budget feedback (per stakeholder group, demographics, clusters, and schools)
- Comprehensive annual audit
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Other survey responses
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2020
Tarece Johnson-Morgan did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 29, 2024
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