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Tia Otoo
Tia Otoo is an at-large member of the Euclid City School District school board in Ohio. She assumed office on January 1, 2024. Her current term ends on December 31, 2027.
Otoo ran for election for an at-large seat of the Euclid City School District school board in Ohio. She won in the general election on November 7, 2023.
Otoo completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Tia Otoo earned a bachelor's degree from Miami University in 2011 and a graduate degree from Ursuline College in 2014.[1]
Elections
2023
See also: Euclid City School District, Ohio, elections (2023)
General election
General election for Euclid City School District school board At-large (2 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Euclid City School District school board At-large on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tia Otoo (Nonpartisan)  | 30.4 | 3,287 |
| ✔ |  | Evan Botzki (Nonpartisan) | 22.7 | 2,460 |
| Steve Johnson Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 16.3 | 1,768 | ||
| Yvette Andre (Nonpartisan) | 13.7 | 1,481 | ||
| Dolores Trevino Moldenhauer (Nonpartisan) | 8.8 | 953 | ||
| Nerissa Scott (Nonpartisan) | 8.1 | 875 | ||
| Total votes: 10,824 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Dwayne Pringle (Nonpartisan)
Endorsements
Otoo received the following endorsements.
- State Sen. Kent Smith (D)
- Euclid Mayor Kirsten Holzheimer-Gail
- Euclid City Cncl. Memb. Marcus Epps
- Euclid City Sch. Brd. Memb. Selina Wright (Nonpartisan)
- Pamela Turos (Nonpartisan) - Euclid Sch. Brd. cand.
- Euclid, Ohio, Democratic Club
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Tia Otoo completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Otoo's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Every student deserves a pathway to a successful future. This means we need to increase the opportunities made available to our students. Students are most successful when their needs are met academically, social emotionally, and physically. We can meet the needs of our students by connecting them to resources and services including food, clothing, mental health, physical health, housing, tutoring, out of school time programs, employment, etc. Education is more than just academic achievement; is the relationships that students build with school staff and their peers; the exposures to field trips, extra-curricular activities, mind stimulating projects, and leadership development that helps to build confidence and properness to thrive in soci
- We believe that family engagement is a very interictal component of the education system. First and foremost, we must acknowledge and appreciate that we were chosen to have the privilege of educating the children we serve. There are endless choices of education including homeschool, charter, open enrollment school public schools and private schools that families could chose to have their child educated. We are honored to be chosen so our priority is to establish a working relationship and partnership with our parents and families. This partnership includes interdependency that allows parents to help us in our efforts to support children through volunteer opportunities, serving on committees, completing surveys, connecting the schools to per
- We believe that schools are only as strong as the communities they serve. Our great city of Euclid is rich in resources. Our local businesses, government entities, and organizations are our stakeholders, invested in the betterment of our city. When we invest in the education of the children in our city, we can expect long term results of those same children returning as adults contributing to the economic wealth of our city. It is the school district’s best interest to collaborate with local businesses to utilize the resources already within our city to connect students, families, and citizens to services and goods. We believe that the strength of our community is maximized when all systems are a contributing partner in the goal of making E
Mayor Kirsten Gail
Senator Kent Smith
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Other survey responses
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See also
2023 Elections
External links
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Candidate Euclid City School District school board At-large |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 7, 2023
