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Tyler Swanson
2022 - Present
2026
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Tyler Swanson is a member of the Wake County Public School System in North Carolina, representing District 9. He assumed office on December 6, 2022. His current term ends in 2026.
Swanson ran for election to the Wake County Public School System to represent District 9 in North Carolina. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Swanson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Tyler Swanson was born in Greensboro, North Carolina. He earned a bachelor's degree from North Carolina A&T State University in 2015. His career experience includes working as a nonprofit consultant. Swanson previously taught special education for Wake County Public Schools for three years.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Wake County Public School System, North Carolina, elections (2022)
General election
General election for Wake County Public School System, District 9
Tyler Swanson defeated Michele Morrow and Tara Ann Cartwright in the general election for Wake County Public School System, District 9 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tyler Swanson (Nonpartisan)  | 55.8 | 28,570 |
 | Michele Morrow (Nonpartisan) | 35.6 | 18,251 | |
| Tara Ann Cartwright (Nonpartisan) | 8.1 | 4,127 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 262 | ||
| Total votes: 51,210 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Tyler Swanson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Swanson's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Fully Funding Our Schools: The upcoming budget falls $443.2 million short of what a court-ordered budget recommends in the Leandro decision. Over the past decade, the North Carolina General Assembly's leadership has underfunded our schools annually. If the NCGA fully funds Leandro, Wake County Public Schools would receive the following to support our students: An additional two hundred and ninety- one million dollars. An additional eight hundred and thirty-seven more teacher assistants. Nine hundred seven more nurses, psychologists, counselors, and social workers. . One thousand four hundred sixty-two dollars per teacher to receive professional development. Our students cannot wait. It is time for the NCGA to fulfill its consti
- School Safety: Our students perform better when they feel safe at school. In addition, safe schools are well maintained and create trust between teachers, staff, and students. Safe schools have well-staffed cafeterias and hallways where more students interact with less structure guiding those interactions. In addition, safe schools have staff well trained in keeping the school peaceful and trained in deescalating tense situations. Safe schools are not created with armed teachers at the classroom door. Instead, safe schools are created by students and staff building classroom communities to provide every student a sense of belonging. Safe schools do not involve guns or arming teachers. Instead, they create a sense of belonging for
- Teaching Truths: It is TIME WE TRUST AND TREAT OUR TEACHERS as professionals. Our students need to learn the truth about our nation's history. The NC Board of Education sets the North Carolina Standard Course of Study (NCSCOS), which defines the appropriate content standards for each grade or proficiency level and each high school, guiding instruction for history and all other subjects. A preamble written by the NC Superintendent of Public Instruction is included as a part of the approval of the new social studies standards. The preamble states that the standards are a framework intended to teach the full spectrum of history to best help students learn and use the information they acquire in the course of learning experiences. I s
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 6, 2022
