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Salimah Jasani
Salimah Jasani ran for election for an at-large seat of the Baltimore City Public Schools in Maryland. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Jasani completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Salimah Jasani earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 2013, a graduate degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Education in 2016, and a graduate degree from Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs in 2019.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Baltimore City Public Schools, Maryland, elections (2022)
General election
General election for Baltimore City Public Schools Board of Commissioners (2 seats)
Ashley Esposito and Kwame Kenyatta-Bey defeated April Curley and Salimah Jasani in the general election for Baltimore City Public Schools Board of Commissioners on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ashley Esposito (Nonpartisan)  | 29.1 | 57,648 |
| ✔ | Kwame Kenyatta-Bey (Nonpartisan) | 26.8 | 53,093 | |
 | April Curley (Nonpartisan) | 22.7 | 45,056 | |
 | Salimah Jasani (Nonpartisan) | 20.9 | 41,478 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 1,035 | ||
| Total votes: 198,310 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Baltimore City Public Schools Board of Commissioners (2 seats)
The following candidates ran in the primary for Baltimore City Public Schools Board of Commissioners on July 19, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ashley Esposito (Nonpartisan) | 19.8 | 26,263 |
| ✔ | | April Curley (Nonpartisan) | 15.6 | 20,748 |
| ✔ | Kwame Kenyatta-Bey (Nonpartisan) | 13.8 | 18,384 | |
| ✔ | | Salimah Jasani (Nonpartisan) | 13.5 | 17,892 |
| Michael Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 12.6 | 16,768 | ||
 | Kevin Parson (Nonpartisan) | 8.9 | 11,797 | |
| Karen Yosafat Beleck (Nonpartisan) | 8.1 | 10,824 | ||
| Cortly Witherspoon (Nonpartisan) | 7.7 | 10,242 | ||
| Total votes: 132,918 | |||
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Endorsements
To view Jasani's endorsements in the 2022 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Salimah Jasani completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Jasani's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Of all of these identities, I belong to two communities that are underrepresented on the School Board: the immigrant community and the disability community. Additionally, most of my career has centered around fighting for educational equity, especially for students with disabilities. I have done this as a special education teacher, as a state-level leader supporting special education leaders throughout the pandemic, and as an advocate and community organizer.
In my current role, I support and coach school districts around the country on topics like leadership development, strategic planning, and systemic change. I have a deep understanding of what it means to be a school board member because I work with board members and other district leaders for a living, supporting them in solving their toughest challenges.
Finally, I am deeply connected to Baltimore students, not only through my relationships with my former students, but also through my volunteering and community organizing work. My goal is to amplify and center student voices in School Board decision-making.- There should be no such thing as a "bad school" in Baltimore. I will fight to end educational inequity by working to meaningfully include students with disabilities as fully participating members of the school community; promoting School Board outreach in ways that are culturally responsive and meet our community members where they are; and supporting district-wide training and follow up coaching around diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
- I will fight to end the school-to-prison pipeline in Baltimore by pushing us to revise our discipline policies to become more restorative, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive; providing students with the academic and social/ emotional. behavioral supports necessary to have their needs met; and funding supportive services rather than policing our students.
- The Blueprint for Maryland's Future (and the funding that comes with it) has the opportunity to transform education for Baltimore City students -- but only if its implementation is effective. I have helped districts around the country use their federal and state funds in ways that directly improve students' lives, and I would help our School Board do the same for Baltimore.
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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 3, 2022
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