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Tay Anderson | |
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| School Board Director of Denver Public Schools | |
| Assumed office December 4, 2019 | |
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| Born | July 5th, 1998 Kansas City, Kansas |
| Political party | Democrat |
| Parents | Mia Anderson |
| Education | Manual High School |
Tay Anderson is a member of the Denver Public Schools Board of Education and a community organizer.
Early life and education
Anderson grew up in Kansas City and moved to Denver to attend high school.[1] He attended two other schools before settling on Manual High School, where he later became student body president. While at Manual he decided to run to become a School Board Director at Denver Public Schools. At the time he was nineteen years old, thus becoming the youngest person to-date to run for a Denver School Board.
Anderson ultimately lost that election, and instead enrolled at Metropolitan State University to study education and also began working in restorative justice within Denver Public Schools.[2] He decided to run for the School Board again in 2019, campaigning on supporting low-performance schools, putting a pause on approving new charter schools, and reforming how punishment was conducted at schools. Anderson decisively won this election, and doing so ushered in Denver's first anti-reform, pro-union school board in over a decade.[3] In a three-way race, he won about 51% of the total vote.[4] He is one of the youngest elected officials in Colorado's history, being just 21 at the time of his inauguration.
Career
Anderson was inaugurated into the Denver School Board on December 4, 2019.[5] The following January, Anderson helped pass a mandate that all Denver Public Schools must designate a gender neutral bathroom, citing that it helps show support for the LGBTQIA+ community.[6] Additionally, Anderson has led an effort to remove the Denver Police Department from public schools within the city.[7] Anderson is currently the de facto leader of Denver's George Floyd protests.[8][9]
References
- ↑ Fine, Gabe. "Meet Tay Anderson, Denver's Youngest School Board Candidate". Westworld. Archived from the original on 19 November 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Asmar, Melanie. "College student, former candidate jumps into Denver school board race – early". Chalkbeat. Archived from the original on 19 November 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Asmar, Melanie. "An end to Denver's school reform era? Teachers union-backed school board candidates win big". Colorado Sun. Archived from the original on 19 November 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Wingerter, Meg. "Final DPS results: Union-backed candidates win all 3 open school board seats". Denver Post. Archived from the original on 19 November 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Fleming, Sara. "Newly Inaugurated Tay Anderson Wants to Make the School Board More Accessible". Westworld. Archived from the original on 19 November 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Lopez, Meghan. "When it comes to gender-neutral bathrooms, differing opinions prevail as DPS passes resolution". Denver Channel. Archived from the original on 19 November 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Sachs, David. "Seizing on movement against racist policing, Denver school board members aim to get officers out of public schools". Denverite. Archived from the original on 19 November 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Oldham, Jennifer. "Colorado's youngest black elected official is now the face of Denver's protests". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 19 November 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Balingit, Moriah; Strauss, Valerie; Bellware, Kim (2020-06-14). "Fueled by protests, school districts across the country cut ties with police". Washington Post. pp. A6. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on 2020-11-19. Retrieved 2020-11-13. Unknown parameter
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