Sheena Barnes
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Sheena Barnes is an at-large member of the Toledo Public Schools Board of Education in Ohio. Barnes assumed office on January 1, 2020. Barnes' current term ends on December 31, 2023.
Barnes ran for election for an at-large seat of the Toledo Public Schools Board of Education in Ohio. Barnes won in the general election on November 5, 2019.
Barnes completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections[edit]
2019[edit]
See also: Toledo Public Schools, Ohio, elections (2019)
General election for Toledo Public Schools Board of Education At-large (2 seats)
Sheena Barnes and incumbent Stephanie Eichenberg defeated Dan Jaksetic in the general election for Toledo Public Schools Board of Education At-large on November 5, 2019.
Candidate |
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Votes |
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Sheena Barnes (Nonpartisan) 
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39.5
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12,493 |
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Stephanie Eichenberg (Nonpartisan)
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38.5
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12,174 |
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Dan Jaksetic (Nonpartisan) |
22.0
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6,973 | |
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Total votes: 31,640 | |||
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Campaign themes[edit]
2019[edit]
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Sheena Barnes completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Barnes' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Clear and transparent communication being TPS staff, teachers and TPS families. Support increasing wrap around services for TPS students. Increasing equity of treatment for all TPS students.
Policies surrounding the supportive services of our special education department and special education teachers. I am a proud TPS mother and know first hand the challenges navigating TPS special education department as I had to advocate for my youngest son with autism.
I look up to several Civil Rights leaders known and unknown. I look up to my great-great-great-great grandfather that fought for fair and equal education for his son and other youth in California and won a supreme court case (Wysinger v. Crookshank). I look up to him because he was determined to fight for the betterment of his family and the community youth education, like myself.
Knocking Down the House
Honesty, Fairness and Empathy
I have worked with Toledo area youth for 11 years as a community engagement specialist and have help many through the challenges of being homeless, hungry and traumatize. So I know first hand what TPS teacher are trying to navigate as they prepare our students for their future.
To assist the students to obtain high quality education, support teachers and fight for better resources to help them give quality education without risking their family sustainability and be an advocate for public schools on a local and state level.
Advocating for their school district on every platform for the betterment of their school district.
Everyone that see our youth as our future.
By being present and making sure all are seen, heard and welcomed in TPS.
Have a honest and open discussion on how to make parents/ guardians involvement more inclusive to all the households we have in TPS.
Extreme poverty: By creating wrap around supportive non-judgement services for families, since 86% of our students identify as economically disadvantaged Behaviors/ high disciplinaries: By creating a system that focus on the trigger of the behavior instead of focusing on the behavior with a criminal mindset. Increasing mental health support within the schools for students and teachers.
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See also[edit]
2019 Elections
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