Alexis Nicole Branch

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Alexis Nicole Branch

Nonpartisan

Elections and appointments

Last election

July 19, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

Bennett College for Women, 2019

Personal

Birthplace

Upper Marlboro, Md.

Religion

Christianity

Alexis Nicole Branch ran for election to the Prince George's County Board of Education to represent District 9 in Maryland. She did not appear on the ballot for the primary on July 19, 2022.

Biography

Alexis Nicole Branch was born in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. She earned a bachelor's degree from Bennett College for Women in 2019. As of August 2020, she was pursuing a master's degree from Bowie State University. Branch's career experience includes working with the U.S. Department of Transportation, as a teacher, as an advocate, as an employee with the National Institute of Health's Diversity and Inclusion Division, and as an employee with the Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She has served as an SGA president, as a vice president, and as a board of trustees member with Bennett College. Branch has been affiliated with the Bennett College and with Bowie State University.

Elections

2022

See also: Prince George's County Public Schools, Maryland, elections (2022)

General election

General election for Prince George's County Board of Education District 9

Lolita Walker defeated Kent Roberson in the general election for Prince George's County Board of Education District 9 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Lolita Walker (Nonpartisan)	56.8	17,861
	Submit photo	Kent Roberson (Nonpartisan)	42.6	13,390
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	213

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 31,464
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Nonpartisan primary election

The primary election was canceled. Kent Roberson and Lolita Walker advanced from the primary for Prince George's County Board of Education District 9.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Alexis Nicole Branch (Nonpartisan)

2020

See also: Prince George's County Public Schools, Maryland, elections (2020)

General election

General election for Prince George's County Board of Education District 7

Kenneth Harris II defeated Alexis Nicole Branch in the general election for Prince George's County Board of Education District 7 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kenneth Harris II (Nonpartisan)	63.2	26,670
		Alexis Nicole Branch (Nonpartisan)	36.5	15,399
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	153

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 42,222
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Prince George's County Board of Education District 7

Kenneth Harris II and Alexis Nicole Branch defeated incumbent Alexander Wallace in the primary for Prince George's County Board of Education District 7 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kenneth Harris II (Nonpartisan)	44.5	9,730
✔		Alexis Nicole Branch (Nonpartisan)	39.0	8,533
		Alexander Wallace (Nonpartisan)	16.5	3,618

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 21,881
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Alexis Nicole Branch completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Branch's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Alexis Nicole Branch is a lifelong public safety and equality activist. She was born and raised in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. She graduated from Gwynn Park High School in 2015. She is currently obtaining her Master's from Bowie State University, in Public Administration with a focus in Public Policy. She is a former teacher in the county. She also has experience working along-side non-profits advocating for education, and partnerships in places like Israel, and China. She served of the Board of Trustees at Bennett College where she helped them raise 8.5 million dollars in 50 Days. She currently employed at The US Department of Transportation.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Alexis Branch is the only Candidate with Teaching experience.
• Alexis Branch has spent her entire life being a voice for the voiceless and serving her community.
• Alexis Branch will be making history if elected by being the youngest African American Women elected on the Board of Education.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Retainment of Our Students and Teachers,

In Depth Mentoring and adequate Counseling Services For our Boys and Girls,
More Resources for Special Education,
Free Universal Pre-Kindergarten,
Expansion of Career and Technical Education and Community Contracts,
African American and Latino History Requirement,

Hiring Incentives and More Training for Teachers

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

I look-up to Sherly Chisum, Michelle Obama, Malcolm X, and Kamala Harris. I would like to follow the example of all of them, fearless, and public servants.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Some principles that are most important for an elected official is having trust from constituents, transparency, fearlessness, and creativity. It is also extremely important for leaders to never forget who they are serving and that service is a priority.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

I am trustworthy, radically transparent, fearless, ambitious, and dedicated to the goal.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

I believe the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office is to listening to their constituents, never giving up on resolving a problem, keeping a high moral and ethical standard, and service.

What legacy would you like to leave?

It does not matter how old you are, gender, or the color of your skin to make a difference in the world and your community and just because all the odds are stacked against you does not mean you cannot make it.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

The first historical event that happened in my lifetime was seeing President Obama becoming President. Making him the first African American president of the United States of America. I was nine years old when I attended his inauguration.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

My very first job was in High-School as a Before and After Care teacher. I worked there for 2 years until going off to college.

What is your favorite book? Why?

The New Jim Crow is my favorite book. It changed the way I saw the world.

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

A fly, so that I can sit in rooms with out being noticed.

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

Pulling away from work to focus on myself.

What is the primary job of a school board member in your view?

Manage the budget, help write policy, review of textbooks, and advocate for constituents and students.

Who are your constituents?

Parents, Teachers, Tax-Payers, and Students.

How would you support the diverse needs of your district’s students, faculty, staff, and community?

I will support the diverse needs of my district, students, faculty, staff, and community by listening to my constituents. Pushing and organizing for more community involvement in our schools so that we can build a better school system together.

How will you build relationships with members of the broader community? Which groups, organizations, stakeholders will you specifically target?

To build relationships with members of the broader community I plan on continuing to be in the community. Create events that the community would enjoy coming out to, and getting people excited about the school system.

What will you do to build a better relationship with parents in the district? What plans do you have to be inclusive of parental involvement?

I plan on doing consistent meeting with parents and students. Getting them more involved in the day to day actions of the schools, and incentives of PTA memberships.

Do you believe it is important to intentionally recruit with the aim of diversifying the district’s faculty, staff, and administration? If so, what would be your policy to achieve this?

I do believe that it is important to aim of diversifying the districts faculty, staff, administration, and students.
I plan to do this by pushing for all elementary school students to be taught in a bilingual environment. I want our teachers to experience training across the state and abroad. I will also be pushing for passport grants for high-school students so that they can begin taking advantage of the free study-abroad opportunities. I am a former employee at The National Institute of Health within the Diversity and Inclusion Division. I would like to use my skills from there in creating tool-kits to help our hiring staff figure out how to effectively target the brightest, diverse individuals to come and teach and work at our schools.

What issues get in the way of quality education? How would you address these obstacles?

I believe the top two issues that gets in the way of a quality education here in Prince George's County are inequity in the classroom, and behavioral issues.

I plan to tackle these issues by giving our legislators unique ways to find money for education, without hurting our community, like raising taxes on people that work in the county but do not live in the county. I also plan to continue to advocate for Kirwan funding so that our children receive the resources that they deserve.

I plan to fix the behavioral issues in our school is by increasing the counseling staff and making a certain amount of sessions mandatory so that we are targeting the whole child, that including mental health. I also plan to create in-depth mentorship program for our students, along with pushing for more community, and parent involvement.

What constitutes good teaching? How will you measure this? How will you support advanced teaching approaches?

Good teaching to me is caring about the whole child. In most cases students will retain most of the life lessons they learn in the classroom over the actual curriculum. I will continue to push for training for our teachers to connect with teachers across the state, the country, and abroad.

What type of skills should students be learning for success in the 21st century?

Some of the skills students should be learning for success in the 21st century is coding, financial literacy including stocks and other currency, the whole honest history of this Country and our State, Sex-Education, The law and their rights.

How might you improve the value of a high school diploma? What should a 21st century diploma reflect?

I plan on improving the value of a high school diploma by making it a requirement for our students to take at least one college course before graduation. In addition to pushing for all of our students to have at least one study aboard opportunity and internship before graduation.

In what areas would you like to expand curriculum? For example, do you see a need for advanced technical training or apprenticeships? What sort of innovative programming would you advance if given the opportunity?

I would like to see an expansion within our Career and Technical Education, African American and Latino History, Languages including sign-language, Cursive, SAT-Prep expansion to include how to effectively find and apply for scholarships, Pre-K.

What strategies or plans would you advance to ensure the schools are properly funded?

Working with county Delegates surrounding increasing taxes on people that do not live in the county but work in the county. Pushing and advocating for the Kirwan funding, teaching our children how to speak out and providing them with a full voice at the table.

What principles drive your policies for safety in schools?

My experience in PGCPS.

How might you support the mental health needs of students/faculty/staff?

Increasing counseling services in our school system and more teacher and staff appreciation.

What role do you imagine technology playing in (and outside) the classroom in the future? How would you prepare the district for this?

Technology needs to be more infused as it regards security, COVID-19 safety measures, Paperless with eBooks and submission of assignments and making sure the tech we have are working effectively like white boards. I believe the district is already beginning to be prepared due to COVID-19 forcing the county to give everyone laptops and tablets. The County has a lot of security tech that they are not using and I plan to request that so that we are not spending too much on security tech.

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