Amira Amal Assad-Lucas
2021 - Present
2025
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Amira Amal Assad-Lucas is a member of the Adams 12 Five Star Schools school board in Colorado, representing District 4. She assumed office on December 1, 2021. Her current term ends in 2025.
Assad-Lucas ran for election to the Adams 12 Five Star Schools school board to represent District 4 in Colorado. She won in the general election on November 2, 2021.
Assad-Lucas was a candidate for District 4 representative on the Adams 12 Board of Education in Colorado. The general election was held on November 3, 2015.[1] Amira Amal Assad-Lucas lost the general election on November 3, 2015.
Biography
Assad-Lucas earned her B.A. in psychology from Colorado State University in 2005. She went on to receive her M.A. in clinical counseling from the University of Northern Colorado in 2008, and returned for her M.A. in school counseling in 2012. She has worked as an on-call counselor, teaching assistant, special education teacher substitute, clinical therapist, school counselor and school-based therapist. At the time of her candidacy, she was a licensed counselor/therapist at Ability Counseling, LLC. She is also a volunteer member of Classroom Help/Parent-Teacher Organization at Thornton Elementary School and of the Five Star Leadership Academy.[2]
Elections
2021
See also: Adams 12 Five Star Schools, Colorado, elections (2021)
General election
General election for Adams 12 Five Star Schools Board of Education District 4
Amira Amal Assad-Lucas won election in the general election for Adams 12 Five Star Schools Board of Education District 4 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Amira Amal Assad-Lucas (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 31,489 | |
| Total votes: 31,489 | ||||
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2015
Four of the five seats on the Adams 12 Board of Education were up for election on November 3, 2015. Seats in Districts 1, 2, 4, and 5 were on the general election ballot.
Incumbent Norm L. Jennings faced challenger Seth "Isaiah" Thomas in District 1. The District 2 race included candidates Daniel Garcia and Jamey Lockley. District 2 incumbent Robert M. Willsey did not file for re-election. Jeff Jasica, Stephanie James, Laura P. Mitchell, and Teresa Thomson Walsh sought the District 5 seat held by Mark Clark, who did not file for re-election.[3]
A special election for the District 4 seat previously held by Rico Figueroa included incumbent Brian Batz, Amira Amal Assad-Lucas and Jessy Briton Hamilton. Figueroa served on the board from December 2013 to March 2015 after 2013 winner Amy Speers was found ineligible to serve because she lived outside of District 4. On March 2, 2015, the Colorado Supreme Court concurred with a decision by Broomfield District Court Judge Chris Melonakis declaring the seat vacant.[4] Brian Batz was appointed to fill the vacancy in District 4 on April 29, 2015, and ran to serve the remaining two years on Speers' term.[5]
Jennings was successful in securing the District 1 seat. In District 2, Lockley won the seat. Batz was successful in being re-elected to the District 4 seat, and Mitchell won the seat in District 5.
Results
| Adams 12 Five Star Schools, District 4, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Brian Batz |
44.7% | 12,856 |
| Jessy Briton Hamilton | 41.9% | 12,053 |
| Amira Amal Assad-Lucas | 13.4% | 3,856 |
| Total Votes | 28,765 | |
| Source: Adams County Clerk & Recorder, "Official County Results," and City and County of Broomfield, "Official Certified Results", accessed December 17, 2015 | ||
Funding
Assad-Lucas reported $862.50 in contributions and $439.04 in expenditures to the Colorado Secretary of State, which left her campaign with $423.46 on hand as of October 29, 2015.[6]
Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Amira Amal Assad-Lucas did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
2015
Candidate survey on charter schools
The Colorado League of Charter Schools issued a candidate survey in which Assad-Lucas participated. The following were her answers:[7]
Q1 - Do you support a parent’s right to choose the public school they feel is the best fit for their child? Why or why not?
Amira Assad-Lucas: I do support a parent choosing a school that they feel is the best fit for their child. I encourage all parents to become educated about the schools for their children.
Q2 - Which of the following describes your familiarity with charter schools? (Select all that apply).
Amira Assad-Lucas: I can name one or more charter schools in Colorado. I know someone who works at a charter school in Colorado. I know a student who attends a charter school in Colorado. I have heard the term “charter school.”
Q3 - Which of the following best describes your level of support or opposition toward charter schools in Colorado?
Amira Assad-Lucas: Neither support nor oppose.
Q4 - In your view, what role should charter schools play in providing parents and students choice in their public school options?
Amira Assad-Lucas: I believe in the role they currently are playing. As stated above, I believe a parent and student should have the right to choose the best educational path for their family or him/herself.
Q5 - In your view, do charter schools help improve educational opportunities for all public school students or do they negatively impact the educational opportunities for students in traditional public schools?
Amira Assad-Lucas: This depends on the student and family, since all students' needs are different.
Q6 - Do you support the creation of more charter schools?
Amira Assad-Lucas: Maybe – if there is a strategic growth plan in place.
Q7 - What do you believe is the proper role for a school district and a district board of education to play in relation to the charter schools in their district?
Amira Assad-Lucas: I believe the proper role is dependent upon the contract or agreement set forth between the charter school, school district, and board of education.
Q8 - Do you believe districts have a responsibility to equitably include their charter schools in the distribution of local funds related to facilities (bonds) and operational expenses (mill levy overrides)? Why or why not?
Amira Assad-Lucas: I feel this depends on the school district and the agreement between the charter school, school district and board of education.
Q9 - Please feel free to provide any additional comments or viewpoints regarding school choice and charter schools in the state of Colorado that you were not able to cover in your responses above.
Amira Assad-Lucas: Candidate elected not to respond to this question.
- To read other candidate responses, visit What's at Stake for Adams 12 Five Star Schools?
See also
2021 Elections
External links
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Candidate Adams 12 Five Star Schools Board of Education District 4 |
Footnotes
- ↑ Adams 12 Five Star Schools, "STATEMENT OF SUFFICIENCY," August 28, 2015
- ↑ Amira for Adams 12, "Resume", accessed October 26, 2015
- ↑ Adams 12 Five Star Schools, "2015 election," accessed August 30, 2015
- ↑ Adams 12 Five Star Schools, "Director District 4 Election Update," March 6, 2015
- ↑ The Denver Post, "Adams 12 school board votes to appoint Brian Batz to board vacancy," April 29, 2015
- ↑ Tracer, "Filing Detail", accessed October 29, 2015
- ↑ Colorado League of Charter Schools, "Adams 12 Five Star Schools Board Candidate Survey", accessed October 26, 2015
