Debra L. Robinson
Prior offices
School District of Palm Beach County school board District 7
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Debra L. Robinson was a member of the School District of Palm Beach County school board in Florida, representing District 7. Robinson assumed office in 2000. Robinson left office on November 22, 2022.
Robinson won re-election to the School District of Palm Beach County school board to represent District 7 in Florida outright in the primary on August 28, 2018, after the general election was canceled.
Biography
Robinson earned a B.S. in biology from Michigan State University. She later received her M.D. from the Howard University College of Medicine. Robinson was working as a physician at West Palm Beach Veterans Affairs Medical Center after working as an emergency room doctor and running her own medical practice. She and her husband, Tay Gaines, have three children.[1]
Elections
2018
- See also: School District of Palm Beach County elections (2018)
The general election was canceled in this district after the primary election winner received more than 50 percent of the vote.
Nonpartisan primary election
2014
- See also: School District of Palm Beach County elections (2014)
The August 26, 2014, general election in Palm Beach County
featured
four seats up for election. Only three of the races were decided in the general election. The general election
determined
if candidates for each seat could garner a majority of the vote total. Because no candidate
received
50 percent plus one of the general election votes in District 4, the top two vote recipients
advanced
to the runoff election on November 4, 2014.
The District 4 race
included
newcomers Justin Katz, Larry F. Rosensweig, Thomas G. Sutterfield and Erica Whitfield. Whitfield advanced to the runoff election in first place. A recount was held to determine whether Sutterfield or Katz would advance to the runoff election in second place. Sutterfield's lead held and he advanced over Katz to the runoff election. Rosensweig, however, was defeated in the general election.
District 3, 6 and 7 races were determined in the general election. Karen Brill won re-election in District 3 against John Michael Hartman and David Benoit Mech. Incumbent Marcia Andrews defeated newcomers Carla Donaldson and Joe Moore in District 6. The District 7 race featured incumbent Debra L. Robinson who defeated challenger Piaget "Peppi" Hendrix.
Results
Funding
Robinson reported $10,625.47 in contributions and loans and $5,039.69 in expenditures to the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections, as of July 21, 2014.[2]
Endorsements
Robinson received the following endorsements in this election:[3]
- SEIU/FPSU
- Florida NOW PAC
- AFL-CIO
- PBC District Staff Association
- Palm Beach County Human Rights Council Voters Alliance
2010
| School District of Palm Beach County, District 7 Primary Election, 4-year term, 2010 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Vote % |
Votes |
| |
Nonpartisan |
 Debra L. Robinson Incumbent |
69% |
7,382 |
| |
Nonpartisan |
Thomas Hawkins |
17.5% |
1,875 |
| |
Nonpartisan |
William Corey Abrams |
13.5% |
1,449 |
| Total Votes |
10,706 |
| Source: Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections, "8/24/2010 Primary Election," August 25, 2010 |
2014
Robinson's campaign website listed the following themes for the 2014 race:
| “
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SAFETY AND SALVATION
- MTSS (multitier system of supports) coaches in each school
- Coordinate with community agencies to make alternative education “the saving place” for children (and families) that are off tract
- Place vocational programs for in-demand skills in alternative schools
- Continue the training of school police to save children as opposed to punishing them
ACADEMIC RIGOR & SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
- Encourage year round schools as a choice option
- Base charter approvals on the needs of children
- Make AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) college readiness system the norm in PBC
- “Bless them according to their need”-provide additional outstanding resources to the schools with the most challenges
- Use true individualized education plans that focus on the needs of the individual child
- Appoint administrators based on the skill sets needed to assist their students
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & PARENTAL EMPOWERMENT
- Create an Office of Family Affairs and Community Engagement
- Use school district influence and leverage to create jobs in poor communities
FAIRNESS & EQUITY
- Complete the Educational Equity Audit (inspired by the Hispanic Education Coalition) and implement the resulting recommendations
- Acknowledge and promote the value of each employee group..it takes all to make the system work well
- Research and Implement a fair way to decrease socioeconomic, racial and ethnic isolation in our schools
- Embrace & value the uniqueness of each group-stop trying to make square pegs fit in round holes
- Expand the Undoing Racism training so that we can work to eliminate the toxic stress of racism and other –isms in our system
- Create succession planning and skills development plans for adults based upon the needs of schools and community[4]
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”
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| —Debra L. Robinson's campaign website (2014)[5]
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See also
External links
- ↑ School District of Palm Beach County, "Debra L. Robinson," accessed July 21, 2014
- ↑ Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections, "Candidate Finance Reports," accessed July 21, 2014
- ↑ Re-elect Debra Robinson, "Endorsements," accessed July 21, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Re-elect Debra Robinson, "The Prescription," accessed July 21, 2014
