Shandowlyon Hendricks Reaves Declares Candidacy for Milwaukee Public School Board, District #1

(Milwaukee, WI)- Dr. Shandowlyon Hendricks Reaves, announced her candidacy for Milwaukee Public School Board Director. Shandowlyon’s desire to serve as a School Board Director is grounded in her experience as a parent of a son with disabilities. Shandowlyon felt disempowered during her son’s IEP meeting which propelled her into pursuing her own education. With over 25 years of service in the field of education, Shandowlyon served at MPS as a handicapped child assistant, paraprofessional, special education teacher, assistant principal, principal, and central office administrator. She served as Adjunct Faculty at two institutions of higher education as well as Director at Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction and Department of Administration.

“It is time to move our educational system along the trajectory towards continuous improvement by implementing my Bill of Rights for Students and focusing on ensuring that every student is guaranteed their inalienable right to a sound basic education. We can no longer ignore our communal and moral responsibility to our future, our children. We have to maximize potential student by student; parent by parent; educator by educator; and, school by school. I feel a tremendous sense of urgency in this matter.”

“The Wisconsin Constitution calls for a sound basic education that the legislature defined as including mathematics, science, reading, writing, geography, history, arts, music, vocation training, social science, health, physical education, and foreign languages. My 20-point education policy is a plan to ensure that all students receive a high-quality education that prepares them for high post-secondary outcomes.” Shandowlyon is a graduate of Custer High School, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Springfield College, and Cardinal Stritch University and earned her doctorate at National Louis University. She is a wife, mother, and grandmother. Shandowlyon previously sought office as Wisconsin State Superintendent.

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