{"id":6372,"date":"2016-02-12T15:00:23","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T20:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=6372"},"modified":"2016-02-12T10:04:02","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T15:04:02","slug":"sebastian-johnson-announces-wave-of-endorsements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=6372","title":{"rendered":"Sebastian Johnson Announces Wave of Endorsements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Student Board of Education Member Sebastian Johnson is\u00a0 seeking an at-large seat in the 2016.<\/p>\n<h4>Advantages and Challenges<\/h4>\n<p>Johnson&#8217;s strongest asset is his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebastianjohnson.org\/about\">impressive resume<\/a>. After graduating from Montgomery Blair, Johnson received his B.A. in Economics and Government from Georgetown and a Master&#8217;s in Public Policy from Harvard&#8217;s Kennedy School. Johnson has already worked with kids in the classroom as a teacher and in the community. He&#8217;s done a lot at a young age.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson&#8217;s biggest campaign challenge is that he is not an MCPS parent. As a result, he doesn&#8217;t have experience with MCPS from that perspective. Nor does he have links to the PTA network that often produces successful Board of Education candidates.<\/p>\n<h4>Endorsements<\/h4>\n<p>Today, his campaign was pleased to announce endorsements from seven elected officials:<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Maryland State Delegate David Moon (D-20)<br \/>\nMaryland State Delegate Marice Morales (D-19) Maryland State Delegate Will Smith (D-20)<br \/>\nMontgomery County Councilman George Leventhal (D-AL) Montgomery County Councilmember Nancy Navarro (D-4)<br \/>\nTakoma Park Mayor Kate Stewart<br \/>\nSomerset Mayor Jeffrey Slavin<\/p>\n<p>Some of the positive comments from elected officials included:<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Nancy Navarro:<\/strong> I had the privilege of serving on the Board of Education with Sebastian, and I witnessed his steadfast dedication to public service. He has a keen understanding of the current issues facing our school system, and he brings a fresh perspective to the Board table. I am proud to endorse his candidacy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong>George Leventhal<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> I\u2019m very excited by the prospect of Sebastian returning to the Board of Education, where he served as student member. Sebastian\u2019s life story embodies the success that we seek for all students. I wholeheartedly support his candidacy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong>Kate Stewart: <\/strong>As mayor, an advocate for young people and a parent, I trust Sebastian to do what\u2019s right for all of our kids. As a product of Montgomery County schools, he brings a keen insight to the challenges we face today. I can\u2019t think of a better person to serve on the Board of Education, and I strongly endorse his candidacy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2 11 SJBOE Release 1 1\" class=\"cloudup_iframe_embed\" src=\"https:\/\/cloudup.com\/iHHjDV_MQHn?chromeless=true&amp;autoplay=false\" data-uid=\"iHHjDV_MQHn\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1.369942196531792\" width=\"474\" height=\"346\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Student Board of Education Member Sebastian Johnson is\u00a0 seeking an at-large seat in the 2016. Advantages and Challenges Johnson&#8217;s strongest asset is his impressive resume. After graduating from Montgomery Blair, Johnson received his B.A. in Economics and Government from Georgetown and a Master&#8217;s in Public Policy from Harvard&#8217;s Kennedy School. Johnson has already worked &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=6372\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sebastian Johnson Announces Wave of Endorsements<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1789],"tags":[1475,1808],"class_list":["post-6372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-montgomery-county-board-of-education","tag-mcps","tag-sebastian-johnson"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4mKJE-1EM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6372"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6375,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6372\/revisions\/6375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}