Auon'tai Anderson is dropping out of the school board race to run for Leslie Herod's District 8 seat, which covers much of northeast Denver.
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Anderson hopes to bring the progress that he and other school board members have made in DPS to the state as a whole.According to Anderson, the board has made progress on gun safety , LGBTQIA+ rights, the school-to-prison pipeline and low wages for district employees. "I was a part of the school board that led the charge to raising our minimum wage to $20 an hour" for DPS employees, he says.
Had he not decided to pursue a position in the legislature, he says he's"confident" that he could run for reelection and"win without any issues." "At this time, a candidate has not emerged that I believe will actually be able to build on the progress that I have been able to make in Denver Public Schools," he says, adding that he's still open to making endorsements."I'm waiting for that candidate to emerge."
He made the decision to run for the legislature after grappling with his role and responsibility as a leader in the weeks after the March 22 shooting at East. He recalls having a conversation with a parent and student after that incident in which the student kept asking him for solutions that he felt powerless to implement.
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