Why this race is winnable.
Friends, the Virginia Beach District 10 school board race is winnable.
I mean that, and better yet, I can show my work.
In 2022, the incumbent won this seat by 158 votes. One hundred and fifty-eight. In a district of more than 45,000 people across 25 neighborhoods, with 10 voting precincts and thousands of Democratic-leaning voters…the margin was 158. That's not a landslide. That's a wake-up call. And I'm treating it like one.
Here's what else I know about that 2022 race. The current incumbent school board member didn't win it alone. She won it with endorsements from the Republican Party of Virginia Beach, and with PAC money from outside organizations whose agenda had nothing to do with what District 10 families actually need. Students First VA, a PAC that organized around fighting Critical Race Theory in schools, was among her top donors. So were affiliated Republican committees and partisan figures. That's not a school board coalition. That's an outside operation that decided to work through a nominally nonpartisan race.
And the voting record backs that up. On her very first day as a board member, January 10, 2023, the incumbent voted against PBIS — the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports program, the behavioral health and social-emotional learning framework that trains teachers to support students through tiered interventions and positive reinforcement. She voted NAY alongside the full Students First VA bloc. That same program expanded to all 76 VBCPS schools by November 2023, and the Year Three evaluation showed every single school scoring at high fidelity. She hasn't made a single recorded comment on PBIS or its outcomes in any board meeting since. The program she opposed on day one is now the behavioral health backbone of your kids' schools.
I'm not telling you this to be divisive. I'm telling you this because you deserve to know what you're up against, and because I think you already sense it.
According to the most recent U.S. Census data, fifty-nine percent of District 10 residents are people of color, and our diversity index is among the highest in the city. We are military families, working families, multigenerational households, and newcomers who chose Virginia Beach because of what it offers their kids. We are not a monolith, and we don't need a school board member who was put here by PAC interests that don't reflect who we actually are.
That's who I'm running for. All of us.
I'm a Navy veteran and a Gold Star spouse. I'm a mental health professional. I'm a mother of three children who go to school in this district right now. This is not abstract to me. This is my life, every single week.
And I'm telling you that WHEN I'm elected, the seat representing District 10 on the Virginia Beach School Board will be held by someone whose only agenda is VBCPS students, parents, teachers, and staff. Not a PAC. Not a party committee. Not an outside organization with a national culture-war playbook. Just us, the beautiful humans of District 10.
So here's what June 20th is about.
On June 20th, Virginia Beach Democrats choose their endorsed candidate for District 10. The caucus runs from noon to 3pm at Bow Creek Recreation Center, 3427 Club House Rd. It's easy, it's close, and it'll take you about 15 minutes. If you're already out running errands on a Saturday morning, this is right on the way. Show up, cast your vote, and know that you were part of making this possible.
A 158-vote margin doesn't get closed in November. It gets closed in the months before November, starting with decisions like the one District 10 Democrats get to make on June 20th. Every door we've knocked, every conversation we've had at The Lot Market, every volunteer who showed up to help us canvass these neighborhoods, every single one of those moments is part of closing that gap.
Can you give 15 minutes for District 10?
📍 Saturday, June 20 · Noon–3pm · Bow Creek Recreation Center, 3427 Club House Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23452
🔍 Not sure if you're in District 10? Look it up here: https://tinyurl.com/VB-Election-District-Lookup
I'll see you there. 💜💚💛
🧾 Receipts.
Everything in this post is sourced from public records. Here's where to look it up yourself:
The 158-vote margin:
Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP), Virginia Beach City School Board District 10 election results, 2022. https://results.elections.virginia.gov/vaelections/2022%20November%20General/Site/Locality/VIRGINIA_BEACH_CITY/Index.html
PAC funding and donor history:
Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP), Kathleen Brown campaign finance summary. Donors include Students First VA ($5,810), Middle Resolution PAC ($6,535), Nimmo Republican Women's Club, Friends of the Elephant, and contributions from the campaigns of Republican state senator Bill DeSteph and Republican congresswoman Jen Kiggans. https://www.vpap.org/candidates/440054/finance_summary/
The PBIS vote:
Virginia Beach City Public Schools Board Meeting Minutes, January 10, 2023. Motion to approve PBIS Year 2 Evaluation, vote 6-5. Minutes and source PDFs publicly available at: https://schoolboard.vbschools.com/meetings
District 10 demographics:
U.S. Census 2020 Public Law (P.L.) 94-171 Redistricting Files. Esri 2020 Diversity Index. Population: 45,821. Non-white population: 59%. Diversity index: 76.70. https://www.virginiabeach.gov/city-hall/local-election-districts
Virginia Beach School Board meeting minutes:
All board votes cited in this campaign's research are sourced directly from official VBCPS meeting minutes PDFs, publicly available at: https://schoolboard.vbschools.com/meetings
District 10 boundary and precinct lookup:
Virginia Beach GIS ArcGIS District Lookup Tool: https://vbgov.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/lookup/index.html?appid=dd18d8e586fa4452a068382bf65c3019
