Meet Jordan
From student to teacher to parent
Jordan Ellis went to Hawthorne Elementary, Roosevelt Middle and Demo City High, then came home after college to teach. Nine years later, Jordan still teaches seventh-grade science at Roosevelt and coaches the robotics team, which went to the state finals last spring.
Jordan's daughter is in second grade at Hawthorne, in the same building where Jordan learned to read.
Jordan has never run for office before. "I'm running because our kids can't wait for someone else to fix this."
Why now
Our district has lost one in five teachers in three years. Class sizes are up and the arts are on the chopping block. The board needs someone who has been in the classroom.
