Nate Tinbite

Nathaniel Tinbite (born May 9, 2002) is an American activist and politician who served as Student Member of the Montgomery County Board of Education (Maryland).[1][2]

Nate Tinbite
Nate Tinbite at the National Action Network annual breakfast.
Member of the Montgomery County Board of Education
Assumed office
July 9, 2019
Preceded byAnanya Tadikonda
ConstituencyMontgomery County Public Schools K–12 student body
Personal details
Born (2002-05-09) May 9, 2002
Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceSilver Spring, Maryland
Alma materJohn F. Kennedy High School
Websitewww.natetinbite.com

Board of Education

In 2019, Tinbite was elected to serve as the Student Member of the Montgomery County Board of Education for the 20190–2020 school year[2][3] in the nations 15th largest school district: Montgomery County Public Schools,[4] representing all 164,000+ K–12 students. Tinbite is the fourth student board member to assume full voting rights, except for negative personnel actions.[5] He served on the board's Policy Management and Strategic Planning Committees.[6][7] Tinbite's first resolution directed the Superintendent of Schools to award a one-semester physical education credit for interscholastic student athletes.[8] Tinbite's second resolution directed the Superintendent of schools to seek a public-private partnership to expand drivers education to impoverished students.[9][10]

Tinbite based his candidacy on achieving socioeconomic equity among all student groups, expanding mental health resources and improving technology in schools. Also on Tinbite's agenda is increasing career pathways for students by expanding the Achieving Collegiate Excellence and Success (ACES) program to all schools. ACES, now available at 14 of the county's 25 public high schools, provides intervention and support to help low-income students enroll in and complete college. "Every student deserves a quality education, regardless of their ZIP Code or background," Tinbite said during his installation ceremony. "The voices and stories of our students will ground my priorities in the year to come."[11]

Advocacy
Nate Tinbite joins his peers Brenna Levitan and Michael Solomon as their colleague Matt Post speaks on the national stage of March for Our Lives.
Nate Tinbite campaigning for the Student Member of the Board of Education position in Montgomery County.

Tinbite previously served as the President of the Montgomery County Student Government Association from 2018–2019, leading the district's 163,000 students to fight for English Language Learner program funding and frank classroom discussions of implicit bias.[12] As president, Tinbite received the MLK Day Youth Award by Rev. Al Sharpton and the National Action Network alongside honorees Michael Bloomberg, Vice President Joe Biden, and Martin Luther King Jr. III.[13][14][15] In his role, Tinbite co-led a voter registration drive with 2018-2019 Montgomery County Students for Change co-President Michael Solomon at 26 high schools over a 4-week period: registering more than 1,000 students, drafted and lobbied statewide voter registration bills.[16][17]

Tinbite also served as a founding member of Montgomery County Students for Change.[18] Montgomery County Student for Change, in 2018 and 2019 mobilized over five thousands students in the D.C., Maryland, and Virginia area to protest gun violence at the U.S. Capitol.[19][20][21] In 2018, Tinbite, Matt Post, Michael Solomon, and Brenna Levitan were on the national stage of March for Our Lives as Post delivered a speech.[22][23] He has delivered speeches with advocacy organization MoveOn, appeared in a photo of a large crowd on the front cover of Time magazine in the "Guns in America" issue,[24] and has worked with numerous national organizations.

Election results
General Election, Student Member - Montgomery County Board of Education[25]
Name Votes Percent Outcome
Nathaniel Tinbite 53,776 74% Won
Zoe Tishaev 18,998 26% Lost


References
  1. "Student Member of the Board: Nathaniel Tinbite". Board of Education. www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org. Montgomery County Public Schools. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  2. "Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  3. Peetz, Caitlynn (April 25, 2019). "Tinbite Elected Next Student School Board Member". Bethesda Magazine. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  4. "2019 Largest School Districts in America". Niche. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  5. St. George, Donna (March 30, 2016). "Legislation would expand student voting rights on Maryland school board". The Washington Post. LCCN sn79002172. OCLC 2269358. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  6. "Board of Education: Policy Management Committee". www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org. Montgomery County Public Schools. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  7. "Board of Education: Strategic Planning Committee". www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org. Montgomery County Public Schools. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  8. Peetz, Caitlynn (September 25, 2019). "School Board Member Proposes Physical Education Credit for Athletes". Bethesda Magazine. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  9. Peetz, Caitlynn (November 21, 2019). "School Board Seeks Partnerships To Provide Driver's Ed Courses". Bethesda Magazine. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  10. Aaron, John (January 10, 2020). "Push to bring driver education back to Montgomery County schools". WTOP News. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  11. Peetz, Caitlynn (July 9, 2019). "Tinbite Sworn in as Student School Board Member". Bethesda Magazine. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  12. "Featured Student Speaker: Nate Tinbite". National Blue Ribbon Schools Program. United States Department of Education. 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  13. "Updated Schedule: Rev. Sharpton to Host Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, Martin Luther King III, & Actor Hill Harper for King Day Breakfast in Washington" (Press release). New York, NY: National Action Network. January 18, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  14. Palmer, Anna; Sherman, Jake; Lippman, Daniel. "POLITICO Playbook: Republicans try to address fundraising woes, and a new Pelosi book". POLITICO. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  15. "National Action Network Annual MLK Breakfast | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  16. Schere, Dan (November 19, 2018). "Montgomery County Delegation Receives Wish List". Bethesda Magazine. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  17. Voter Registration Testimony, retrieved August 1, 2019
  18. Solomon, Michael. "Here's why we—America's youth—will prevail in the fight for gun safety". Maclean's. Toronto, Ontario. ISSN 0024-9262. OCLC 977924421. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  19. Miller, Dani; Solomon, Michael; Debesai, Simon; Brayton, Ruby; Tinbite, Nate (September 14, 2008). "Teen Activists to Young Hill Aides: Stand With Us". Roll Call Online. Washington, D.C.: FiscalNote. ISSN 0035-788X. OCLC 37631726. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  20. "Teenagers will lead the charge and demand change at anti-gun violence March for Our Lives". PBS NewsHour. March 23, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  21. Hains, Tim (March 14, 2018). "Student At Gun Protest: Thinking About Getting Shot At Any Moment Is "An American Thought"". Real Clear Politics. OCLC 288942627. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  22. "Montgomery County Student Member of the Board Matt Post addresses crowd at March For Our Lives". FOX 5 DC. March 24, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  23. Matt Post Speaks at March For Our Lives - "Stand Up, Speak Up, Register to Vote", retrieved August 1, 2019
  24. "Guns in America". Time. OCLC 01767509. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  25. "Nathaniel Tinbite elected next Student Member of the Board".
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