Shamaiye Haynes - Co-Director, QC Family Tree & CMS School Board Member

GIVEAWAY - send us a message and let us know your favorite thing about the Square Pizza Pod. We are giving away SchermCo swag to the first three people that send us a note!Shamaiye Haynes is more than a school board member. She is a longtime community leader, family engagement advocate, and one of the voices helping shape the future of a $2 billion public school district. In this episode of the Square Pizza Pod, she shares how years of grassroots organizing and showing up for families prepared her to lead at the district level, and why family engagement, advocacy, and community trust are still at the center of meaningful change in education.In this episode, you’ll learn more about:Why Shamaiye believes family engagement is the missing link to stronger student outcomesHow her journey from active parent advocate to school board member prepared her to lead at the district levelWhat it looks like to operationalize family engagement so schools better serve whole families, not just studentsHow she thinks about school choice, charter schools, and what a stronger public education ecosystem could look likeHow Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is approaching issues like artificial intelligence, cell phone policy, and support for teachers and familiesSupport the show