Erin O'Hara Block
2022 - Present
2026
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Erin O'Hara Block (Democratic Party) is a member of the Metropolitan Nashville Board of Education in Tennessee, representing District 8. She assumed office on September 1, 2022. Her current term ends on September 1, 2026.
O'Hara Block (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Metropolitan Nashville Board of Education to represent District 8 in Tennessee. She won in the general election on August 4, 2022.
O'Hara Block completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2022
See also: Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, Tennessee, elections (2022)
General election
General election for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools school board, District 8
Erin O'Hara Block defeated Amy Pate in the general election for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools school board, District 8 on August 4, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Erin O'Hara Block (D)  | 68.4 | 7,576 |
 | Amy Pate (Independent) | 31.4 | 3,477 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 16 | ||
| Total votes: 11,069 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools school board, District 8
Erin O'Hara Block defeated Chris Moth in the Democratic primary for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools school board, District 8 on May 3, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Erin O'Hara Block | 50.5 | 3,796 |
 | Chris Moth | 49.1 | 3,697 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 31 | ||
| Total votes: 7,524 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Erin O'Hara Block completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by O'Hara Block's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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First, I am a proud mom to two J.T. Moore Middle School students. My kids also attended Waverly Belmont Elementary, where I was a founding PTO member. I am a tutor in the district’s High Impact Tutoring program and a previous member of a school improvement team.
I’ve also spent more than two decades in education research and policy in Nashville and across Tennessee, so I bring a powerful combination of personal and professional perspectives to the school board. No other candidate in District 8 can offer this breadth and depth of experience.
- The top priority for MNPS in the coming years is a daily focus on recovery, in both academics and mental health. After three years of disrupted schooling, students are struggling to learn and teachers struggling to teach when trauma, grief, and other mental health needs go unaddressed. As a board member, I will rally school leaders, school district officials, community members, and city leadership to ensure Nashville creates integrated systems to support the mental health of students and educators both inside and outside of school.
- Investing smartly to solve problems. This means ensuring we have the funding that we need to support our schools. We also must focus on the goals of the district AND individual needs of individual schools. Strategic focus on the district’s most pressing problems - early literacy, middle grades math, and preparation for college and career - will lead to progress.
- Creating great schools through strong leaders, teachers, and staff. A great school starts with the people in the building and we need to ensure the district provides the resources and structures to recruit, compensate, develop, support and retain high-quality teachers, leaders, counselors, and support staff for every school.
As a parent of MNPS middle schoolers and with my experience in education research, I know that students struggle to learn and teachers struggle to teach when trauma, grief, and other mental health needs go unaddressed.
I know firsthand how important it is for students to have mental health supports. When I was an elementary school student, I lost my older sister in a car accident. The support I received from my school counselor was critical and has made me a fierce advocate for student mental health.
If elected, I will rally school leaders, school district officials, community members, and city leadership to ensure Nashville has an integrated set of systems to support the mental health of students and educators.
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See also
2022 Elections
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