CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. -
March 26, 2025 -
PRLog -- All glory to God. My name is Nashid Ibn Ali. I'm running for School Board Director of Seneca Valley School District Region 1. I live in Cranberry Township, my daughter attends Ehrman Crest Elementary. I'm originally from Midlothian, Virginia. I graduated from the University of Pittsburgh and Pitt Law. I founded my company Gainvest in 2019 and moved to Cranberry Township in 2020. I like Cranberry Township because it reminds me of my hometown. Midlothian is to Richmond as Cranberry Township is to Pittsburgh. I explain this to express how much Cranberry Township feels like home. I love living here.
On February 28, 2025, I became aware of the CBS News article detailing allegations of racial abuse at Ehrman Crest. I met with the school's administration the following Monday. In respect to the Ehrman Crest tribe, my personal experience has been only positive. The admin, the teachers, the support staff, even the lunch staff have always been very kind and very responsive to me and my family. That said, my experience is only mine. The next day, I spoke with the family featured in the CBS News article (
https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/seneca-valley-rac...). Heartbreaking. Absolutely heartbreaking. No parent should feel like they can't protect their child. That is a miserable feeling and no matter how we arrive at such a feeling, I hope every parent can empathize with never wanting to feel like we can't keep those dear to us safe. We certainly never want to feel like we can't keep them safe in the institution they need to become the adults they desire to be. Imagine needing education but fearing the environment in which the education occurs. Like needing to go to a water well in the desert but the well has rattlesnakes around it. Would you drink? Would you allow your children to drink?
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