{"id":7962,"date":"2026-11-09T19:14:18","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T23:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/?p=7962"},"modified":"2026-11-09T19:14:21","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T23:14:21","slug":"newly-elected-hamtramck-school-board-members-vow-to-serve-students-and-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/newly-elected-hamtramck-school-board-members-vow-to-serve-students-and-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Newly elected Hamtramck School Board members vow to serve students and families"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The only three candidates running for three spots on the Hamtramck School Board were elected as trustees in last week&#8217;s election.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The newly elected members are incumbent board member Tazia Miah; Emad Shammakh, a pharmacy technician and graduate from the district; and Showkat Chowdhury, who previously served on the board.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miah finished first with 2,500 votes, followed by Chowdhury with 2,324 and Shammakh with 2,093.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the lack of competition, Hamtramck still made their choices known and supported the candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a social media post, Miah expressed gratitude to the voters who backed her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;For many of you, I was someone new, and it has truly been an honor getting to know so many wonderful members of our Hamtramck community. I look forward to meeting even more of you as I begin this next chapter serving our schools, students, and families,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I am especially proud and humbled to make history as the first Bengali-American woman elected in Hamtramck. This is not just a personal milestone, but a meaningful moment that I hope will inspire others in our community to believe in the power of their voices and the possibilities ahead.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shammakh released a similar message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;As a proud graduate of Hamtramck High School, Class of 2012, this moment carries a special meaning for me. I once sat in the classrooms of this district as a student, and today I have the privilege of returning in a different capacity \u2014 not as a student, but as someone entrusted with helping shape the future of the very school system that helped shape me,&#8221; he said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I consider this more than an achievement. I consider it an opportunity to give back.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shammakh promised to work toward &#8220;academic excellence, greater educational opportunities, student health and wellness, transparency, and stronger relationships between our schools and the community.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The election was non-partisan. The board oversees the affairs of the district, which serves more than 3,000 students across eight schools. The trustees also appoint the superintendent of the district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) counted Miah, Chowdhury and Shammakh as three of 97 confirmed American Muslim electoral victories on November 3.<\/p>\n<div class='clear '><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The only three candidates running for three spots on the Hamtramck School Board were elected as trustees in last week&#8217;s election.&nbsp; The newly elected members are incumbent board member Tazia Miah; Emad Shammakh, a pharmacy technician and graduate from the district; and Showkat Chowdhury, who previously served on the board.&nbsp; Miah finished first with 2,500 [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7962"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7964,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7962\/revisions\/7964"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}