{"id":2,"date":"2021-03-18T00:08:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T00:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morden.net\/Re-electBen\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-10-08T21:20:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T21:20:52","slug":"aboutben","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/morden.net\/Re-electBen\/","title":{"rendered":"Re-elect Benjamin Morden"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/morden.net\/Re-electBen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Albany-V1-1-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75\" style=\"width:456px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/morden.net\/Re-electBen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Albany-V1-1-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/morden.net\/Re-electBen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Albany-V1-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/morden.net\/Re-electBen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Albany-V1-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/morden.net\/Re-electBen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Albany-V1-1-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/morden.net\/Re-electBen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Albany-V1-1-2048x1024.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/morden.net\/Re-electBen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Albany-V1-1-1100x550.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Re-elect Ben as your Manhattan Representative<\/strong><br><strong>to the Citywide Council on High Schools (CCHS) <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/morden.net\/Re-electBen\/ben-in-the-news\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/morden.net\/Re-electBen\/ben-in-the-news\/\"><strong>Click to See Ben in The News<\/strong><\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>\u26a0\ufe0f<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Canidate Alerts<\/mark><\/strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-brown-color\"><strong><strong>\u26a0\ufe0f<\/strong><\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>\u26a0\ufe0f<\/strong>Benjamin Morden introduces following resolution for CCHS May Calendar Meeting<strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Af246laICGPiJSooVi1Ra2aJ_ow1XPmG\/view?usp=drive_link\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Af246laICGPiJSooVi1Ra2aJ_ow1XPmG\/view?usp=drive_link\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-brown-color\">Draft: CCHS Resolution Addressing Chronic Absenteeism in NYCPS High Schools<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>\u26a0\ufe0f<\/strong>Watch Benjamin Morden Address PEP to Support SHSAT<strong><br><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/morden.net\/Re-electBen\/2025\/05\/09\/benjamin-morden-addresses-pepin-support-of-shsat\/\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-brown-color\">Watch Video of Ben Discussing SHSAT<\/mark><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">\u26a0\ufe0fGet Ben&#8217;s Candidate Flyer to Download and Share<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/morden.net\/Re-electBen\/2025\/05\/09\/candidate-flyer\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/morden.net\/Re-electBen\/2025\/05\/09\/candidate-flyer\/\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-brown-color\">Download and Share Benjamin Morden&#8217;s Canidate Flyer<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right\">Announcement<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><br><strong>I am excited to announce,<\/strong> that I am running for re-election for Manhattan Representative to New York&#8217;s Citywide Council on High Schools (CCHS). I&#8217;ve spent the past two years supporting parent concerns directly with Department of Education (DOE, aka NYCPS), co-sponsoring and contributing to a dozen adopted policy resolutions, and advocating for Manhattan high schools, including needed capital improvements.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>All students deserve a safe, high-quality, and joyful school. I am running for a second CCHS term to champion improving high school admissions&#8217; process, expanding academic high-dosage tutor recovery programs, adding AP opportunities, encouraging more school sports and activities, and enhancing college and career readiness with greater financial literacy, internship, technology, and ePortfolio focus.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>I kindly ask for your vote to be your CCHS Manhattan Representative.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<cite>Thank you, Benjamin Morden<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Re-elect Ben as your Manhattan Representativeto the Citywide Council on High Schools (CCHS) Click to See Ben in The News \u26a0\ufe0fCanidate Alerts\u26a0\ufe0f \u26a0\ufe0fBenjamin Morden introduces following resolution for CCHS May Calendar MeetingDraft: CCHS Resolution Addressing&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/morden.net\/Re-electBen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/morden.net\/Re-electBen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/morden.net\/Re-electBen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morden.net\/Re-electBen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morden.net\/Re-electBen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":79,"href":"https:\/\/morden.net\/Re-electBen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":559,"href":"https:\/\/morden.net\/Re-electBen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/morden.net\/Re-electBen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}