School Improvements

1999

Helped pass the $240 million “Schools First” local option sales tax benefiting public schools in Polk County.

2023

Through an accountability action with the new Des Moines Public School (DMPS) Superintendent and School Board candidates, AMOS leaders changed DMPS policy to allow skilled applicants with past nonviolent, low-level convictions to work in DMPS.

2025

Educated voters & knocked on doors to pass the $265 million “Reimagine Education” school bond for Des Moines Public Schools.