Candidates
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Kathi Marie (Fix) McLaughlin
6,269 votes
26.3%
- Occupation: Teacher/Nonprofit Administrator
- Mental Health Commission Co-Chair
- Child Advocate
- Special Educator
- Community Volunteer
- Grant Writer
- Family Resource Center Program Consultant
Priorities:
- Quality education for all students regardless of ability or learning styles
- Improve special education and alternative education services
- Improve access to quality curriculum materials aligned with standards and benchmarks
Kay Cox
6,229 votes
26.2%
- Occupation: Incumbent
- Masters in Education
- Teacher for 22 years
- Martinez Education Foundation Board Member
- Muir Heritage Land Trust Board Member
Priorities:
- Support interventions for low-achieving students such as summer school, reading specialists, and after-school remediation.
- Build the Performing Arts Center and ensure equitable elementary facilities.
- Support the instruction, assessment, record-keeping and reporting of standards and benchmarks.
Denise S. Elsken
4,528 votes
19.0%
- Occupation: Appointed Governing Board Member
- Self-employed Paralegal
- President, Las Juntas PTA
- Past President, Martinez Community Swim Team
- Las Juntas Site Council Member 1998-2000
Priorities:
- Multiple opportunities for ALL children to achieve their highest potential
- Clean, safe and equitable learning facilities
- Completion of the AHS Performing Arts Center, both phases
Tracey Casella
4,121 votes
17.3%
- Occupation: Businesswoman/Research Technologist
- Community Volunteer
- Parent with children in Martinez Unified School District
- Strategic Planning Leadership Team Member for Martinez Junior High School
- Co-inventor on Three U.S. Patents (U.S.4,982,467, 4,882,917, 4,851,139)
Priorities:
- Promote district policies that provide all of our children with an opportunity to succeed, and prepare them to attend institutions of higher learning.
- Promote district policies that work to improve scholastic test scores.
- Work towards making sure that our children are able to atend their neighborhood elementary school
John J. Malmassari
2,671 votes
11.2%
- Occupation: Paving Laborer
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