Candidate for
Board Member; Modesto Elementary & High School Districts

Cindy Marks P.O. Box 3151 Modesto, CA 95353

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Appointed by the California Legislature to the "Joint Committee to Develop a Master Plan for Education - Kindergarten through University"
• Serving as Modesto City Schools' Board of Education representative to the Region 6 California League of High Schools (a statewide organization dedicated to the most current educational trends for high school students, including school-to-career and workplace objectives)
• Serving on the Modesto City Schools' SAFE SCHOOLS PROJECT Committee to implement programs to ensure safe and peaceful schools; foster individual student academic achievement on campuses where "respect for all" is promoted and rewarded; and, to increase the District's high school graduation rate
• Elected by the members of the school boards in Stanislaus County to serve as their delegate to CSBA (California School Boards Association)
• Serving as Governmental Relations Chairperson for California Assembly Member Dennis Cardoza (26th District) as an advocate for the students enrolled in California public schools
• Member, California School Boards Association's SCHOOLS & MEDIA CRISIS COMMUNICATION TASK FORCE
• Serving on the Modesto City Schools' SARB (School Attendance Review Board)
• Member, Board of Directors, Salida Area Public Facilities Financing Agency (SAPFFA); previously served as an Alternate Member for two years
• Served two years as Alternate to the Schools Infrastructure Financing Agency (SIFA) Board of Directors
• Serving second year as MCS representative to the California Association of Large Suburban School Districts (CALSSD)
• Initiated the CALSSD proposal to the legislators for the consolidation of numerous assessment tests. (The proposal can be viewed at http://www.calssd.org.)
• Serving as an officer for the MCS District Financing Corporation

• Have volunteered for the past 10 years as a mentor in west Modesto (620 Paradise Apartment Complex) working with at-risk youth and gang members encouraging them to complete high school
• Served for 15 years as a junior high and high school Health Education speaker
• Served for 13 years as an Instructor and Counselor to pregnant teens
• Served for six years as a classroom Parent Aide for grades K-5
• Served as a liaison between runaways and the Modesto Police Department
• Served on the Stanislaus County Office of Education's Committee for Youth and Gang Violence Prevention

• League of Women Voters
• California School Board Leadership Council
• Medical Ambassadors International
• Bethany Christian Services Adoption & Counseling Agency
• Toastmasters International
• Modesto Pregnancy Center