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Linda Mayo
41,729 votes
32.7%
- Occupation: Mt Diablo Unified School District Governing Board Member
- Twenty-eight year MDUSD resident
- California State PTA Board of Directors, member
- Business co-owner, Donald Mayo Fire Protection Consultant
- Parent of three successful MDUSD graduates
- B.A. CSU Fresno
Priorities:
- Responsive, accountable education
- Retention and recruitment of exemplary school staff, certificated and classified
- Safe and positive work and learning school environments
Dick Allen
33,288 votes
26.1%
- Occupation: Incumbent
- Retired from MDUSD after 41 years of service as a teacher, principal and district adminitrator
- Parent of four children who attented schools in this district from kindergarten through high school graduation
- Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce--Member of Board of Directors and Executive Board. Vice -chair of Education/Business Committee
- Cambridge Community Center Board of Directors, Member
- CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) Board of Directors, Member
- CSBA (California School Boards Association) Delegate Association) Delegate Assembly, Member
Priorities:
- Improve student attendance
- Enable children at all levels to achieve their potential
- Hire credentialed teachers for all classrooms
Bill Leal
31,034 votes
24.3%
- Occupation: Incumbent
- M.D.U.S.D. parent of two graduates and one high school Junior
- Product of M.D.U.S.D (K-12) - Mt. Diablo High, 1964
- 29 years of secondary and post-secondary teaching/adminstration experience
- Master of Science, Educational Leadership (School Administration)
- Member, Industrial Technology Education Taskforce, California Department of Education
- Adult Leader, Boy Scouts Of America, former Scout Master, Troop 168
Priorities:
- Provide strong leadership to improve schools and student success
- Recruit and retain the "best and brightest" educators for our children
- Assist in closing the "achievement gap" for students of color
Karl Kaste
21,524 votes
16.9%
- Occupation: Director - Information Technology / Information Systems
- Taxpayer advocate: member of the Alliance of Contra Costa Taxpayers; co-founder of Concord Association of Taxpayers (CATs)
- Long-term parent volunteer: Law Works, Band Boosters, NetDay Coordinator, Odyssey of the Mind coach
- Degree: Master of Science - Information Systems
Priorities:
- End the huge disparity between under-performing schools and high-achievement schools in the district, by focusing district resources there.
- Build a new high school in Bay Point, and avoid another MDUSD lawsuit by parents and agencies, like the Americans with Disabilities fiasco.
- Greater accountability to parents, students and taxpayers by the school board and school administration; respect parents' ideas and priorities.
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