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Mark W. Distaso
 
1,503 votes
17.23%
- Occupation: Police Captain
 - 10 year Community College educator
 - Graduate of the FBI National Academy
 - Chair Person: Acton Auga Dulce Unified School District Master Plan Committee
 - Vice Chair: Acton Auga Dulce Unified School District Budget Advisory Committee
 - Graduate of USC Delinquency Control Institute
 - Police Facilities Project Coordinator - City of Glendale
  
Priorities:
- Bring fiscal responsibility back to the Acton Auga Dulce Unified School District
 - Create a Strategic Plan to to develop a standards based academic curriculum to achieve a California Distinguished School in the District
 - Create a Strategic Plan to upgrade and modernize District campuses, to include construction of a permanent high school
  
Leona Ruth Sexton
1,295 votes
14.85%
- Occupation: Businessowner
  
Ron Bird
 
1,115 votes
12.78%
- Occupation: Retired Software Engineer
 - Was a UCLA Administrator for 14  years
 - Owner of Campus Solutions, Inc for 10 years
 - Higher Education Computer Consultant
 - Member of the AADUSD Surplus Property Committee
 - Member of the AADUSD Facilities Committee
 - Parent of two current AADUSD students
  
Priorities:
- Improve the educational environment of the district
 - Return the district to sound fiscal practices
 - Focus attention on improving Vasquez High School
  
Deborah S. Jauregui-Rocha
1,098 votes
12.59%
- Occupation: Parent/Educator
  
Michael Richard Hughes
890 votes
10.20%
- Occupation: Healthcare Manager
  
Larry H. Layton
 
819 votes
9.39%
- Occupation: Law School Professor
 - Bachelor(BSL)& Juris Doctor (JD) degrees
 - Lawyer and Teacher (law school)
 - Who's Who In America Law-Edition Eleven
 - Screen Actors Guild (member)
 - State Bar Law School Council (elected)
 - Who's Who In American Education 7th Ed.
  
Priorities:
- Stop the wasting and selling  of school district's assets
 - Reevaluation of school district budget and to include sports
 - stop forced transportation of Acton students to Agua Dulce
  
Maximino S. "Max" Duran
 
598 votes
6.86%
- Occupation: Appointed Incumbent
 - School Facilities Consultant
 - Former LAUSD Administrator - 30 years
 - Chairman, AADUSD Facilities Committee
 - Member, AADUSD Surplus Property Committe
 - Board Laison, Facilities Committee
 - Teaching Credential - Vocational
  
Priorities:
- Restore discipline as a necessry precondition to creating a safe learning environment.
 - Focus on elevating academic excellence.
 - Eliminate DEFICIT SPENDING and return our District to solvency.
  
Geraldine Rose "Geri" Davis
 
536 votes
6.15%
- Occupation: Educator
 - Candidate for Masters 2006
 - Credential Special Education
 - Credential Multiple Subject
 - Bachelors Recreation Education
  
Priorities:
- To promote a trusting and collaborative relationship with fellow board members and superintendent.
 - To adopt a budget that provides needed resources.
 - To serve with effective communication between the board and the community.
  
Fred E. Heslep
480 votes
5.50%
Charles Brink
 
388 votes
4.45%
- Occupation: Newspaper Publisher
 - I am a long-term community resident and a graduate of Acton Elementary School in 1953.
 - I was one of the original proponents  for unification to keep our high school kids in our community. I
  
Priorities:
- Return the district to a "Distinguished School" status.
 - Operate in public with closed sessions only when required by California law instead of using it for the superintendent to cover her tracks.
 - Oppose any new tax until the district places education first, stops wasting money, and has wide community support
  
  
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- Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District 
  
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