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Patricia Ann "Pat" Hanrion
 
18,841 votes
19.63%
- Occupation: Incumbent/Professor of Nursing
 - Professor of Nursing, College of the Canyons
 - Mayor's and Governor's Committees for the Hiring of Persons with Disabilities
 - Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society
 - Registered Nurse, BSN, PHN
 - California Representative to the National School Board Association
 - Special Education Liaison for Wm. S. Hart District
  
Priorities:
- Advocate for parent participation, with open communication
 - Cost effective and family friendly, growth solutions
 - Health and safety
  
 
Paul B. Strickland
 
18,802 votes
19.59%
- Occupation: Incumbent
 - Producer of Animated Children's Programming
 - President, Santa Clarita Arts Advisory Committee
 - Co-chair, Hart District ad hoc Committee on Diversity
 - 22-year Santa Clarita resident with one child still attending school in the District
 - Former Board Member of Sulphur Springs Union Elementary School District
 - Hart District representative to  the Los Angeles County Trustees Association
  
Priorities:
- Helping achieve student success.
 - Helping provide a quality education in a safe environment for all students.
 - Committed to the maintenance of our award-winng public school system
  
 
Dennis V. King
17,261 votes
17.99%
- Occupation: Governing Boardmember/CPA
  
Joe Messina
 
14,569 votes
15.18%
- Occupation: Small Business Owner
 - SCV Youth Project, Board Member
 - SCV Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation, Vice President
 - Education Foundation, Teacher Tribute Committee, Vice Chair
 - Saugus High School PTSA, President (3 years)
 - Saugus Action Committee, Member
 - Wm. S. Hart Union High School District, Parent Volunteer of the Year, 2004-2005 Nominee
  
Priorities:
- Distributing program resources equally district-wide
 - Benefits of vocational training & close community partnerships
 - Fiscal accountability - getting more dollars into the classrooms
  
Steven J. Herskovitz
 
9,659 votes
10.06%
- Occupation: Chief Financial Officer
 - BBA Accounting
 - Chairman Parents Subcommittee on Diversity
 - District Advisory Committee member 2004-05
 - Site Council Peachland Elementary School
 - Site Council Placerita Jr High School
 - Advisory Board for Full Sail Real World Productions school
  
Priorities:
- Prepare our children for the real world though proper curiculum
 - Provide the necessary resourses for all of children
 - Think global act local
  
Philip C. Ellis, Jr.
6,403 votes
6.67%
- Occupation: Corporate Counsel
  
Tyler Johnstone
 
5,732 votes
5.97%
- Former Student Governing Board Member
 - Measure V Citizen's Oversight Committee- Vice Chair
 - Outstanding Citizen- City of Santa Clarita
 - SCV Chamber of Commerce Member
 - Board Member School and Business Alliance
 - Saugus Action Committee
  
Priorities:
- Personalized Graduation Plans for every student
 - Taking what is good and making it better district wide
 - Putting teachers in charge of their classroom
  
Danny Douglas Markovich
4,706 votes
4.90%
- Occupation: Business Owner
  
  
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Official Information 
 
- William S. Hart Union High School District 
  
Resource Information
 
- GreatSchools.net 
  
News and Analysis
 
- Los Angeles Daily News 
  
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