Candidate for
Board Member; El Tejon Unified School District

I am running for the ETUSD school board to help the district

• Provide an excellent rigorous education in a safe environment for students of all backgrounds and abilities
• Enforce all aspects of the Brown Act, emphasizing transparency and openness throughout the district (see for example openbooksproject.org)
• Oversee activities of school administrators
• Explore avenues to gain resources for the district
• Expand the district boundaries to include all of PMC and the proposed Tejon Village
• Attract excellent teachers to the district and create an environment to retain them

• Improve the ETUSD libraries and access to resources through interlibrary loans, online subscription databases, a dedicated materials budget, information literacy instruction, a coordinated curriculum-based collection development plan and an interface with the Kern County Library
• Start a second Academy at FMHS centered on either fine arts, or the trades
• In an effort to increase community involvement and awareness, videotape the School board meetings, and make streaming video available from the district website
• Maintain an archive of minutes and agendas for board meetings going back 2+ years, all the policies and bylaws for the district, and fiscal information on the district website (For example see http://www.openbooksproject.org)
• Encourage scheduling 7th period PE for sports team members to the extent that this is possible
• Ensure that all commercial property taxes paid within our district are properly distributed to our schools
• Increase the involvement of volunteers from the community within the district
• Pursue greater reimbursement from the State for transportation and special education
• Pursue ways of decreasing class size through applying for grants and partnerships
• Improve the music curriculum in both the middle and high schools.
• Support the new cross-country and future track teams
• Maintain the health of the various sports programs within the district
• Find a solution to the bond mess
• Start rebuilding our depleted reserve account
• Address the underfunding of the teacher's retirement account
• Develop a comprehensive district technology plan including maintenance and replacement programs
• Recognize and encourage the PTSAs and Booster clubs
• See that every classroom and schoolyard is safe; excellence only becomes possible when teachers and students can focus on learning