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Bob Noel
26559 votes
30.87%
- Occupation: Incumbent
- Professor Emeritus, UCSB
- Parent of three children - one son at San Marcos HS
- Ph.D. in Political Science, Northwestern Univerisity
Priorities:
- Establish an "AP-Prep Program" to prepare the "B" student for success in Advanced Placement Classes.
- Establish a "Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Academy for kids who benefit from a highly structured, career-oriented learning environment.
- Establish a "Construction Technology Institute" that provides systematic career-oriented training with embedded academics.
Kate Parker
24980 votes
29.03%
- Occupation: Parent/Librarian
- Graduate of U.C. Berkeley
- Former Adams School PTA president
- Elementary Parent Advisory Committee representative
- Site council representative
- Adams PTA school board liaison
- Local resident since 1977
Priorities:
- High achievement for all students
- Responsible budgets that work toward long-term financial stability
- Curricular choices that reflect modern realities in the arts, foreign language, technology, and vocational training
Suzy S. Cawthon
16658 votes
19.36%
- Occupation: Parent/Community Volunteer
- MBA graduate
- Background in Commercial Lending and Finance
- Former President of a School Board
- Six Time PTA/PTSA President
- Golden Oak PTSA Awardee
- Three Children in the District
Priorities:
- Strong Fiscal Accountability and Management of Distirct Funds
- Close Achievement Gap
- Improve Communication Between Board, School Sites and Community
Rosanne Crawford
8891 votes
10.33%
- Occupation: Parent and Local Business Owner
- Radiation Protection Specialist for State of California Dept. of Health Services
- Clinical Instructor Santa Barbara City College Radiologic Technology Program
- Former member of Roosevelt, Monroe, and Santa Barbara Jr. High PTAs
- Current member Santa Barbara High School PTA
- Second Vice President and Director of the Student Exchange Program of the Santa Barbara Puerto Vallarta Sister Cities Committee
- Bilingual English/Spanish Speaker
Priorities:
- Will oppose proposed development of Hidden Valley or Tatum properties for subsidized teacher housing at taxpayer's expense
- Improve Gate, Accelerated and English Learner programs
- Will work for smaller class sizes and skill based grouping instruction
Thinker Bill Hackett
6408 votes
7.45%
- Occupation: Computer Advocate/Educator
- Social scientist and social psychologist.
- Idea person: "All the great armies of the Earth are powerless against an idea whose time has come."
- Emersonian Unitarian: "A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature."
Priorities:
- Make Santa Barbara School District Schools the World's Best. Period.
- Provide Every Teacher and Every Student with State-of-the-Art Laptop Computers all of which are Exactly the Same and are Loaded with Fine Software
- What say we invite the FORBES 400 to create homes here and Enroll all their Children and Grandchildren?
Michelle Magdalena Maddox
2262 votes
2.63%
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- Forum: Monday, October 16
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Faulkner Gallery
Santa Barbara Public Library
40 East Anapamu St., Santa Barbara
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