League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
	Riverside County, CA November 4, 2008 Election
	Board Member; Desert Sands Unified School District; Unexpired Short Term Voter Information Unexpired Short Term.

Results as of December 2 11:01am, 100.00%% of Precincts Reporting (86/86)

Candidates (Vote for 1) Click on highlighted name for additional information supplied by candidate. Contact non-highlighted candidates and encourage them to provide information for voters. Donald B. Griffith 18,819 votes 39.81% Occupation: Appointed Incumbent Sonja M.L. Martin 18,630 votes 39.41% Occupation: Educator +35 years of relevant K-12 experience + 25 years of leadership experience Received Golden Bell Award from Ca. Sch. Brd. Assoc. for outstanding work in assessment and achievement Authored 8 books for parents + 3 books for teachers Traveled and consulted nationally & internationally assisting teachers in improvement of student achievement Priorities: Top priority: the fiscal crisis facing our schools. Will work to establish coalitions of patrons to impact state & federal legislation Will work to change the No Child Left Behind legislation; find necessary funding or abandon the mandates Work to reinstitute 20 to 1 class size for 3rd grade as funded by the state, at DSUSD; will link to #1 Dale M. (Fuller) Crippen 9,819 votes 20.77% Occupation: Retired Educator AA Nursing 1970 LBCC BA Communication CSULB 1972 MA Elementary Education CSUSB 1976 35yrs Teaching in DSUSD, grades k-12 CCIS Teacher of the Year 1999 -2000 District Office Teacher of the Year 1998 - 1999 Priorities: Maintain low class size in grades 1-3 lower class size in K, and 4-6 No reduction in teaching staff Basic candidate data supplied by the applicable elections official. Order of candidates is random and changes daily.

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