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Peter H. Hanley
17,321 votes
24.6%
- Occupation: Incumbent/Education Professional
- President, San Mateo Union High School District
- Director, Oakland Charter School Collaborative
- Past President, San Mateo County School Boards Association
- 25 years business management and strategic planning experience
- Member, California School Boards Association Delegate Assembly
- Member, High School Reform Task Force, California School Boards Association, 2005
Priorities:
- Continue to raise academic expectations to ensure students have maximum choice after graduation
- Continue to ensure District's budget is conservative with adequate reserves for emergencies
- Complete the Measure M renovation of our schools on budget
Linda Lees Dwyer
16,033 votes
22.8%
- Occupation: Incumbent
- Attorney
- J.D. in Law
- B.S. in Education
Priorities:
- Keeping the District on the path of prudent fiscal management that considers the interests and needs of all constituencies
- Completing all Bond construction with high quality work, on time and on budget
- Offering equal educational opportunities to all students-meeting them where they are and taking them as far as they can go
Robert H. Griffin
14,580 votes
20.7%
- Occupation: Incumbent/CPA
- Served three and a half previous terms on Board
- Certified public accountant (25 years experience)
- Served on SM-FC Education Foundation and SM Rotary Club
- Served on numerous local non-profit boards
- Served on City of Foster City Audit Committee
- Served as a Junior Achievement volunteer
Priorities:
- To insure a sound fiscal footing to build academic achievement
- To complete the District's modernization program as we represented to the voting public
- To recruit and retain the best teachers and to build a support system for them
Mike Loy
13,197 votes
18.8%
- Occupation: Parent/Businessman
- Bachelor of Science, Industrial Arts Fresno State
- Past President PTA/PTSO - Aragon High School
- Chair, SMUHSD Measure M Oversight Committee
- Member, SMUHSD 7-11 Committee
- Member, SMUHSD Parents President Council
Priorities:
- Fiscal Responsibility
- Open Communication
- Leadership
Guadalupe Ortiz
9,197 votes
13.1%
- Occupation: Educator/ Program Specialist
- B.A. , Political Science, University of California at Berkeley
- Director of Academic Outreach, San Mateo Youth Foundation
- Program Specialist, Mexican American Community Services Agency
Priorities:
- To maintain the tradition of academic excellence available to all the students, as well as providing immediate guidance to entering freshmen
- To make the District more inclusive to community organizations
- To closely review how the community's money is spent and not rely entirely on assurances from the professional staff
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Events
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- Candidate Forum
- Thursday, 8 October
8 - 9 pm
- San Mateo-Foster City School District board room, 1170 Chess, Foster City
News and Analysis
- School District Candidates Talk Revenue
- Academics Center of Forum 10/09/2009
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