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Carole Dovichi
1,509 votes
37.57%
 
Loretta Stokes (Stokes) Stein
 
1,338 votes
33.31%
- Occupation: Incumbent
 - Attended LaVerne University
 - B.A. and Teaching Credential from CSUS
 - Legal Secretary/ bookkeeping - 7 years
 - Elementary teacher - 31 years
 - Advisor with Tahoe Keys Property Owners' Assoc. - 8 years
 - Empire Teachers' Association VP - 2 years
  
Priorities:
- Keep class sizes low with no combo classes
 - Keep the arts in our schools
 - Continue our current position of coming up with solutions to lower Mello-Roos taxes
  
Mark Vanlerberghe
 
1,152 votes
28.68%
- Occupation: Financial Management Consultant
 - B.S. in Accounting.
 - M.B.A. in Management.
 - Over 35 years of broad based financial management experience in large and small businesses.
 - Resident of Empire School District for over 15 years.
 - Former Board Member and Treasurer of Sierra Vista Child and Family Services.
 - Former adjunct faculty member, Modesto Junior College.
  
Priorities:
- Monitor the finances of the Empire Union School District to assure fiscal accountability.
 - Provide a quality educational environment for the 3,300 students of the District.
 - Work to retain highly qualified teachers and administrators.
  
  
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