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Los Angeles County, CA March 5, 2013 Election
Board Member; Los Angeles Unified School District; District 2 Voter Information

4 Year Term.

A runoff may be held on 5/21/2013 between the top 2 candidates who received the most votes if neither receives a majority. If one candidate receives a majority of votes in this election, that candidate wins and no runoff will be held.

Results as of Apr 12 4:19pm

OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS as of 03/26/2013 9:43:33 PM

Candidates (Vote for 1)
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Mónica García Click here for more information about this candidate 19,300 votes 55.8%

  • Occupation: Member of the Board of Education
  • Chief of Staff, Los Angeles School Board Member Jose Huizar
  • Social Worker
  • monicagarcia2013@gmail.com
Priorities:
  • Increase Student Graduation Rates.
  • Increase the number of LAUSD students that go on to college after Graduation
  • Impove district efficiencey
Robert D. Skeels Click here for more information about this candidate 5,244 votes 15.2%
  • Occupation: Educator/Education Researcher
  • Writes for publications including Schools Matter
  • Endorsed by education experts including Dr. Diane Ravitch
  • Education articles cited in books and journals
  • Attended GCC and UCLA
  • US Navy Veteran
  • Decades of community activism and volunteer work
  • rdsathene@robertdskeelsforschoolboard.org
Priorities:
  • Restoring curricula for critical thinking and educating the whole student
  • Celebrating cultures with ethnic studies and heritage/dual language programs
  • Defending both equity for special needs and universal public education against privatization
Annamarie Montañez Click here for more information about this candidate 4,093 votes 11.8%
  • Occupation: Teacher/Doctoral Candidate
  • LAUSD Teacher - Adult School, High School, Elementary School
  • Doctoral Candidate, ABD, ULV
  • Master of Education in Educational Management, ULV
  • Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences, USC
  • 2011 Woman of the Year in Education, awarded by California State Senator Ed Hernandez
  • amontanez2013@gmail.com
Priorities:
  • Increase funding for our classrooms and allow for local school level control
  • Ensure that our students are safe on campus as well as to and from school
  • Promote meaningful and authentic parent and community involvement
Isabel Vazquez Click here for more information about this candidate 3,480 votes 10.1%
  • Occupation: Teacher/Community Advocate
  • Field Deputy, LAUSD School Board President Jeff Horton
  • Director, Career Technical Education and Grants
  • Coordinator, Parent and Community Outreach
  • UCLA - Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Cum Laude
  • USC - MS in Education / CSUDH - MA in Educational Administration
  • isabel4schoolboard@gmail.com
Priorities:
  • Reduce class size and restore support services, options and opportunities for students at local schools
  • Stop the abuse of the public school choice process by for profit operators
  • Work proactively to fully fund public schools in California
Abelardo Díaz Click here for more information about this candidate 2,448 votes 7.1%
  • Occupation: High School Teacher
  • National Board Certified Teacher
  • Master of Arts in Education
  • Master of Arts in Educational Leadership
  • Bachelors of Arts in International Relations
  • abel@abelardodiazforschoolboard.org
Priorities:
  • Ensure the academic success of our students and their safety in our Public Schools
  • Support and Empower Parent Participation in our Public Schools
  • Collaborate, support and empower our Teachers in our Public Schools

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Official Information

Los Angeles Unified School District
Candidate Videos from
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Mónica García
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