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Contra Costa County, CA November 4, 2014 Election
Smart Voter Walter K. "Walt" Ruehlig

Candidate for
Board Member; Antioch Unified School District

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Biographical Highlights
  • Occupation: Educator
  • 2 term (2004-2012) School Board Trustee/President
  • Former Chair, CCC Library Commission
  • Turkey Peace Corps Volunteer (1968)
  • Graduated School of Education, SUNY
  • Founder, Antioch Music Foundation
  • 2012 Antioch Citizen of the Year
Top Priorities if Elected
  • Restore safety, calm, order and civility to school campuses
  • Stop free fall of spending which has cut reserves from 31 million to 5 million
  • Get our District out of sub-par academic ranking (10 plus points below STAR-Testing state averages on reading,math and science literacy)
Position Papers
SCHOOL CLIMATE
Chaos and sound education don't coexist. Sadly, we pick up a newspaper or flick on the t.v. and repeatedly see Antioch schools featured, from a brutal fight at Dallas Ranch Middle School to mob scenes at the Deer Valley Shopping Plaza.
STOP DEFICIT SPENDING
When I left the Board in 2012 there was an ending fund balance of 31 million dollars. At the end of the 2014-12015 school year it will be 5 million, the state mandated minimum 3%.
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
Antioch scores ten points or more below the state average STAR-testing on reading, math and literacy. We now run with Pittsburg and Richmond. Granted, maybe going head to head with Orinda and Walnut Creek is dreaming a bit for now, but, for starters, how about us competing with Brentwood?
 
Campaign Contact Information
Website: http://waltruehlig.com
E-mail: walter.ruehlig@gmail.com

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