Bob Singer has made major contributions to the quality of the District during his tenure on the Board.
Bob's Effective Leadership as Trustee
1. High Quality Education for All Students
- Worked to assure challenging, standards-based courses, magnet programs, and Academies in the fine arts, business, agriculture, culinary arts, engineering, and medical careers to equip students with competitive academic and career technical/vocational skills
- Advocated for cost-effectively applying technology advances that can significantly improve instruction and student learning and supported approved online courses and increased Internet availability
- Helped raise achievement and graduation standards for all students
- Initiated efforts that created nationally recognized Troy Tech
- Supported increasing student access to Honors, Advanced Placement, and International Baccalaureate courses
- Helped establish the most extensive academic summer school in Orange County and Los Angeles County
- Supported strengthened career technical programs including increasing course offerings with the Regional Occupational Program (ROP)
- Saved and helped grow our Agriculture programs, among the largest in California
2. Special Programs to Enhance Student Success
- Supported expanded counseling/guidance programs and staffing for all students
- Advocated implementation of AVID (Advancement via Individual Determination) to encourage and prepare more students for college, career education, and higher achievement in all areas
- Supported offering programs for all students, including career technical education, Junior ROTC, intervention courses, tutoring, and special student support efforts that significantly decreased failing grades of at-risk students
- Encouraged new programs to increase direct instruction and counseling for special education students
- Supported programs for 9th graders needing extra assistance
3. Excellent Learning Environment
- Focused resources toward helping achieve instructional excellence in every classroom
- Worked successfully to enable construction of new, modern classroom buildings at every high school
- Supported new school facilities for continuation and alternative education students at La Vista and La Sierra High Schools
- Supported construction of the new Sunny Hills High School engineering building for the innovative Engineering Pathways program that offers students award-winning engineering opportunities
- Supported successful efforts that increased and sustained student attendance rates at all schools
- Helped obtain the most funding in the county for modernized career technical education facilities/classrooms at all high schools
- Supported programs for student safety and substance abuse prevention in cooperation with local police departments
4. Fiscal Responsibility
- Steadfast efforts to ensure strong and stable fiscal operations for both near and longer term despite greatly reduced and uncertain California budgets and the new State funding formula
- All construction of new classroom buildings and modernization at each of our high schools completed on time and within budget
- Lower taxes and shorter bond payback period were achieved because our construction bonds received the highest possible rating from Wall Street.
- Annual audits give A ratings for fiscal management
- Cut administrative costs to allow investment in the classroom
- Multi-year contracts with faculty allowed focus on instruction
The District manages its finances "as well as any school district in America" - Moody's (Wall Street) evaluation of our facilities bond application
5. Accountability and Community Participation
- Initiated the District's highly regarded comprehensive public accountability system
- Worked to establish Open Enrollment that allows parent and student choice of which school to attend
- Promoted communications, partnership, trust, and greater participation with parents, faculty, and the community
- Consistently conducted District activities with integrity, fairness, and openness
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