Candidate for
Board Member; Poway Unified School District

Michelle is endorsed by a diverse group of Democrats, Republicans, Independents, education policy-makers, teachers, community leaders, business owners, PTA and Foundation volunteers, parents, and PUSD alumni. If you would like to join this ever-growing list, please send an email to michelle@mor4pusd.com.

Organizations:
Poway School Employees Association
SEIU, Local 221
San Diego Association of Realtors (SDAR)
Run Women Run
San Diego County Democratic Party
San Diego & Imperial Counties Central Labor Council
Evolve California

"Poway has a wonderful, rich history of doing right by its children. Recently, however, it seems the school board lost its way with bloated debt to be passed on to tomorrow's families because this board and its leadership took the easy but wrong path today. The result has been larding up tomorrow's budget and foreclosing future opportunities with poor financial decisions today. Michelle O'Connor-Ratcliff has the courage and the vision to help put Poway back on track. She is a product of the district, intelligent, well-educated and with a brass backbone. A committed and engaged parent, Michelle will not just go along when bad policies are floated by for the grown-ups that hurt education in the long run, but will put Poway's children first again. I have known her and her family for decades and she is a star."

--Delaine Eastin, former CA Superintendent of Public Instruction

Education Policy-Makers:
Delaine Eastin, former CA Superintendent of Public Instruction
Kimberley Beatty, Poway Unified School District Board Trustee
Alicia Muñoz, Member-elect, San Diego County Board of Education
Mark C. Anderson, M.P.H., Vice-President, San Diego County Board of Education
Gregg Robinson, Ph.D, Member, San Diego County Board of Education

Educators:
Andee Aceves, CA State Teacher of the Year 2008
Connie Baumgardt-Blackburn, CA State Teacher of the Year 2003
Rudy Casciato, Abraxas HS Principal (ret.), PUSD high school
educator and coach (ret.), PUSD parent
Laura Cox, Westview HS educator, PUSD parent, PUSD alumni
Karlene Dockery, educator (ret.)
Meg Goffredo, PUSD educator/Elementary PE mentor (ret.)
Tony Goffredo, PUSD secondary educator and tennis/basketball/
baseball coach (ret.)
Traci Gordon, educator, PUSD alumni
Mary Geer, CA State Teacher of the Year 2002
Dennis Jory, CA State Teacher of the Year 1993
Havena Marks, PUSD elementary educator
Elaine Newton, PUSD elementary educator (ret.)
Cherie O'Connor, PUSD Special Education educator
Edmund O'Connor, PUSD educator (ret.)
Karen O'Connor, PUSD elementary educator, CA State Teacher
of the Year 2000
Robert Pacilio, Mt. Carmel HS English Dept. Chair (ret.), San
Diego County Teacher of the Year
Helen Papadopoulos , CA State Teacher of the Year 2007
Martin Reisert, PUSD middle school educator, CA State Teacher
of the Year 2012
Becky Santibanez, PUSD elementary educator
Dalynn Smith-Malek, CA State Teacher of the Year 2001
Colleen Sundberg, PUSD middle school educator (ret.)

Community Leaders:
Andy Berg, Rancho Peñasquitos Town Council past President
Colleen Connery-Bahmani, Del Sur Elementary Foundation Board Member
Alan Gin, USD Economics Professor, Deer Canyon Elementary
Foundation past President, Rancho Peñasquitos Town
Council member, PUSD parent
Theresa Gonzaga, Rancho Peñasquitos Town Council member
Sue Herndon, realtor
Jim Hogan, Rancho Peñasquitos Town Council member
Krissa Jensen, Adobe Bluffs PTA past-President
Pam Logemann , Past PTA President at Rolling Hills Elementary, Co-Founder of Rolling Hills Elementary Foundation, Co-Founder of PQ-NE Action Group
Janice Lutz, Adobe Bluffs PTA President
Richard Mason, Founder, Rancho Bernardo High School Friends
of the Library
Kevin McNamara, Businessman
Tom Moore, Businessman
Andrea (A.J.) Osborn, PUSD Special Education CAC Board
member, educator, PUSD parent, PUSD alumni
Darshana Patel, PQ Town Council past President, Park Village Elementary PTA Vice President, PUSD parent
Roger Platt, Owner, Centurion Pest Control
Melinda Vasquez, Rancho Peñasquitos Town Council President,
PUSD alumni

Supporters:
Troy Anderson
Susan & Clay Biddle, PUSD parents, PUSD alumni
Rebecca & Kirk Blomstrom, PUSD parents, PUSD alumni
Bri Connors, PUSD parent
Glen & Kim Crouch, PUSD grandparents
Jill Brackmann Dahl, PUSD alumni
Beckie Joy Dalrymple, PUSD parent, PUSD alumni
Jessie Fu
Priscilla Hasse, PUSD alumni parent
Tighe Jaffe, PUSD alumni
Kim Knott, PUSD parent
Erika & Guy Levy, PUSD parents, PUSD alumni
Wenping Lin
Sarah & David Lippe, PUSD parents, PUSD alumni
Rita Hermiz Love, PUSD alumni
Catherine & Stan McDaniel
Lisa & Beau Mersereau, PUSD parents
Debbie O'Connor
Joe O'Connor, PUSD parent
Shane & Alan Peller, PUSD parents
Humberto Peraza, PUSD alumni
Dina & Brian Quesnell , PUSD alumni
Ryan Ratcliff, USD Economics Professor, PUSD parent
Cynthia Hart Reyes, PUSD parent
Candice Riggott, PUSD parent
Gary V. Samilin, PUSD alumni
Vicki Shi
Dave Smith, PUSD alumni parent
Randy Sundberg, PUSD parent
Marko Svetina, USD Finance Professor
Olena Tsurska, UCSD Adjunct Professor
Erica Tupper-Bertsch, PUSD alumni
Robert & Donna Varsane, PUSD parents