List Of School Board Candidates Finalized

Los Angeles CA

20 March, 2022

8:55 AM

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"Our political leaders will know our priorities only if we tell them, again and again, and if those priorities begin to show up in the polls."- Peggy Noonan Of the 17 potential LAUSD School Board candidates who filed with the Los Angeles City Clerk, ten have collected enough signatures and paid the fee required to appear on the June 7 ballot. One, Negar Nikgohar, withdrew prior to having petitions issued. Raquel Zamora was certified by the City Clerk but withdrew from the race shortly afterward. In Board District 2, Miho Murai says that she submitted 627 signatures, but the City Clerk determined that only 431 were valid. She intends to contest this determination saying that her volunteers mostly used voter registration precinct lists and she was not allowed to review the results in person. In 2016, Murai sought to become the first elected Asian Pacific American woman on the LAUSD School Board but 110 of her 537 signatures were rejected. She did not contest those results. The contact information for the candidates along with links to their answers to my questionnaires is as follows: Board District 2: Maria Brenes Occupational Designation: Education Advocate/ParentEmail: [email protected] Site: https://www.mariaforlaschools.com/ Did not respond to any of the candidate questions. Erica Vilardi-Espinosa Occupational Designation: Accountant / Community ActivistEmail: [email protected] Site: www.ericaforschoolboard.com Special Education Should Be Individualized And Celebrated Miguel Angel Segura Occupational Designation: Public School TeacherEmail: [email protected] Site: https://www.seguraforlausd.com... Unpaid Charter School Debt Is No Big Deal Rocio Rivas Occupational Designation: Education Policy AdvisorEmail: [email protected] Site: https://www.drrivasforschoolbo... Unpaid Charter School Debt Hurts Students Board District 4: Nick Melvoin Occupational Designation: Educator/School BoardmemberEmail: [email protected] Site: https://www.nickmelvoin.com/ Did not respond to any of the candidate questions. Gentille Barkhordarian Occupational Designation: Electrical Engineer/Mother Email: [email protected] Site:? Did not respond to any of the candidate questions. Tracey Schroeder Occupational Designation: LAUSD Teacher/ParentEmail: [email protected] Site:? Did not respond to any of the candidate questions. Board District 6: Kelly Gonez Occupational Designation: School Boardmember/EducatorEmail: [email protected] Site: https://www.kellygonez.com/ Did not respond to any of the candidate questions. Marvin Rodriguez Occupational Designation: LAUSD Teacher/ParentEmail: [email protected] Site: https://www.marvinrodriguez2022.com/ Revoke The Charter Of Any School With Ongoing Unpaid Debt Community Through Inclusion and Collaboration Marvin Rodriguez: Prioritizing Community Participation In The LAUSD Jess Arana Occupational Designation: Educator/Police SergeantEmail: [email protected] Site: https://www.jesus-arana.com/ Did not respond to any of the candidate questions. Carl Petersen is a parent advocate for students with special education needs and public education. He is an elected member of the Northridge East Neighborhood Council and serves as the Education Chair. As a Green Party candidate in LAUSD's District 2 School Board race, he was endorsed by Network for Public Education (NPE) Action. Dr. Diane Ravitch has called him "a valiant fighter for public schools in Los Angeles." For links to his blogs, please visit www.ChangeTheLAUSD.com. Opinions are his own.