Candidate for
Board Member; Antioch Unified School District

If re-elected, I promise to build on the successes of the last four years.

FINANCIAL

• School District was taken off Contra Costa County Department of Education fiscal watch list.
• Reversed deficit spending building District emergency reserve above the State mandated 3% of gross operating budget. Adding ½ % per year, District is currently at 4%.
• Achieved positive certification and highest possible credit Bond rating.
• Led campaign as Board President to a 62% victory for the historic passing of a 61 million dollar bond to renovate older facilities.

• Overall increase in API scores.
• Formed partnership with Princeton Review/College Board in joint effort to increase college enrollment.
• Kimball and Carmen Dragon Elementary Schools recognized in California Schools of Excellence Awards.
• Second consecutive year training at a Leadership Institute for principals to become instructional leaders.
• Restored music programs after cuts made in 2003 by previous School Board.
• Opened second K-8 Charter School, Continuation Schools, Medical Magnet High School and Performing Arts Academy.
• More rigorous graduation requirements instituted.
• Revamped reading literacy program with district +wide consistency and reform coaches.
• Revamped math literacy program to bring up mediocre scores which fall demonstrably at higher grade levels.
• Initiated kindergarten "jumpstart" program.

• Chief Academic Officer hired for systemic program improvement.
• District-wide principal meetings concentrated on academics and congruent learning.
• Math literacy overhaul with district-wide rigor and consistency.
• Chosen one of five School Boards nationwide to receive "Best Practices Training" by Eli Broad Foundation.
• Successful introduction of two-Principal model at Deer Valley High bringing total campus transformation.

• Introduced staff and student photo lanyards.
• Prescribed high school closed campus.
• Instituted uniforms in eleven schools.
• Reduced district-wide suspension and violence rate.
• Increased the number of truancy sweeps.
• Reinstated guidance counselors to high schools.
• Partnered with the District Attorney's Office who meets with chronic truant students and their parents to discuss consequences of continued misbehavior.
• Encouraged the creation of a youth intervention network for regional, inter-agency partnership.
• Partnered with Police Department and store owners to quiet Deer Valley Shopping Plaza.
• Introduced suspension contracts, behavioral expectations and re-admittance panels.
• Restructured the Child Welfare Office into a pro-active Student Services Department that will address behavioral problems in collaboration with cross-agency intervention measures.