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There are no small elected offices. Public school boards are a dark-funding target of the Kochs’ hyper-conservative “Americans for Prosperity (AFP)” campaign, focusing on destroying and privatizing our education system . (The Kochs (one has died) were also behind the Citizen’s United case.) One of AFP’s most infamous moves was to push four conservative candidates onto the school board of Wake County, NC in 2011, with the unstated intent to segregate the school district.
“Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers union and a fierce critic of the Kochs and (Betsy) DeVos, said the Koch-funded push is about destabilizing public schools. She said she thinks austerity efforts to drastically cut school spending in states like Kansas backfired, so the Kochs are emphasizing private school choice instead. “They and Betsy DeVos are twins ,” Weingarten said. “They are about destroying public education and destroying the foundations of opportunity for working folk. ‘”
For that to happen, they need to quietly take over school boards. Keep an eye out for candidates who deny climate change, or have issues against particular books, sex-education courses, and LGBTQ kids. Don’t vote for those with porous borders on the separation of church and state . Ask what they think about ethnic studies, and teaching more accurate US history, like the NY Times 1619 Project, vs. Trump or Koch-backed nonsense . Be very careful for whom you vote. Kids are depending on you.
Briggs School District Colleen Garmon-Smith, incumbent Victoria Jump, incumbent Conejo Valley USD Governing Board Member Trustee – Area 1 Governing Board Member Trustee – Area 5Sandee Everett (R – Incumbent, endorsed by the Ventura Co. Republican Party. ) (Read Indivisible Conejo’s action on her book censorship attempt and this related VC Reporter article here .)Lauren Gill (D) endorsement listFillmore USD (Vote for 2 )
Tricia Gradias (incumbent) Olivia Palacio Hueneme School District Governing Board Member Trustee – Area 2 Governing Board Member Trustee – Area 4Siguen Constanza, incumbent Las Virgenes USD Governing Board Member Vote for 2 )Mesa Union School District Vote for (2)Jayme Dryden, incumbent Steve Sullivan, incumbent Moorpark Unified School District Governing Board Member Trustee – Area 2Scott Dettorre, incumbent Governing Board Member Trustee – Area 4Ute E. Van Dam, incumbent Governing Board Member Trustee – Area 5Michelle Barrett (DTS) Amy Adams (DTS) David Lopez-Lee (D) Mupu School District Vote for (2) Richard Casas, incumbent (short term) Steven A. Jenkins, incumbent (full term) Oak Park USD (Vote for 2 )
Denise G. Helfstein (incumbent) Tina Wang Ocean View School District (Vote for 2 )
Stephen R. Marshall, incumbent James A. Merrill, incumbent Ojai USD Video of meeting – gallery view – here .
Governing Board Member Trustee – Area 2Jeffrey
Governing Board Member Trustee – Area 4Michelle Shelley Griffen
Oxnard School District Trustee Area 1Trustee Area 2Trustee Area 4Monica Madrigal Lopez, incumbent Union School District Governing Board Member (Vote for 2 )Pleasant Valley USD Non-partisan Pleasant Valley Unified School District – Governing Board Member (Vote for 2 )Daniel “DG” Goldberg (D) Patrick Fitzgerald (D) (Incumbent) Suzanne Kitchens (R) (Incumbent) (On the ground recommendation for her.)Rio Mesa USD Governing Board Member (Vote for 2 )Cassandra Bautista (AI) Kristine Anderson (D) Joe Esquivel (D) (Incumbent) Feliz Eisenhauer (I) (Incumbent) Sean Husband (DTS) Matt Vaca Sams (R – Endorsed by the Ventura Co. Republican Party.) Kristine Anderson
Santa Barbara County Non-partisan School Santa Barbara County Board of Education – Governing Board Member Trustee – Area 4 Roberta Heter (incumbent) Michelle De Werd Jim Richardson Roberta Heter
Santa Paula Unified School District Governing Board Member Trustee – Area 2Governing Board Member Trustee – Area 4Gabriela Ornelas (D) Michelle Kolbeck (R) (incumbent) Gabriela Ornelas
Governing Board Member Trustee – Area 5 Aaron Dunkel (no designation) Chris Wilson (D) Chris Wilson
Simi Valley USD Governing Board Member Trustee – Area AGoverning Board Member Trustee – Area B Governing Board Member Trustee – Area C VC Star article here .
Sofya Bagdasaryan (D)Jonathan Bonesteel (DST) Rocky Rhodes (R – Endorsed by the Ventura Co. Republican Party.) Somis Union School District Vote for (2) Lizette Cuevas Gonzalez, incumbent Robert Fulkerson, incumbent Ventura County Board of Education Governing Board Member Trustee – Area 3 Mark S. Lisagor, incumbent Governing Board Member Trustee – Area 5 Ventura County Community College District Governing Board Member Trustee – Area 3 Stan Mantooth (DTS) Nicole Wall (D) Joe S. Ramirez (D) here .)Governing Board Member Trustee – Area 4Brian Gilbert (R – Endorsed by the Ventura Co. Republican Party. ) Bernardo M. Perez (D) (incumbent ) Ventura Unified School District Governing Board Member Trustee – Area 2 Sabrena Rodriguez (D) (unopposed) Governing Board Member Trustee – Area 3 Jackie Moran (R – Incumbent , endorsed by the Ventura Co. Republican Party. )Amy “Yamamoto” Callahan (D) QUICK LINKS TO : Federal candidates , State candidates , County Supervisor , City Candidates , School District Races , Special District Races , Propositions , Local Measures , Voting/registration information , Ballot drop-off locations , In-person voting locations , “Protect the Vote” volunteer opportunities , Other voting guides/endorsements.
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