Issue link: http://educator.cta.org/i/1035650
BARBARA SCHULMAN Saddleback Valley Educators Association (SVEA); an educator for 30 years, teaching pre-school through adult transition in Saddleback Valley Unified School District, before retiring. What: First-time candidate for Saddleback Valley Unified School District School Board; endorsed by SVEA. Why: "I want to help Saddleback stay a strong, positive school district. I have gone to school board meetings for 30 years. From day one I knew that when I retired, this is what I wanted to do. My platform is safety, fiscal account- ability, transparency, and teacher recruitment and retention. I want to make sure our declining-enroll- ment district spends money wisely while providing all students the best education." How: "I have been participating in events, doing social media, phone calls and going door-to-door. My local supported me with a commercial and at candidate forums, passing out flyers at all back-to-school nights, sending postcards with handwritten notes, and moral support. I am a graduate of NEA's See Educators Run training." What: Candidate for Fallbrook Union High School District Governing Board; endorsed by Fallbrook Teachers Associ- ation (FTA). LITA TABISH Temecula Valley Educators Association; 30-year public school educator currently teaching middle school home economics. Why: "I have lived in the Fallbrook School District for 19 years and worked for the district for 18 years. I've been dis- appointed with the direction the district is heading. Many valuable courses and programs have been cut. I've voiced my opinion at numerous school board meet- ings with no positive response. At the June meeting, current board members voted unanimously to award the superin- tendent a big raise and new contract. He now earns well over a quarter of million dollars with automatic raises to run one school! That was the last straw. I decided to run myself." 36 cta.org Schulman LARRY ALLEN CTA/NEA-Retired; before retirement, Middletown Teachers Association and former member of CTA's Board of Directors. Taught all subjects at a contin- uation high school in Middletown Unified School District, where he was a teacher for 32 years. What: Candidate for Governing Board of Middletown Uni- fied School District. Why: " There are three open seats on a board with no education professionals serving. My main goals are to bring into the district a culture of collabora- tion, recognizing that several minds from a variety of jobs are smarter than one mind in the district office; and to help redefine the role of a school board in a poor, rural district, from micro-managing school employees to hammering legislators with our stu- dents' need for equity. Our schools are the center of our community and a happy, well-performing district equals a happy community." How: "My campaign holds events in homes. Our geogra- phy stifles door-to-door, so we are standing in front of stores and post offices with hand-outs. We are sending a mailer to all registered voters and are set- ting up a phone bank. "I have received endorsement from the Lake County Democrats. My local chapter, which is in the district in which I'm running, voted to 'stay out of politics' a few years ago." Allen