As a concerned parent and taxpayer, I have attended school board meetings regularly once and more often than not, twice a month for nearly three years. Over this duration I have addressed the board and held them to account numerous times on a range of issues concerning the over-taxation of Mello-Roos taxpayers, high school attendance at schools funded with Mello-Roos, misuse of special taxes on maintenance, lack of public outreach on issues of importance, overcrowded classrooms, mismanagement, wasteful spending on consultants and lawyers to protect the district and battle constituents, and most recently speaking out against CUSD billion dollar bailout of failed leadership, aka the mega bond on the November ballot.   

We have an excellent chance this election to turn around the dysfunction we see regularly at the school board meetings. With four (4) seats (of the 7) up for election, a student-centered, taxpayer-friendly majority board is very likely if you and your friends get out the vote in Trustee Area 3 (Ferguson), Area 2 (Reardon); Area 1 (Shrove); and, Area 5 (Vollebregt).

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