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Education
Jesus Garcia is the first person in his family to graduate from high school. He then graduated from college and university setting an example for others in his family to follow. Garcia received an AA degree in Business Administration from Mt San Antonio Community College and a BA in Political Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Following three years' work for the UCLA Early Academic Outreach Office, he entered UCLA's Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning where he received his MA degree in Urban Planning.
Garcia has also attended summer programs in Policy Skills at the University of Washington, Seattle and at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge.
Professional career
Jesus understands the data and education statistics. He has over 20 years of experiance working with educational statistics and demographic information:
Three years in the UCLA Early Academic Outreach Office
Three years in the Office of Research and Planning the Los Angeles Community College
Five years at the US Census Bureau Headquarters in Washington,DC
Ten years as Coordinator of Research Services with the Kern County Superintendent of Schools
Community Service
In Bakersfield Garcia has been actively involved in the community promoting educational and other opportunities for all children. He was the lead author of the Kern County Network for Children reports: Conditions of Children 1995-1998 and Our Schools 2000. He has served in leadership roles on a number of volunteer committees:
United Way Needs Assessment
Kern County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation
Board of the California Child Care Resource and Referral Network
Central California Teacher Recruitment Center - Tulare County Office of Education.
Hispanic Leadership Forum - US Department of Health and Human Service, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement
Past and present Bakersfield City School District leadership activities include:
Chair, District Advisory Committee (DAC) on Title 1 and State Compensatory Education.
BCSD Superintendents Community Advisory Board
Chair, Cesar Chavez Elementary School Site Council and Booster Club
Co-chair 2001 Cesar Chavez State Holiday Celebration
Parent representative, 2002 Distinguished School visitor review
Jesus Garcia has the formal education, career and community experience and, with four children, two enrolled at BCSD schools and two in pre-school, a vested interest in ensuring that all BCSD students have the best opportunities for a quality education.
Garcia lives in Bakersfield with his wife Alejandra and four daughters.
This is the year for change on the BCSD Board of Education
Vote Jesus Garcia BCSD School Board November 2004.
Jesus M. Garcia
For BCSD School Board
PO Box 458
Bakersfield, CA, 93302-0458
Phone: 661.472.8683
Email: VoteGarcia@aol.com
Website: http://www.JesusGarcia.org
ID# 1246911
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League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
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