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Los Angeles County, CA November 2, 2010 Election
Smart Voter Chris Bley

Candidate for
Member, Board of Education; Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District

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Biographical Highlights
  • Occupation: Teacher
  • High-school history/govt. teacher, 10 years
  • English teacher in Peace Corps in Romania, 2 years
  • Special education aide, K-12
  • Santa Monica-Malibu School District graduate
  • Lifetime Santa Monica resident
  • Speaks Spanish and Romanian
Top Priorities if Elected
  • Re-focus the school board's priorities on the classroom, teachers and students
  • Prevent the district's predicted financial insolvency
  • Spearhead programs for the district to generate more of its own revenue
Key Endorsements
  • Former Lieutenant Governor Mona Pasquil
  • Santa Monica City Councilmember and former School Board Member Bob Holbrook
  • Former Malibu Mayor and Santa Monica High School teacher Ken Kearsley
Position Papers
Our School Board Gambled. Our Children Lost.
An editorial published in the Santa Monica Daily Press showing budget cuts that could have been made this year instead of the 58 teaching and other student-serving positions that the board did cut.
Follow the Money to District Headquarters
Zero-based budgeting for non-classroom expenditures, combined with comparing SMMUSD's costs with similar districts could identify budget cuts that would not impact the classroom.
More positions on my website: http://www.chrisbley.com
Special education, closing the achievement gap, responsiveness to parents and the community, generating reveune
 
Campaign Contact Information
Website: http://www.chrisbley.com
E-mail: chris@chrisbley.com

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