Candidate for
Governing Board Member; Charter Oak Unified School District

Joseph Probst is Professor Emeritus of Speech Communication at Pasadena City College. He is a past president of the Faculty Senate.

He has been married to his wife Jo Anne for forty one years. They have two children, Lynette and Alan. Jo Anne is a retired second grade teacher in the Bonita Unified School District. Both Lynette and Alan are graduates of Charter Oak High School. Lynette has her Ph.D. in psychology and is the mother of Joe's two grandchildren, Jessica and Amy. Alan has his M.A. in education.

Joe is now serving as Vice-president of the Governing Board in the Charter Oak Unified School District. He has served as both vice-president and president five times. Joe now serves as Past President/Director of the Los Angeles County School Trustees Association (LACSTA.) He is also a member of the Delegate Assembly of the California School Boards Association (CSBA.)

Joe has served on PTA boards at two Charter Oak schools. He has served as member and chair of a school site council.

Joe volunteered and was nominated by a Superior Court Judge to serve on the Los Angeles County Grand Jury, he used his background in education to serve as a member of the Governmental and Schools Committee. He was also and officer of the Grand Jury holding the position of Parliamentarian. He is a director of the Los Angeles County Grand Juriors' Association.