Candidate for
Board Member; San Marcos Unified School District

Randy has served on the Governing Board of San Marcos Unified School District (SMUSD) for four years, and is currently the board's President. In his leadership role, Randy has witnessed dramatic academic gains in the district, despite historic reductions in school funding.

In the last four years alone, SMUSD has gained more than 50 points in the Academic Performance Index, ranking it fourth of 12 unified districts in San Diego County. Eight SMUSD schools became California Distinguished Schools, and today more SMUSD students are college-ready than at any time in the district's history. In addition, the San Marcos High School reconstruction is well underway, a sorely needed project that will finally be completed.

If re-elected, Randy's priorities will remain the same: to promote academic excellence; be a voice for parents; maintain fiscal prudence; retain well-trained and motivated teachers; produce good students and good citizens; and support programs that give all students the opportunity to succeed.

Community involvement has always been important to Randy. He was a founding member of the Valley of Discovery Education Foundation (VDEF), a non-profit organization in San Marcos dedicated to assisting schools raise and maintain funds, and was appointed to by the San Marcos City Council to its Ridgeline Task Force, a committee of local citizens who drafted a law to preserve the remaining ridgelines of San Marcos. Randy also instrumental in the acquisition of a $6 million grant from the Leichtag Family Foundation, used to help fund PACE Promise, a program that guarantees admission to CSUSM and tuition assistance. He also served on the board of directors of San Marcos Youth Baseball for a number of years.

Randy lives in San Marcos, and is married with two children, both enrolled in SMUSD. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, San Diego, and a law degree from California Western School of Law. He is the principal of Walton Law Firm, based in San Marcos.