League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
Alameda County, CA November 4, 2014 Election
	Peter Oshinski Answers Questions Candidate for Board Member At-Large; San Leandro Unified School District

The questions were prepared by the League of Women Voters of the Eden Area and asked of all candidates for this office.
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Questions & Answers

1. What specifically can a board member do to ensure that the education equity gap is narrowed or closed for all students?

I formally worked in the San Ramon Valley Unified School District before working at Hayward Unified. My first days in Hayward allowed me to see first hand how wide the education equity gap really is. This is when I realized I needed to do something for my community who has the same free and reduced population as Hayward. My first priority would be to meet with community groups and decide on what long range goals we should have to work towards narrowing the gap. We can meet with City Officials as well and partner with them so that we all can work towards the same goal. We can conduct town hall meetings with community members to get input on how they feel this can be achieved. I have a strong business background working with budgets which will allow me to focus on spending more on education and less outsourcing of services to reduce spending. A board member can make sure that all systems are available for all students so that they may have the opportunity to succeed.

2. What is your long-term plan to assure that your jurisdiction has enough money to meet operating needs and service demands?

One: Assure that the current budget aligns with spending in the future and is putting education as our top priority. Two: Make sure that any new bonds do affect future spending of the District. Three: Look at all outsourcing that is currently in place and look for ways to keep these services in house so that we can give our working families more jobs and reduce spending. Four: Be proactive and look forward and decide what future spending will be in areas of maintenance and repair, technology and classroom needs and make budgetary decisions today that will help achieve these goals.

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