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Stanislaus County, CA November 6, 2001 Election
Smart Voter Full Biography for Cindy Marks

Candidate for
Board Member; Modesto Elementary & High School Districts

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Cindy Marks P.O. Box 3151 Modesto, CA 95353

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Appointed by the California Legislature to the "Joint Committee to Develop a Master Plan for Education - Kindergarten through University"
  • Serving as Modesto City Schools' Board of Education representative to the Region 6 California League of High Schools (a statewide organization dedicated to the most current educational trends for high school students, including school-to-career and workplace objectives)
  • Serving on the Modesto City Schools' SAFE SCHOOLS PROJECT Committee to implement programs to ensure safe and peaceful schools; foster individual student academic achievement on campuses where "respect for all" is promoted and rewarded; and, to increase the District's high school graduation rate
  • Elected by the members of the school boards in Stanislaus County to serve as their delegate to CSBA (California School Boards Association)
  • Serving as Governmental Relations Chairperson for California Assembly Member Dennis Cardoza (26th District) as an advocate for the students enrolled in California public schools
  • Member, California School Boards Association's SCHOOLS & MEDIA CRISIS COMMUNICATION TASK FORCE
  • Serving on the Modesto City Schools' SARB (School Attendance Review Board)
  • Member, Board of Directors, Salida Area Public Facilities Financing Agency (SAPFFA); previously served as an Alternate Member for two years
  • Served two years as Alternate to the Schools Infrastructure Financing Agency (SIFA) Board of Directors
  • Serving second year as MCS representative to the California Association of Large Suburban School Districts (CALSSD)
  • Initiated the CALSSD proposal to the legislators for the consolidation of numerous assessment tests. (The proposal can be viewed at http://www.calssd.org.)
  • Serving as an officer for the MCS District Financing Corporation

EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION-RELATED ACTIVITIES:
  • Have volunteered for the past 10 years as a mentor in west Modesto (620 Paradise Apartment Complex) working with at-risk youth and gang members encouraging them to complete high school
  • Served for 15 years as a junior high and high school Health Education speaker
  • Served for 13 years as an Instructor and Counselor to pregnant teens
  • Served for six years as a classroom Parent Aide for grades K-5
  • Served as a liaison between runaways and the Modesto Police Department
  • Served on the Stanislaus County Office of Education's Committee for Youth and Gang Violence Prevention

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS:

  • League of Women Voters
  • California School Board Leadership Council
  • Medical Ambassadors International
  • Bethany Christian Services Adoption & Counseling Agency
  • Toastmasters International
  • Modesto Pregnancy Center

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