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Carol Harvey
7764 votes
23.8%
- Occupation: Incumbent
- Volunteer Program Director
- BA, Education
- Director, California School Boards Assoc.
- Former teacher
- Experienced board member
Priorities:
- The highest academic expectations for all
- Learning that is related to future workplace skills
- A lean budget that maximizes dollars to the classroom
Georgie H O'Connor
5315 votes
16.3%
- Occupation: Incumbent
- Mother of four
- Arroyo Grande High School graduate
- Extensive School Board experience
Priorities:
- Equal educational opportunities for all children
- Safety for students and teachers
- Involvement of parents and community members
Dawn Hinchman
4158 votes
12.7%
- Occupation: Parent/Accountant
- B.S. Business Admin/Accounting, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- Eight years professional experience in financial and tax accounting
- Founding Coordinator, Reading Is Fundamental literacy program, Oceano Elementary School
- Member, Lucia Mar District Budget Advisory Committee
- Member, Branch Elementary and Paulding Middle School Site Councils
- Married, two children, resident of South County over 22 years
Priorities:
- Bring the business of the public schools back before the public with increased communication and discussion
- Apply cost-benefit analysis during budget development with emphasis on curriculum
- Increase academic and vocational achievement of all students
Carol R. Lyons
3848 votes
11.8%
- Occupation: Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
- B.S., Business Admin/Accounting (Magna Cum Laude), Cal Poly Pomona
- 20+ years accounting and financial management experience
- Partner, Lyons & Lyons, CPAs, Arroyo Grande
- Served four years on school site councils plus committee on student promotion and retention
- Co-founded "Expanding Horizons" LMUSD summer program; volunteer reading tutor
- Two children currently attending AGHS
Priorities:
- I will use my skills to provide sound financial management decisions with the goal of a quality, well-rounded education for all students.
- I will fight to re-establish and maintain open, forthright, and interactive communication between the school board and all interested parties.
- I will work to expand educational opportunities for all students, even beyond standard academic subjects.
Caren (Larson) Ray
3313 votes
10.1%
- Occupation: Teacher/Business Owner
- Teacher, 8 years, Santa Maria High School
- Business Owner, The Game Room
- UCLA graduate, BA, History
- Arroyo Grande High School graduate
- Mother of two
- Member, Grover Beach Chamber of Commerce
Priorities:
- placing student and classroom needs at the center of policy making
- facilitating communication between all stakeholders in LMUSD
- encouraging excellence and innovation in education for all students
Istar Holliday
3063 votes
9.4%
- Occupation: Educator
- Assoc. Faculty, Allan Hancock College last 14 years
- 34 years experience in Calif. public H.S. and Colleges
- BA, English, and M.S., School Administration, CSUF
- R.N., New York and California (inactive)
- Married, 3 children, 4 grandchildren in area
Priorities:
- To make the Board more accessible, responsive, and more transparent in its decision-making process.
- To improve working conditions of teachers and students.
- To dissuade the Board for acting as advocates for individual developers and developments.
Gary L. Young
2662 votes
8.1%
(This candidate has chosen to not participate in the League's voter education project.)
- Occupation: Small Independent Businessman
Thomas A. Dau
2503 votes
7.7%
- Occupation: Teacher
- Reporter/Feature Writer on Philadelphia Inquirer
- Science Writer/Editor at Bell Laboratories in N.J.
- Public Relations Specialist at Western Electric in N.Y. City
- Public Relations Supervisor for Mountain Bell in Wyoming
- Asst. Sports Editor on Santa Barbara News-Press
- Journalism/P.R. Instructor at Cal Poly, SLO
Priorities:
- Raising the level of teaching and learning in Lucia Mar schools so that biannual scores on Stanford 9 Test exceed county average regularly.
- Banning or providing a healthy alternative to carbonated soft drinks in vending machines on school grounds.
- A fair and speedy settlement of the current contract negotiations with Lucia Mar teachers in line with other county salary levels.
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