League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
Santa Clara County, CA November 4, 2014 Election
	Kristen Pan Lyn Answers Questions Candidate for Board Member; Cupertino Union School District

The questions were prepared by the Leagues of Women Voters of Santa Clara County and asked of all candidates for this office.
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Questions & Answers

1. How would you determine that the schools are using federal, state and local funds wisely and fairly and how would you report your findings to the community?

As an experienced finance professional, I will work diligently on understanding the operation of the district as well as the relevant federal, state and local laws of the funding to assure our district spends funds wisely and fairly. Transparency, Communication, Fiscal Responsibility and Accountability are my top priorities and the Board needs to reach out to the entire community through forums, e-mails, social media and one-to-one conversation with the stakeholders.

2. Are the schools offering instruction appropriate to the diverse educational abilities of all the students?

CUSD has an excellent reputation in terms of offering instruction appropriate to the diverse educational abilities of all the students. We will continue on the right path and provide adequate professional development for teaching staff as well as multiple assessment of students at different grade levels for proper placement (such as Common Core Math), timely and adequate support to meet the need of all the students.

3. Where do you want the District to be five years from now? What steps should the District take to get there?

I have listed what I want the District to be five years from now with the proposed steps:
1. Adequate funding (as CUSD is currently one of the lowest per-student funding districts in our area- based funding of $6,363 per ADA): work with the legislators as well as other organizations such as CSBA (California School Board Association), CTA (California Teachers Association) and our stakeholders to reach this goal.
2. Sufficient facilities and qualified teaching staff (to address the increase of enrollment and CCSS implementation): a. Facility Bond implementation(on our Measure H Bond Program ($220M) - $95M for elementary schools, $77M for middle schools and $48M for district wide. The implement plan is from 2013-2018) b. continuous funding for staff professional development.

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