Smart Voter
El Dorado County, CA November 3, 1998 General

Board Member; Gold Trail Union School District

Candidates (Vote for 3)
Click on a candidate name for more information.

Grace Marchini 1491 votes 25.7%

Madeline T. Restaino 1373 votes 23.7%
  • Party: Decline to State
  • Occupation: Teacher/Parent/Incumbent
  • B.A. UC Davis, M.S. Lone Mt. College (now U.S.F.) Secondary and Elementary Teaching Credentials
  • 13 years as a trustee of Gold Trail Union School District
  • Past president and treasurer of El Dorado County School Boards Association
  • Awarded El Dorado County School Boards Association Educational Statesmanship Award in 1996
  • Fourth Grade teacher at Latrobe School District
  • Past Co-community leader Gold Hill Toppers 4-H, Past Parent Teacher Organization President
Priorities:
  • Basic reading and math skills are critical components of a good educational program.
  • The primary focus of all board decisions must be student achievement.
  • There must be continued emphasis on home/school communication and articulation of curriculum between the Sutter's Mill and Gold Trail sites.
Fred Campbell-Craven 1107 votes 19.1%
  • Party: Decline to State
  • Occupation: Incumbent/District Parent/Attorney
  • B.A., UCLA; M.A., San Francisco State University; J.D., University of San Francisco. Member of California State Bar since 1984.
  • Senior Tax Counsel, State of California; legal author; former Adjunct Professor of Legal Writing & Research at Golden Gate University School of Law
  • GTUSD Board of Trustees; member for four years, past two years as board president
  • Master of Boardsmanship, California School Boards Association
  • Sutter's Mill Site Council, past member & chair; GTUSD PTO, member & past treasurer; GTUSD Budget Advisory Committee, past parent representative
  • Recipient of multiple GTUSD Gold Nugget Awards for service to the District
Priorities:
  • Maintain sound fiscal policy while preserving GTUSD's physical plant, improving student access to technology, and assuring equitable employee salaries
  • Improve communication and collaboration among all GTUSD stakeholders: students, parents, community, staff, administration, and board members
  • Never forget that the main focus of all our collective efforts must be to guarantee excellence of educational opportunity for all our children
Debra Sleigh 1100 votes 19.0%
  • Party: Decline to state
  • Occupation: Technical Project Manager
  • Involved Gold Trail Parent
  • Bachelor and Masters of Science Degrees in Business Administration with minor in Communication Studies, CSUS
  • Technical Project Manager, Vision Service Plan, Rancho Cordova
  • Past President, Sacramento Chapter of Data Processing Managers Association (DPMA) 1990-1991
  • Assistant Instructor, Garrett's Karate Center, Cameron Park
  • Graduate: Disney University-Foundations in Leadership Training
Priorities:
  • Continued emphasis on quality education in the Gold Trail School District
  • Support of new technology to provide GTUSD students with the tools they will need for future success
  • Continue and improve communications between GTUSD and today's busy families
Chuck Riek 714 votes 12.3%

Basic candidate data supplied by the County elections official. Any additional information supplied by the candidate. Order of candidates is random and changes daily.
 
Suggest a link related to this contest
Links to sources outside of Smart Voter are provided for information only and do not imply endorsement.

Home (Ballot Lookup) || About Smart Voter || Feedback


Created: February 16, 1999 18:44
Smart Voter '98 <http://www.smartvoter.org/>
Copyright © 1998 League of Women Voters of California Education Fund.
The League of Women Voters neither supports nor opposes candidates for public office or political parties.