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Kern County, CA November 3, 1998 General

Governing Board Member; Sierra Sands Unified School District; Trustee Area 2

Candidates (Vote for 3)
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William "Bill" Farris 6,128 votes 26.5%

  • Occupation: Incumbent
John G. Condos 5,804 votes 25.1%
  • Occupation: Retired Principal
June A. Eierman 5,666 votes 24.5%
  • Occupation: Incumbent
  • Master of Boardsmanship Award
  • Wife,Parent, MA. Industrial Relations;Army veteran
  • Daily classroom volunteer
  • Member of Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development
  • extensive community involvement in drama, music, literacy
  • Established working relationship with City and Navy
Priorities:
  • Keep and re-establish as much local control of education as possible
  • Maintain financial health while improving program offerings
  • Continued improvement of parental involvment in student success
Anthony L. "Tony" Beste 4,120 votes 17.8%
  • Occupation: Clinical Laboratory Scientist
  • I was in the U.S. Navy for eight years as a Hospital Corpsman
  • I currently work at Drummond Medical in the lab
  • Graduated from Thomas Edison Univ, B.S. Clinical Laboratory Science
  • I was raised on a farm in Newport Michigan.
  • Before joining the Navy I worked construction, retail, and factory work
  • This is my first involvement with politics, Thank you for any consideration you give me.
Priorities:
  • I would like to see a Public Charter School in Ridgecrest.
  • See more Basics taught in school, programs like mathland can be taught each year only after the basics are learned.
  • Patriotism and respect of others, with strict rules of enforcement would also help prepare area children for the future.
Alan J. Van Nevel (Write-In)
  • Party: unaffiliated
  • Occupation: research physicist
  • Ph.D in physics
Priorities:
  • Accountable and intelligent curriculum choices
  • Cutting School Board Benefits
  • Generating New Revenue for the District
Amy Covert (Write-In)
  • Party: Republican
  • Occupation: homemaker, substitute paraprofessional
  • School Site Council for Vieweg Elementary School
  • former PTA officer
  • Room mother/volunteer
Priorities:
  • A = Accountability (school board on down to the students)
  • B = Basics (teach our kids the basics - reading, writing and arithmetic - not social classes
  • C = Choice (parents should have a choice in how their children are educated)

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