Candidates
(Vote for 3)
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Ken Mettler
3,153 votes
20.6%
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: Homebuilder/School Trustee
- President-Rosedale Union School District Board of Trustees
- President- Home building companies in California and Arizona
- Member-Rotary International-Paul Harris Fellow(83-88)
- Director-Fruitvale Mutual Water Company, Inc.(80-82)
- Urban Project Evaluator-Peace Corps-Managua, Nicaragua(75-76)
- Master of Public Administration Degree-University of California(75)
Priorities:
- All our kids to read at grade level by 3rd grade
- District wide mission statement and goals
- Parental choice and involvement
Lisa R. King
3,050 votes
19.9%
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: Incumbent
- Bakersfield native
- Married w/3 children (2 in district schools)
- CSUB grad-BS in Business
- 7 yrs. work exp.-accounting & budgeting
- 4 yrs. exp. - RUSD Board Trustee
- School & community volunteer
Priorities:
- Establish Standards, assessments, & followup plans for students
- Improve District/staff relations through Interest-Based Bargaining
- Strengthen communications between all parties in District
John R. Ackland
2,281 votes
14.9%
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: College Biology Teacher
- 27 years Bakersfield College Professor
- Two Masters Degrees-Biology / Education
- 1997-98 KHSD Parent Advisory Committee
- l998 BC Innovator of Year Award
- Four years high school science teacher
Priorities:
- Need early identification and remediation of learning disabilities.
- Make board meetings more conducive to participation from the public.
- Retain experienced teachers and give them a contract.
Flovon B. Forsyth
2,147 votes
14.0%
David L. "Dave" Barger
1,639 votes
10.7%
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: Landman
- Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
- Post graduate work Business Administration
- San Diego State University
Priorities:
- A Change in Decision Making and Early Literacy Intervention
- Viable, Remedial, Summer Program. (Good ol' Summer School)
- Comprehensive Employment Contract for Rosedale Teachers
Beth Adamson
1,531 votes
10.0%
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: Day Care Provider
- Married, two children who attend district school
- 10 yrs. work exp. w/stock exchange - Office Manager for Regional Firm
- Member Almondale School Site Council
- Almondale PTC secretary, 2nd year
- Aqua Aces Swim Team Board Member
Priorities:
- To monitor the Early Literacy Plan that each school has adopted and see that students are reading at grade level by 3rd grade.
- To bring back a trust to the district that will link the teachers, administrators, children and parents to the Board with the common goal of educating
- To see that the children are kept first!
Bill Matthew, PhD
1,473 votes
9.6%
- Party: Unaffiliated
- Occupation: Education Administrator
- Employment: Director of Special Education, Research & Evaluation at Delano Elementary School District.
- Education: BA, Psychology; MA, Counseling; MS, Behavioral Psychology; PhD, Educational Research & Evaluation
- Experience in Education: Elementary School Psychologist (11 years), University Psychology Instructor, University & Community College Administrator
- Past president, Kern Association of School Psychologists
- Advisory Board, Fresno State Univ. School Psychology Program
Priorities:
- Adopt curricula & methods on the basis of what research says is effective practice.
- Improve relations between the administration and teacher's association.
- Develop stratification of instruction based upon students' level in the curriculum.
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