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Jon Meyer
3,775 votes
58.9%
- Occupation: Retired Teacher/Principal
- Wilson High School Graduate
- Stanford University, BA
- CSULB, MA History
- Teacher, 27 years at Wilson, Poly, Millikan
- Principal 13 years at Wilson, Avalon, Lakewood, Lowell
- Chair, Prop 49 Funding After-School Programs
Priorities:
- School Safety, Safe schools must include safe transit
- Close the achievement gap between low- and higher performing students
- Increase opportunities for parental involvement
Karen Thomas (Thomas) Hilburn
1,732 votes
27.0%
- Occupation: Retired Director LBUSD
- Graduate of LB Poly, LBCC and CSULB and ACSA Superintendent's Academy
- Teaching Credential UC Irvine, Admin. Credential College of St. Thomas
- BA - Speech and English; MA Curriculum and Instruction
- Lifetime teaching credential and Lifetime adminstrative credential
- Designed Poly PAAL, District's first Community Day School, Renaissance Career Academy
- Started the K-9 search program; school policing; crisis and critical incident response program; truancy; and daytime loitering prevention center
Priorities:
- Establish widespread Vocational Education Programs throughout the District
- To address the unmet needs of students; address bullying and safety concerns expressed by parents, students and teachers
- Re establish genuine communication among Board members as a prerequisite to working parents, teachers and students
Paul E Crost
898 votes
14.0%
- Occupation: Mediator
- Retired Labor & Employment Lawyer
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America since 1987
- Fellow of the College of Labor & Employment Lawyers
- Legal representative and counselor to teachers for 32 years
- Graduated with honors from UCLA and UC Berkeley School of Law
Priorities:
- BRINGING TEACHERS AND PARENTS INTO DECISION-MAKING
- IMPOSING TERM LIMITS ON BOARD MEMBERS
- GIVING THE BOARD GREATER OVERSIGHT OF SPENDING
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