League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
	Santa Clara County, CA November 4, 2008 Election
	Candidates Answer Questions on the Issues Trustee; San Jose Unified School District; Trustee Area 1

The questions were prepared by the Leagues of Women Voters of Santa Clara County and asked of all candidates for this office.     See below for questions on State and Federal Funds, Instruction, Future Click on a name for candidate information.   See also more information about this contest. 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? Answer from Tim "Timothy" Fitzgerald: I would base my judgement on the attainment of my goals set when elected. 2. Are the schools offering instruction appropriate to the diverse educational abilities of all the students? Answer from Tim "Timothy" Fitzgerald: No. Montesorri programs are not being used to effect our primary grade teaching program. ESL must demand of the students with another primary language fluency by the time they leave eighth grade.Students are not being provided the full range of the best education through the classics in literature and instruction. 3. Where do you want the District to be five years from now? What steps should the District take to get there? Answer from Tim "Timothy" Fitzgerald: 1) High School Drop-out rate should be reduced by 5 to 10 percentage points. 2) There should be significant increase in Post Secondary enrollment in vocational or community college schools. 3) Montesorri programs should become available for families who want to take advantage of them. 4) English should be universally applicable after eighth grade. Responses to questions asked of each candidate are reproduced as submitted to the League.  Candidates' responses are not edited or corrected by the League. The order of the candidates is random and changes daily. Candidates who did not respond are not listed on this page.