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Santa Clara County, CA November 4, 2008 Election
Trustee; Santa Clara Unified School District; Trustee Area 2 Voter Information

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Results as of Nov 25 11:10am, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (68/68)
Candidates (Vote for 2)
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Albert Gonzalez Click here for more information about this candidate 17,876 votes 36.79%

  • Occupation: Engineer/Father/Businessman
  • Parent of two SCUSD students
  • Past Tutor for Wilcox HS students
  • BS - Electrical Engineering Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
  • Elected to Board of Directors - Associated Students Inc., Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
  • Coach - Santa Clara Youth Soccer League
  • Over sixteen years of tutoring and mentoring students
Priorities:
  • District accountability at all levels
  • Retain/Recruit quality teachers and increase parent/community involvement
  • Narrow the achievement gap while raising the bar
Don Bordenave 12,071 votes 24.85%
  • Occupation: Incumbent
Noelani Sallings Click here for more information about this candidate 12,042 votes 24.79%
  • Occupation: Community Volunteer
  • Executive Director of a Non Profit
  • Santa Clara Unified School District Parent
  • Bachelors Degree of Science, Santa Clara University
  • Public School Week Award Receipant
  • Executive Board of the Santa Clara Schools Foundation
Priorities:
  • Contiuning to set high standards while reducing the achieve gap and raising the achievement bar.
  • Empowering all student to their greatest potential by educating the entire learner in all areas of their lives.
  • Ensuring the fiscal security of the district.
Ashish Mangla Click here for more information about this candidate 6,594 votes 13.57%
  • Occupation: Technologist/Engineer
  • MS and Specialization in VLSI design
  • Parent of three Children who are in SCUSD Schools
Priorities:
  • - Increasing Education standards of the Santa clara city schools along with incentivizing children from economically weaker section of our community.
  • - Bringing greater transparency in the SCUSD.
  • - Increasing economic benefits of Santa Clara school teachers.

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