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Los Angeles County, CA November 3, 2009 Election
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Candidate Statement

By Carmen Avalos

Candidate for Governing Board Member; Cerritos Community College District

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Carmen Avalos humbly request your support on November 3rd to re-elect her to the Cerritos Community College Board of Trustees.
Occupation: Municipal Clerk/ Educator Education: MA in Education, Administration

19 year resident of the Cerritos College District As a parent of children attending schools in Downey USD and Bellflower, I see the need to have programs at our local community college that are accessible for our communities higher educational and career technology training needs.

As a former educator/teacher of the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District, it gave me a true understanding of the educational challenges our youth and families are facing.

Carmen Avalos, will continue to work to make Cerritos College responsive to the needs of the community by:

  • Providing fiscal responsibility and accountability to you, the taxpayer.

  • Ensuring the intergrity of the College by promoting the hiring and retentnion of quality employees

  • Continitue the ongoing work of increasing the transfer rate to four-year universities and support the habits of mind program via iFalcon.

  • Continue the on-going partnering with our local K-12 school districts to promote higher education and make resources available to our educators, students, parents.

  • Utilizing technology to create opportunities for all members of our community by facilitate more on-line courses.

  • Establishing the college as a resource center for community events, job opportunity fairs and activities.

I am an advocate of higher education, a true believer in building strong and responsive leadership, and aaccess to higher education for everyone in our community.

A vote for Carmen Avalos as your Cerritos College Board of Trustees will ensure an experienced and genuine advocate for our children, our families, our community. I humbly request that you re-elect Carmen Avalos. Thank you.

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