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Los Angeles County, CA November 4, 2014 Election
Member, Board of Education; Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Voter Information

Results as of Nov 25 1:07pm, 100% of Precincts Reporting (75/75)
Candidates (Vote for 4)
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Laurie Lieberman 15,247 votes 20.75%

Richard Amir "TJ" Tahvildaran-Jesswein Click here for more information about this candidate 12,277 votes 16.71%
  • Occupation: Community College Professor
  • Ph.D. Political Science, Northern Arizona University
  • Full Tenured Professor at Santa Monica College
  • Associate Director, SMC Public Policy Institute
  • Steering Committee Member, Community for Excellent Public Schools
  • V.P. Education, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District PTA
  • President, Westside Ballet of Santa Monica Guild
  • RTJforSchoolBoard2014@gmail.com
Priorities:
  • Close the Achievement Gap
  • Expand Pathways to College
  • Fully Implement the District's Vision for Student Success, VSS
Craig Foster Click here for more information about this candidate 12,126 votes 16.50%
  • Occupation: Certified Teacher
  • SMMUSD Parent
  • SMMUSD Financial Oversight Committee Member
  • PTA Service Award - Point Dume and Webster Elementary Schools
  • Former PTA President Webster Elementary
  • Masters Degree in Education
  • Former Member Superintendent's Advisory Committee
  • craig@foster4smmusd.com
Priorities:
  • Prepare Students for 21st Century
  • Increase School Site Input
  • Promote Collaborative Practices Between Students, Parents, Teachers, Administrators, and Community
Oscar De La Torre 11,990 votes 16.32% Ralph Mechur Click here for more information about this candidate 11,522 votes 15.68% Priorities:
  • Ensure parity of program and learning opportunities for all our students
  • Work collaboratively to develop a strong and responsive curriculum approach
  • Develop a long-term strategy to increase revenue
Dhun May Click here for more information about this candidate 5,169 votes 7.03%
  • Occupation: Teacher
  • 50 year resident of Santa Monica & Malibu
  • Programmer Analyst for Management Sciences Dept. of RAND (1969-1971)
  • Master's degree in Mathematics
  • Participant in Volunteers In Service To America program (1994 -- 1995)
  • Practicing Zoroastrian
  • Parent of Dr. Armaiti Khorshed May & the late, great champion of compassion, Daniel Byram May
  • mazdayasnie@netzero.net
Priorities:
  • Advocating for testing caulking for PCBs, removing unhealthy caulking, & using green portables
  • Limiting children's exposure to radiation from wireless devices
  • Questioning The Double Tree Hotel's claim that no percentage rent is due to the district.
Patty Finer Click here for more information about this candidate 5,148 votes 7.01%
  • Occupation: College Admissions Consultant
  • President & CEO of The College Admissions Consultant, Inc.
  • Graduate of USC (BA) , UCLA ( Law, College Admissions Counseling) and Widener University (M. Ed - Educational Technology)
  • Member of HECA, NACAC, OCACA, & WASAC
  • Past Board Member of the Brentwood-Palisades Cotillion & Participant in SMPD Citizen's Academy
  • Author of Award Winning Book, The Applica-Phobia of College Admissions
  • Prior Employment as a Workers' Compensation Litigator
  • counselor@thecollegeadmissionsconsultant.com
Priorities:
  • The On-Going Malibu Crisis
  • The Privatizing and Outsourcing in SMMUSD
  • The Paradigm Shift - Common Core & Technology

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