11 DISTRICT SEATS OPEN SCHOOL BOARD CHANGES COMING.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer LANCASTER - Eleven board members in six school districts won't be seeking re-election. Deciding not to run in the Nov. 6 election are longtime Palmdale School District The Palmdale School District is a school district that serves a major part of the city of Palmdale, California (USA). The Palmdale School District was first formed in 1888. Approximately 28,000 students are enrolled in the Palmdale School District. trustees Velma Trosin and Fred Thompson, Westside trustees Larry Bosma and Charles Haskell, Wilsona trustee Michael Brown Michael or Mike Brown may refer to: In politics:
``Four terms, that's enough,'' said Trosin, who before her 16 years on the Palmdale School District board spent 30 years as a school nurse. ``Let some of these younger parents get involved.'' Thompson, a Palmdale board member since 1981, shared Trosin's sentiment that he had served long enough: ``For me it's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a to move on.'' Westside's Bosma said at his first election he had decided to stay on the board for eight years. ``I've done that,'' he said. The officials' decisions, made final with the close of the standard election period Friday, means political hopefuls in those districts have three more days to sign up to run. Filing deadlines for the six school district board races will be extended until Wednesday, a requirement of state law when an incumbent does not run. The four districts where all incumbents filed by Friday's deadline were Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District A unified school district is a school district which includes both primary school (kindergarten through middle school or junior high) and high school (grades 9-12). In Illinois, these districts are called unit school districts. , Antelope Valley Union High School District The Antelope Valley Union High School District (A.V.U.H.S.D.) is located in the Antelope Valley area of California, in northern Los Angeles County. The district includes eight public high schools, one trade school, and two continuation high schools in the cities of Palmdale , Eastside Union School District and Lancaster School District Lancaster School District may refer to:
The filing deadline for Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley College's board also will extend to Wednesday because incumbent Betty Lou Betty Lou is a Muppet from the show Sesame Street. She has blonde braided hair. She is friendly and has many dolls of many ethnicities but she has one favorite which she carries everywhere. Nash did not file to run again. In the Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District, incumbents Martin Barofsky, Steven Harbeson and Mark Nielsen Mark Nielsen (born 1964) was a Connecticut politician during the 1990's and was legal counsel to Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. On August 21, 2006 Romney announced he was promoting Nielsen to serve as his Chief of Staff. filed to run again and were joined by challenger Fred Heslep, a police officer from Agua Dulce Agua Dulce is Spanish for "sweet water". It also refers to various locations: In Mexico:
In Antelope Valley Community College, running for three full-term seats are: incumbents Michael Adams and Betty Wienke; appointed board member Steve Buffalo; veterinarian veterinarian /vet·er·i·nar·i·an/ (vet?er-i-nar´e-an) a person trained and authorized to practice veterinary medicine and surgery; a doctor of veterinary medicine. vet·er·i·nar·i·an n. Dave Fly; rancher and businessman Gary Michael Williams; teacher, educator and director Richard Skidmore; and Alan Wallace, whose designation was under review. Vying for Buffalo's seat, which expires in December 2003, are Wilsona School District trustee Michael Brown, computer operator Jason Gonella, and Antelope Valley Bank president and Antelope Valley Fair director Jack Seefus. In the Antelope Valley Union High School District, incumbents Brett Nelson and Cheryl Lundgren filed for re-election. A third seat is vacant due to former trustee Bill Olenick's resignation from the board in June. Other candidates for the three high school seats include school maintenance personnel Dino Vidal, teacher Calvin Robinson, businessman Richard Cook, Keppel Union School District assistant superintendent James Lott, and business owner and teacher Al Beattie Sr. In the Eastside Union School District, no challenger filed to run against the three incumbents: Charles Cooke, Ann Harris and Martha Johnson. In the Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes Union School District, incumbent Lola Skelton Mantooth and retired peace officer Chester Wilcox have filed to run for three seats. Incumbent David Haerle and appointed incumbent Lauri Nakashima did not file. In the Keppel Union School District race for three seats, incumbents Michael Dutton and Maxine Griffin, computer consultant Nicholas Trataris, and gas storage technician Jeff Sauer filed. In the Lancaster School District, incumbents Keith Giles, Greg Tepe and Richard White filed for re-election, along with teacher Bill Lindoff and homemaker Judy Swanson. In the Palmdale School District, incumbent Sheldon Epstein filed. Other candidates on the ballot for three seats include business owner Shawny Barcelona, parent and business owner Kathleen Edwards, Tim Murphy, Tim Dura, Terry Maness, homemaker Anthonette Vidal, business owner and Palmdale planning commissioner Robert Bo Bynum, businesswoman and education fund- raiser Sandy Corrales, and air traffic controller Stanley Faulk. In the Westside Union School District, incumbent Christine LeBeau will be joined on the ballot for three seats by business owner Alex Alexandria Dunkel, electrical engineer Matthew Jones, teacher Marty Meeden, businessman Michael Gudim, business owner Donna Margharita, administrator Ralph Rodriguez, teacher James Brink, and parent and franchise business owner Robin Kessler. In the Wilsona School District, incumbents Patricia Greene and Emma Montesdeoca will face Christina Behringer, teacher Mark Lucas, Christopher Lewis, studio driver Sean Dodge, and homemaker Benita Hunt, homemaker and parent Dolores Dolores (or Delores) was a common given name (until the 1960s in the USA); it is cognate with the English word "dolorous" (meaning sorrowful) and equivalent in meaning. Myrie for three seats. In the Southern Kern Unified School District, none of the three incumbents - Dennis Youngblood, Roger King and Ed Mackay - filed, but 12 challengers did. The candidates are Daniel Blodgett, who works in public education maintenance; deputy division chief Robert Vincelette Jr.; business owner Mario Gutierrez; education executive director Ariella Kapelner; engineer test consultant Ralph Nelson; civil service employee Steven Russell; operations clerk James Moshier; businessman Roger Hensley; self-employed Jean Marie Harris; special education para-educator Tamye Pearman; law student Timothy Shank shank (shangk) 1. leg (1). 2. crus ( 2). shank n. The part of the human leg between the knee and ankle. Jr.; and aerospace mechanic Bill Hughes. |
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