21 ANSWER ROLL CALL FOR SCHOOL BOARD SEATS.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Staff Writer Twenty-one people are running for 10 seats on the Santa Clarita Valley's five elementary school boards. Challengers will face seven incumbents in the races for seats on the boards. Meanwhile, there will be no election in the Santa Clarita Community College District, which governs College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. , because nobody filed election papers to challenge the incumbents in the November general election. College trustees Michele Jenkins, Bruce Fortine and Ronald Gillis will retain their seats. ``They will be appointed in lieu of an election,'' said Grace Chavez, a spokeswoman with the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder's Office. ``There are not a sufficient number of candidates.'' Not seeking re-election is Eileen Connolly, president of the Saugus Union School District The Saugus Union School District is a school district in the Santa Clarita Valley that serves the Saugus, Valencia, and Canyon Country communities within the city of Santa Clarita, California. As of March 25,2006, it has 15 elementary schools. . Paul Strickland and Steve Sturgeon will vacate their seats on the board of the Sulphur Springs School District The Sulphur Springs School District is a school district in the Santa Clarita Valley that serves portions of the Canyon Country and Newhall communities within the city of Santa Clarita, California. As of March 26, 2006, it has 8 elementary schools. , as will Philip Ellis Jr., a Newhall school board member. The three are running for the board of the William S. Hart Union High School District. Thomas Caesar and Lester Freeman are running for re-election to the Castaic Union School District board, challenged by Becky Bennett, Patrick Corrigan, Phillip Mazzeo and Steven Sansone for the at-large seats. In the Saugus Union School District, incumbent Rose Koscielny will face challengers Douglas Bryce and Rose Diaz. Incumbent Marilyn Sparks will face M. Teresa Todd and Michael Hogan for two seats in Sulphur Springs. Newhall School District The Newhall School District is a school district in the Santa Clarita Valley that serves the Valencia and Newhall communities within the city of Santa Clarita, California, as well as the Stevenson Ranch community in unincorporated Los Angeles County. incumbent Ron Winkler Winkler may refer to:
Fred Heslep, John Sisco, and R. ``Becky'' Small are challenging incumbents James Duzick and Sally McCord for seats on the 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. . |
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