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Los Angeles County, CA November 2, 1999 Election
Governing Board Member; Las Virgenes Unified School District

4 Year Term.

Candidates (Vote for 2)
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Patricia E. "Pat" Schulz 2,436 votes 33.99%

  • Occupation: Business co-owner, community volunteer
  • PFC Board member continuously, 1977-91, Pres. at Willow 2 yrs. and at Agoura High 2 yrs.
  • Director, Las Virgenes Educational Foundation, chaired LVEF events that raised over $200,000 for our schools
  • One of 4 founding members of AHS Grad Nite
  • Past Pres., Hillrise Open Space Assn., Board of Director member 15 years
  • 1991 Penland Award for outstanding dedication and service to the community
Priorities:
  • Keeping good teachers in the classrooms. Good teachers are at the heart of a quality education
  • Need to acquire sites ASAP for a middle school and 2 elementary schools
  • Maintain challenging curriculum and high standards for every student
Terilyn Finders 1,843 votes 25.72%
  • Occupation: Corporate Communications
  • 15 years corporate/public relations experience
  • Three-term PFA president LVUSD
  • Conduct in-class writing workshops
  • Agoura Resident/ two children in LVUSD
  • BA Journalism, minor in music education
Priorities:
  • Building new schools
  • More local budget control
  • Hiring/keeping excellent teachers
Bruce T. Kaye 1,417 votes 19.77%
Gary Paul Mueller 1,036 votes 14.46%
  • Occupation: Auto Parts, Sales & Distribution
  • Chamber of Commerce President (3 Times)
  • LVUSD Restructuring Committee
  • Agoura High School Academic Accreditation Committee
  • Walt Penlan Awaed (Citizen of the year)
  • Who's Who in Business, World Wide 1993
  • LVUSD -- Award of Merit
Priorities:
  • Security -- Safe environment for students and teachers on & around Campus.
  • Class Size Reduction -- Continue what has started through grade 9 and beyond
  • Student/Counselor Ratio -- Presently as high as 600 to 1 -- reduce to 200 to 1
Gregory D. "Greg" Stone 435 votes 6.07%
  • Occupation: 1st Assistant Director -- Commercials
  • BA - University of Colorado
  • Attended Chicago Theological Seminary at University of Chicago
  • Director - "A Campaign to Remember" for U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
  • Trainer -- Street Academies (Trained teachers and streetworkers for inner-city schools.)
  • Producer / 1st Assistant - Award-winning commercials for national and international clients.
Priorities:
  • Education inspires dreams and provides the tools to make them come true. In assessing our success we must ask, "Are we making dreams come true?"
  • Parents share the student's dreams.. Parents are the primary advocate for the student. The District should give priority to parent concerns.
  • Our District needs to improve "customer relations." We need a Board that's more responsive to its customers. This will be my first priority.

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