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C. Scott Zeidman
1,298 votes
24.45%
- Occupation: Attorney/Business Owner
- Father of an 8 year old (3rd Grade/El Marino) and a 3 year old (joining CCUSD in 2008)
- Culver City resident since 1972
- Culver City High School Graduate ('80), Culver City Junior High School ('77), and Farragut Elementary School ('74)
- Bachelor of Science from Loyola Marymount University ('84) and Juris Doctorate from UC Davis ('90)
Priorities:
- Communicating with our residents so that we can increase community participation in our schools.
- Getting a hold on our enrollment with the distinct possibility of limiting permits to an extent so that we can better educate Culver City students.
- Ensuring that we recruit and maintain the best possible teachers and staff
Steven M. "Steve" Gourley
1,285 votes
24.21%
- Occupation: Financial Attorney
Priorities:
- Safe, Secure, and Clean Schools for the Students
- Smaller Class Sizes
- Listen to voters, parents, teachers, students
Roger Maxwell
1,193 votes
22.48%
- Occupation: Retired Juvenile Probation Officer & Computer Programmer
- Culver City resident with wife Annette (Professor at UCLA) since 1991.
- HSA recipient 2004; (co) President PTA Farragut; ABC Project Founder
- PTA Committees: Historian; Traffic/Safety; Art; Playground Improvement; Multiplication Tables Project
- Community Service: (co) Founder two Culver City Scout Troops; Coached two Sally Ride Toy Challenge teams (National Math & Science Contest)
- Two Culver City School daughters, McKenna at CCMS, Katherine at CCHS
- BA in History, California State University, Dominguez Hills
Priorities:
- Safety in and around schools, including traffic control.
- Balance enrollment process through scrutiny of permit process and teacher retention to optimize class sizes.
- Hold regularly scheduled meetings with parents, teachers, & community members to be an informed representative at school board meetings.
Michael W. Eskridge
910 votes
17.14%
- Occupation: Businessman/Florist
- Culver Elementary School, Culver Junior High School, Culver High School
- Santa Monica College, Brigham Young University, University of California at Los Angeles, University of Southern California
- California School Boards Association Masters of Boardsmanship, Florist Transworld Deliver Association Master Designer Degree
- Owner Culver Center Flowers, Inc. Culver City Flower Shop
- Married 31years, father of Adam (25) and Brian (23)Culver City High School. Wife Patty, first grade teacher Farragut Elementary.
Priorities:
- Expanding educational options for all children to learn at their own level.
- Holding a hard line on discipline so all children feel safe at schools.
- Accountability at all levels of the educational system.
Alan Elmont
622 votes
11.72%
- Occupation: Businessman/Attorney
- Member Community Budget Advisory Committee
- Member Site Council
- Juris Doctor, Loyola Law School Class 1997
- BA Political Science Univ. of Mass. 1975
- Married to Teri Scott for 24 years
- Proud Dad to Chani, Monika and Lee
Priorities:
- Communication and outreach to families, teachers and community
- Public preparation to address the fiscal issues of declining enrollent
- Continued growth and improvement of excellent education for our students
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Official Information
- Culver City Unified School District
District Statistics
- GreatSchools.net
LWV/PTA Candidate Forum
- date: Tuesday October 16
time: 7:30-9:00pm
place: Linwood E. Howe School Auditorium
moderator: Barbara Inatsugu
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