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Sharon has been a San Marcos Unified School District Governing Board Member since 1998. The district's accomplishments during her tenure include:
- Increased scores on the Academic Performance Index for each significant subgroup within the district
- Increased staff development, which is crucial to student success
- On-time completion of six new schools (four elementary, one middle, and one high school)
- Completion of the North County Regional Education Center
- Transition of K-8 schools from multi-track to single track
- Transition of all district schools (K-12) to a single calendar
- Formation of P.A.C.E. Promise + guaranteed acceptance to CSUSM if specific criteria is met
Sharon has lived in San Marcos since 1971 and is a graduate of San Marcos High School. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business with an emphasis in Accounting from San Diego State University and has worked in various related positions in private business. Sharon is a 2010 graduate of Leadership North County from CSUSM. Currently, she works full-time as a Realtor with North County Associated Brokers and plans to obtain her broker's license in 2011. In addition, she works part-time as a Controller for a local company.
Sharon has been married for 32 years to Dan Jenkins, a resident of San Marcos since 1964. They have two daughters, Jennifer and Heather, students in San Marcos Unified schools from kindergarten through twelfth grade. Jennifer, a San Marcos High School graduate, is a graduate of San Diego State University. Heather is a senior at University of San Diego.
Sharon has been involved as a parent volunteer at Woodland Park, Discovery, and Richland Elementary Schools, Woodland Park Middle School, San Marcos and Mission Hills High Schools and the San Marcos Education Foundation. In addition, she served as a coordinator of the successful 1996 $21.8 million school facilities bond campaign and is actively involved in the Prop K for KIDS campaign. Currently, she is a Board Member of the Valley of Discovery Education Foundation and Connected Through Kids (a non-profit organization serving foster children and their families).
Sharon's community and educational involvement has included the following:
- San Marcos AYSO-Team Parent
- San Marcos Girls' Softball-Team Parent
- Girl Scouts-Leader, Co-leader and Cookie Parent
- Woodland Park Elementary School Home & School Club (parent group) - *Treasurer, Vice President of Fundraising, President. Weekly classroom parent volunteer
- San Marcos Unified School District Parent Advisory Council
- San Marcos Unified School District Co-Chair for the 1996 school bond campaign
- San Marcos Unified School District High School Configuration Committee
- San Marcos Education Foundation Board Member
- Discovery Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization-founding Board *Member/Treasurer and weekly Classroom Parent Volunteer
- Richland Elementary School Site Council and weekly Parent Volunteer
- Discovery Elementary School VIP Reading Tutor
- Woodland Park Middle School Parent Club
- Woodland Park Middle School Music Booster Club-founding Board Member
- San Marcos High School Grad Nite Committee Volunteer and Band Booster Volunteer
- Mission Hills High School-Parent Volunteer for three years, Grad Nite Co-Chair
- San Marcos Unified School District Nutrition Committee
- San Marcos Unified School District Board Representative for the North County *Consortium for Special Education
- City of San Marcos Community Foundation Board Member
- San Marcos Chamber of Commerce
- Valley of Discovery Education Foundation-founding Board Member
- San Marcos Unified School District Visioning Committee
- California School Board Association + completed Masters in Governance
- Connected Through Kids + Board Member
- CSUSM + Leadership North County 2010 Graduate
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