Time for Change San Diego

08/19/2021

In 2018, Kevin Beiser secured a 3rd term as San Diego Unified District B representative. Dr. Michael McQuary, set to retire, won the District C seat.

In the 2020 elections, all 3 teacher-union backed candidates defeated community candidates, maintaining control of California’s 2nd largest school district.

In 2020, Voters demanded reform of SDUSD by overwhelmingly approving DISTRICT-ONLY elections for SDUSD Trustees, now set to begin in 2022.

In the upcoming 2022 races, District B & C residents finally have the exclusive right to choose their next SDUSD representative. No more city-wide contests that allowed voters from one sub-district to cast ballots in every sub-district race. It’s about time.

Having played a role in ushering in District-only elections for SDUSD since running in 2018, I have continued the fight for ethical, accountable, and transparent representation of California’s 2nd largest school district.

As you did in 2018, please join me in this fight by visiting: https://www.thearistotlefoundation.org

The need for leadership has never been greater. Join the fight!

10/03/2020

3 of the 6 candidates here will lead California’s 2nd largest school district. If you live in SD, then you better pay attention and choose wisely. It’s your schools, your taxes, your communities, your vote that matters! I know which 3 I’m voting for. Do you?

07/08/2019

San Diego has indeed come a long way in recognizing LGBT rights and I applaud our community for taking meaningful and verifiable steps that have effectively lead to demonstrable gains in combating discrimination.

Yet there are larger minority groups that San Diego Unified has turned a blind eye to - our students of color, which represents the overwhelming majority of students in San Diego Unified. This District is failing to provide a meaningful pathway and plan of accountability for the tens of thousands of African American, Latino, and API students that do not meet state testing standards in math and English.

There is a leadership gap in San Diego Unified. And with three of five seats up for election in 2020, our communities deserve to know that there are much bigger problems we are facing in our communities. I hope that as we approach election season that we remember to spotlight the importance of the 2020 races for San Diego Unified. If history is to be our guide, we should expect that the powers of the status quo will throw enormous sums of money once again in support of incumbents that see no real need for change in the 2nd largest school district in California.

I respectfully disagree. It’s time for change San Diego.

For P.E. teacher Lynn Barnes-Wallace, San Diego Unified has come a long way since Dec. 1, 1992, when she stood in front of the school board and asked them to ban discrimination against gay and le***an students and staff, such as herself.

05/24/2019

Demonizing and limiting public school choice by blaming district fiscal problems on public school charters instead of on the out of control fiscal problems districts have in rising pension and healthcare costs still does not bring accountability to district-run schools.

The California Teachers Association is pushing two charter school “reforms” that are actually steps to strongly discourage them. The unions and their supporters claim that charters, which serve of the state’s 6 million students, are riddled with , run by corporate profiteers and driving budget...

05/24/2019

A majority 3 of 5 seats are up for grabs in the 2nd largest school district in California in 2020. Vote them out San Diego.

04/26/2019

I'm happy when I can point out that Democrats, Republicans, & Independents can and do agree. As a Republican, I've been fighting alongside Dems & Indies that spotlight the need for accountability in our public education system. Thank you VOSD for printing the fallacy that fixing a broken election process is NOT a "Republican" ploy.

Assemblywoman Shirley Weber has introduced a bill that would change San Diego Unified Board of Education races to subdistrict-only elections. The bill is on a two-year track to allow the City Council time to possibly introduce its own reforms sooner.

04/24/2019

With student academic achievement performance failing while parents are denied a choice that works where Districts don't, I can't understand why anyone would be smiling.

San Diego Unified Trustee Kevin Beiser made his first public appearance Tuesday night since four men accused him of sexual harassment and assault. Beiser attended the Board of Trustees meeting two weeks after his colleagues on the board unanimously passed, in his absence, a resolution urging Beiser....

04/24/2019

My interview this evening with K**I. Do you agree that Beiser should step down?

SAN DIEGO (K**I) – After nearly of month of hiding, San Diego Unified trustee Kevin baser showed up at tonight’s board meeting, but his appearance left more questions than answers. Not even the board knows what’s going on. Beiser showed up today like business as usual. He then he slipped out w...

04/23/2019

San Diego Unified elections violate the California Voting Rights Act and are now being challenged in court. By District elections would make recalling a ‘Beiser’ easier and effective.

By-district elections to be held starting November 2020

04/12/2019

This is really sad. Struggling students did have an option that worked until the SDUSD board chose to close Thrive Public Schools. 80% of kids that came to Thrive were 4 years behind and came from schools like Porter. Instead of supporting our community with a choice, the SDUSD board chose to shut Thrive down but have no answers for Porter Elementary. Duplicitous? Board member Evans stated - “If a neighborhood school is not performing, we very definitely need to take a serious look at what needs to change for it to improve. Closing the school does not accomplish that.” Hmm? Why close a successful school where kids like these have a fighting chance? What needs to change is a board that has no answers for families that need it the most. !

Parents and a school counselor say they must fight tirelessly to get students at Porter Elementary the services they’re legally entitled to. The NAACP has filed a complaint against the school. It’s one of nine traditional public schools in San Diego Unified to make the state’s list of most und...

04/04/2019

When districts fail to perform due diligence or report instances of sexual misconduct of a teacher, it doesn't simply expose districts to financial risk. Far worse is it created the opportunity for a teacher accused of sexual assault to slip from one district to another that resulted in another sexual assault that should was avoidable. Tragic.

Sweetwater Union High School District will pay a former Mar Vista High School student $2.2 million to settle claims that officials negligently hired and retained a Navy Junior ROTC substitute teacher who pleaded guilty to statutory r**e. The lawsuit alleged that Sweetwater Union should have known ab...