Monica Garcia
CA · Member, Glendora Unified School District Board of Education
Monica Garcia has served four years on the Glendora Unified school board after volunteering with school PTAs and the Glendora Education Foundation. A former manager and parent of Glendora students, she says she will keep students at the center of board decisions and support teachers.
Where Monica Garcia stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Infrastructure (1 record)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 1 oppose), Public Education Quality (4 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 1 oppose
Made the motion to cut four special education instructional aide jobs at the end of the 2024-25 school year to help close a $3.8 million yearly deficit. It passed 5-0.
February 24, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Seconded and voted for teacher and staff contracts giving an 8.5% raise plus a 2% one-time payment. The board approved them 5-0.
October 9, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 4 support · 1 oppose
Again moved to approve the ethnic studies course outline, this time as a voluntary elective pilot for 2025-26. It failed 2-3.
May 12, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
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Made the motion to approve a one-semester ethnic studies course outline, to start as a pilot in 2025-26 under state law AB 101. It failed 2-3.
March 10, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
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Made the motion to cut four special education instructional aide jobs at the end of the 2024-25 school year to help close a $3.8 million yearly deficit. It passed 5-0.
February 24, 2025Opposes Public Education Quality
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Seconded and voted for teacher and staff contracts giving an 8.5% raise plus a 2% one-time payment. The board approved them 5-0.
October 9, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
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Made the motion to approve the district's yearly school improvement plan (the LCAP) for 2023-24. It first failed 2-1, then the board reconsidered and approved it 3-0 with her vote.
June 15, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
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Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Moved to hire a consultant for $118,750 to plan a possible school facilities bond measure. No one seconded, so it died. She then moved to approve a bond voter survey, which passed 5-0.
August 25, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
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Track record — General
General · 5 records
Made the motion to adopt a new board policy on how schools respond to immigration enforcement (Board Policy 1445), based on the state school boards association's model. It passed 5-0.
February 9, 2026
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Cast the only no vote when the board re-elected Gary Clifford as board president for 2026. He won 4-1.
December 8, 2025
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Was elected board vice president for 2024 by a 4-0 vote.
December 11, 2023
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Voted against a proposed parental notification ('parental rights') policy, Board Policy 5020.1, brought by trustee Gary Clifford. It failed 2-3.
October 9, 2023
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Took the oath of office as a Glendora Unified board member for Trustee Area 2. The same night the board elected her board clerk for 2023.
December 12, 2022
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Past race Monica Garcia ran in:
- Glendora Unified School District Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 2 · November 3, 2026 · Glendora Unified School District Trustee Area 2 · incumbent