Soo Yoo
CA · Member, ABC Unified School District Board of Education
Soo Yoo has served on the ABC Unified school board since 2013 and was board president twice, including during COVID-19. The retired founder of a college prep tutoring center, she says she values academic achievement, safe schools, student well-being, and fiscal responsibility.
Where Soo Yoo stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record), Public Education Quality (5 records), Public Infrastructure (2 records)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (2 support · 3 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 support · 3 oppose
Voted to adopt the school closing plan, which passed 4-3, and against removing Furgeson and Stowers from it, which failed 3-4. She later joined a 7-0 vote to push Furgeson's closing back one year.
September 16, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Seconded and voted for a plan to close four elementary schools (Aloha, Furgeson, Juarez and Stowers) and regroup grades as enrollment fell. It failed 3-4. Her own version with conditions for families also failed 3-4.
June 17, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Made the motion to adopt the district's plan for spending its third round of federal COVID-19 school relief money (ESSER III). It passed 7-0.
October 19, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Made the motion to adopt the district's 2021-22 budget, about $280 million, and its yearly plan for student goals and spending. It passed 7-0.
June 15, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: 4.files.edl.io
As board president, voted to put a $258 million school repair bond (Measure BB) on the November 2018 ballot. It passed 7-0. Earlier that night she voted to keep 'lowest bidder' language in the bond plan, but the board removed it 5-2.
July 17, 2018Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Voted to create a new campus safety and security officer job for district schools. It passed 6-1.
September 20, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 5 support
Voted for a plan to add sixth grade at Whitney High School, with 165 local students per grade in 6-8 and 175 in 9-12. It passed 7-0.
February 17, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Made the motion to adopt the district's plan for spending its third round of federal COVID-19 school relief money (ESSER III). It passed 7-0.
October 19, 2021Supports Public Education Quality
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Made the motion to adopt the district's 2021-22 budget, about $280 million, and its yearly plan for student goals and spending. It passed 7-0.
June 15, 2021Supports Public Education Quality
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Voted to apply for a state grant tied to the governor's plan to bring students back to in-person classes. It passed 6-1.
January 19, 2021Supports Public Education Quality
Source: 4.files.edl.io
As board president, voted to put a $258 million school repair bond (Measure BB) on the November 2018 ballot. It passed 7-0. Earlier that night she voted to keep 'lowest bidder' language in the bond plan, but the board removed it 5-2.
July 17, 2018Supports Public Education Quality
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 2 support
Made the motion to raise the school fees charged on new homes and new commercial buildings (Resolution 20-37). It passed 7-0.
November 4, 2020Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: 4.files.edl.io
As board president, voted to put a $258 million school repair bond (Measure BB) on the November 2018 ballot. It passed 7-0. Earlier that night she voted to keep 'lowest bidder' language in the bond plan, but the board removed it 5-2.
July 17, 2018Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Track record — General
General · 15 records
Cast the only vote against delaying the hiring of a land-use expert to advise on unused school property. The delay passed 6-1.
March 10, 2026
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Voted against promising families moved by school closings their first or second choice of school no matter the space. It passed 5-2.
November 4, 2025
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Moved to bring back the board's parent notification policy with new rules for young students at the next meeting. It failed 1-5, with only her voting yes.
November 7, 2023
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Voted for new Whitney High School admission rules as staff wrote them; that failed 3-4. She then voted for an amended version, which passed 6-1.
October 17, 2023
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Cast the only vote against a contract with an outside group to help two elementary schools with students who miss a lot of school. It passed 5-1.
May 16, 2023
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Made the motion to approve Dr. Gina Zietlow's contract as superintendent through June 2026. It passed 5-0.
May 2, 2023
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Cast the only vote against updated high school graduation rules that included the new ethnic studies course. She said the state was pushing unneeded standards. It passed 4-1.
February 7, 2023
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Took the oath of office for a new term on the ABC Unified school board after winning re-election in Trustee Area 2 in November 2022.
December 13, 2022
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Voted to form a board committee and hire a search firm to find a new superintendent. It passed 5-2.
September 20, 2022
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Voted for a board resolution opposing California's COVID-19 vaccine requirement for K-12 students. It passed 5-2.
March 15, 2022
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Was elected president of the ABC Unified school board for 2022 on a 4-3 vote.
December 7, 2021
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Abstained on a contract with two university professors to train the district's ethnic studies committee of 20 teachers and administrators. It passed 5-0-1.
November 2, 2021
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Voted to cut each public speaker's time at board meetings from five minutes to three. The motion failed 3-4.
August 17, 2021
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Voted against making the new Equity Officer a Cabinet-level job, saying that was too much to start with; that failed 2-5. She then voted to create the job with quarterly reports to the board, which passed 6-1.
February 2, 2021
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Made the motion to start the 2020-21 school year with online classes only (the Virtual Academy) because of COVID-19. It passed 7-0.
July 17, 2020
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Past race Soo Yoo ran in:
- ABC Unified School District Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 2 · November 3, 2026 · ABC Unified School District Trustee Area 2 · incumbent