Christina Maria Steward

Seconded and voted for revised public-construction procurement rules authorizing informal bidding within defined limits, delegating certain contract decisions and prohibiting splitting projects to avoid bidding requirements.

February 10, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

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Draft minutes recorded her vote to adopt the 2026–27 budget. Its General Fund plan projected $152.89 million in revenue, $157.03 million in spending and a $4.14 million fund-balance decrease; planned spending was 3.8% below prior-year estimated actuals.

June 23, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Draft minutes recorded her Yes vote on the final special-tax ordinance for Community Facilities District 6, following her May votes establishing the district and authorizing up to $5 million in debt for public-school facilities.

June 9, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Draft minutes recorded her vote to raise CSEA employees' monthly medical-benefit cap from $1,700 to $1,860.38 for July 2026 through June 2027. The agreement set a return to $1,700 afterward absent renegotiation.

June 9, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for management and unrepresented employee pay adjustments: a 4% schedule increase retroactive to July 1, 2023, a 2% one-time payment and a further 1% schedule increase from January 1, 2024. She supported matching teacher and classified-employee adjustments in November.

December 13, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for the final special-tax ordinance for Community Facilities District 5 after supporting its formation and up-to-$46-million aggregate debt authorization in February. The new district replaced specified undeveloped areas of CFD 1.

March 19, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted to authorize up to $15 million in Community Facilities District 4 special-tax bonds for school, city and water facilities. The financing used in-district special taxes and reserves rather than the district General Fund.

October 3, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Moved and voted for a classified-employee agreement providing a 12% ongoing pay increase and a 4% one-time payment. She also voted for management pay increases of 12%, retroactive to July 1, 2022, and a $3,000 retention payment.

May 23, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Moved and voted for the teacher-union agreement providing a 12% ongoing pay increase, a $3,000 retention payment and a $1,650 monthly health-benefit cap.

April 11, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for a budget-reduction resolution setting minimum reductions of $4 million for 2021–22 and an additional $6.9 million for 2022–23, with detailed plans and implementation timelines.

May 25, 2021Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Voted to authorize up to $7.5 million in refinancing certificates, with issuance conditioned on at least 3% net present-value savings. The authorization capped the underwriting discount at 1%.

November 12, 2019Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for revised student-search rules adding metal-detector procedures and limiting searches of personal electronic devices to serious emergencies. The policy addressed staff training, two-employee searches, parent notice and individualized suspicion for dog searches of personal items.

October 24, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for immigration-response and SB 98 school-access policies limiting immigration-status collection, voluntary disclosure of student information and access to nonpublic school areas, with lawful-process and emergency exceptions.

February 10, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Moved and voted to adopt employee Title IX sexual-harassment complaint procedures, including no-cost supportive measures, impartial investigation, access to evidence, a separate decision-maker and appeal rights.

March 14, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted to approve Bradach Elementary's community-school implementation plan, including literacy and mathematics support, family engagement and coordinated health referrals. She also supported the school's $1,321,156 wellness-center project in April 2025.

May 26, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted to adopt a district School Attendance Review Board policy emphasizing early support, multiagency review, student input and annual reporting. She also supported February attendance rules providing monitoring and intervention before escalation.

April 28, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted for updated mathematics and science instruction policies addressing state-aligned standards, teacher professional learning, instructional materials and evaluation of program effectiveness.

June 10, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted to adopt the draft Thrive2030 Framework for the Future, covering student-centered learning, teacher professional learning, community partnerships and student wellbeing. She had served on the Guiding Coalition and presented a coalition update in February 2025.

June 10, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted to adopt the Multitudes reading-difficulty screener, including dyslexia screening, for K–2 and approve $1,500 in teacher training. The district selected no-cost screening services and licenses.

May 20, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted for updated independent-study rules retaining voluntary participation, credentialed supervision and instruction comparable to classroom learning, with progress reviews, live instruction and a return-to-classroom process.

March 11, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted to revise the 2023–26 English Learner Master Plan, covering language-development instruction, reclassification, monitoring of long-term English learners, parent consultation and four years of monitoring after reclassification.

January 28, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted to approve Positive Prevention Plus, a grade-eight comprehensive sexual-health and HIV-prevention curriculum, with recommended edits.

January 14, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted for updated parent-and-family engagement policies requiring evaluation of participation barriers, parent input, translation and accommodations, and use of evaluation findings to improve engagement.

November 12, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

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Moved and voted to adopt McGraw Hill Impact history and social-science curriculum for TK–8, including eight years of digital access, student materials and eight teacher-training days, for $1,583,638.22.

March 28, 2023Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted to purchase and adopt SAVVAS California Elevate Science curriculum materials. She had voted against delaying the adoption for further review in March.

April 12, 2022Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted for immigration-response and SB 98 school-access policies limiting immigration-status collection, voluntary disclosure of student information and access to nonpublic school areas, with lawful-process and emergency exceptions.

February 10, 2026Supports Data Privacy

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Voted for revised student-search rules adding metal-detector procedures and limiting searches of personal electronic devices to serious emergencies. The policy addressed staff training, two-employee searches, parent notice and individualized suspicion for dog searches of personal items.

October 24, 2023Supports Data Privacy

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Moved and voted for revised student nondiscrimination rules covering complaint investigations, records and equal access. The rules added limits on collecting and disclosing gender-identity information, with legal and student-wellbeing exceptions.

March 14, 2023Supports Data Privacy

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Voted for immigration-response and SB 98 school-access policies limiting immigration-status collection, voluntary disclosure of student information and access to nonpublic school areas, with lawful-process and emergency exceptions.

February 10, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Moved and voted to adopt employee Title IX sexual-harassment complaint procedures, including no-cost supportive measures, impartial investigation, access to evidence, a separate decision-maker and appeal rights.

March 14, 2023Supports Civil Rights

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Moved and voted for revised Section 504 procedures covering disability evaluation, individualized service plans, equal access to school activities, parent participation and impartial hearings.

March 14, 2023Supports Civil Rights

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Moved and voted for revised student nondiscrimination rules covering complaint investigations, records and equal access. The rules added limits on collecting and disclosing gender-identity information, with legal and student-wellbeing exceptions.

March 14, 2023Supports Civil Rights

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Draft minutes recorded her Yes vote on the final special-tax ordinance for Community Facilities District 6, following her May votes establishing the district and authorizing up to $5 million in debt for public-school facilities.

June 9, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted to raise school-facilities developer fees to $3.65 per square foot for residential construction and $0.59 for most commercial construction, with separate rates for qualifying senior housing and self-storage.

May 26, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted for the final special-tax ordinance for Community Facilities District 5 after supporting its formation and up-to-$46-million aggregate debt authorization in February. The new district replaced specified undeveloped areas of CFD 1.

March 19, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted to authorize up to $15 million in Community Facilities District 4 special-tax bonds for school, city and water facilities. The financing used in-district special taxes and reserves rather than the district General Fund.

October 3, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure

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Received Reform California's voting recommendation for Adelanto Elementary School District Governing Board, Area 4, in its 2026 San Bernardino County guide.

October 24, 2026

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Received the San Bernardino County Republican Party's endorsement for Adelanto Elementary School District Governing Board, Area 4, in its 2026 voter guide.

October 24, 2026

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Received Jennifer Horn's personal endorsement for Adelanto Elementary School District Governing Board, Area 4, in her San Bernardino County voter guide.

October 5, 2026

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Draft minutes recorded her vote for updated school-health policies addressing telehealth, physical and mental-health supports, coordination, Medi-Cal outreach and parent consent with legally authorized exceptions.

September 8, 2026

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Draft minutes recorded her vote for an 80% Title I and 20% General Fund model for assistant-principal funding, with reviews of actual duties, payroll and school plans to keep charges aligned with eligible work.

September 8, 2026

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Draft minutes recorded her vote to establish an eleven-member property-use advisory committee and solicit applications, with public meetings, community input and recommendations returning to the board.

September 8, 2026

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Draft minutes recorded her vote to update physical-education policy with heat, air-quality and severe-weather safety measures, including monitoring, water and rest, safer indoor options and transport or closure procedures.

August 11, 2026

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Draft minutes recorded her No vote on the $6,909,760 Think Together agreement for before-school, after-school and noninstructional-day programs at 14 sites. It passed 3–1 with one abstention, after an earlier June proposal failed.

June 23, 2026

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Draft minutes recorded her vote to approve a PERB settlement providing a one-time 5% pay adjustment for eligible CSEA employees who covered absent coworkers without substitutes during November 2024–February 2025. Overtime was excluded; the agreement contained no admission of liability.

June 9, 2026

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Moved and voted to approve up to $974,270 for after-school tutoring for 951 students at 11 schools and up to $175,780 for summer enrichment and tutoring. She had cast the sole Yes on both proposals when they failed in January.

February 10, 2026

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Voted to renew Taylion High Desert Academy's charter for five years instead of the staff-recommended two years, and voted against a seven-year substitute that failed.

February 3, 2026

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Seconded and voted for a resolution setting trustee compensation at $1,200 per month from January 1, 2026, subject to meeting-attendance rules.

January 13, 2026

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Voted against bylaws creating vice-president and legislative-representative roles and against a board-organization revision. The adopted rules included two-year limits in the same officer position and training requirements.

December 9, 2025

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Voted to extend the district's Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative agreement through June 30, 2027. She had approved related participation and data-use agreements supporting reimbursement for school mental and behavioral-health services.

December 9, 2025

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Voted against temporarily reinstating Zoom public participation through June 30, 2025. The measure passed 3–2. As board president, she recommended priority for in-person speakers and a signup deadline for remote speakers.

April 8, 2025

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Was elected president of the Adelanto Elementary School District board by a 3–1 vote. She seconded her nomination and voted Yes.

December 13, 2024

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Voted to approve the Sunrise before-school program at 14 schools for 85 days, with academic help, enrichment and supervised care, for $780,300 in Expanded Learning Opportunities Program funds. She had supported the district's broader 2024–27 expanded-learning plan.

December 13, 2024

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Voted for updated bullying-prevention policy and moved approval of the accompanying regulation, addressing prevention, cyberbullying, student instruction, reporting and complaints, and corrective action.

September 24, 2024

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Moved and voted for an updated medication regulation addressing emergency albuterol, opioid-overdose and anti-seizure medication protocols.

September 24, 2024

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Voted for Michael Krause's separation agreement as superintendent. The motion passed 3–2, with Steward, Webster and Love-French voting Yes.

July 16, 2024

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Voted to require student phones and other mobile devices to be off and secured during instructional and noninstructional time, with emergency, medical and disability-plan exceptions. The final motion added campus-wide wording.

October 24, 2023

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Moved and voted for consent items that awarded four construction contracts totaling $4,376,485 for renovation of the district's community swimming pool, funded from capital-outlay and school-facilities funds.

August 15, 2023

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Moved and voted to increase annual trustee budgets to $15,000 and increase meal reimbursement at up to $150 per day, plus tips capped at 20%.

June 13, 2023

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Voted to approve the district's long-range facilities master plan after serving on its planning committee and presenting a facilities update with district officials in March 2021.

May 9, 2023

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Moved and voted to add a TK–6 explanation to the district's suicide-prevention policy, covering age-appropriate help-seeking, crisis referrals, family support and students' return to school after a crisis.

March 14, 2023

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Voted to accept a $839,988 California Energy Commission CalSHAPE grant agreement for districtwide heating, ventilation and air-conditioning assessment, maintenance and modernization.

August 9, 2022

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Voted to establish Juneteenth as a paid holiday for specified district employees through Resolution 21.22.33.

May 24, 2022

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Cast the sole Yes vote on a final proposal to eliminate one elementary teaching position; it failed 1–4. She had supported preliminary reductions in March, but 17 of 18 preliminary notices were later rescinded.

May 10, 2022

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Voted against restoring a 9:30 p.m. meeting-end rule. She had moved and voted for the 2021 change replacing that deadline with a reasonable-hour standard; the 2022 restoration passed 3–2.

April 26, 2022

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Voted to purchase 31 shade structures for 12 school sites for $1,544,448.78 from the district's capital-outlay reserve fund. Later approvals covered inspection, testing and project management for the same project.

March 15, 2022

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Cast the sole Yes vote on ratifying AM LLC COVID-19 services through June 30, 2022; the proposal failed 1–3. She had also supported expanded testing and tracing in September 2021, including an approved amendment removing the surveillance-testing end date.

January 4, 2022

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Voted to add a sheriff's school resource officer and marked vehicle at Mesa Linda Middle School for January–June 2022, with $139,836 in ESSER funding.

December 14, 2021

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Seconded and voted for a one-year Lightspeed Alert subscription for student internet monitoring. The approved materials described monitoring searches, email, text and documents, including off-network activity, with alerts and screenshots for designated school officials.

November 16, 2021

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Voted to purchase 350 additional mobile hotspots for distance learning, following approvals for 300 in July and 150 in August. The August vote also covered licenses and warranties for 1,623 donated Chromebooks.

September 22, 2020

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Voted to begin the 2020–21 school year with entirely online instruction during the COVID-19 emergency, following the board's March school-closure decision.

July 16, 2020

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Seconded and voted to appoint Kennon Mitchell superintendent effective July 1, 2020, with a contract term through 2024 and a stated $220,000 base salary.

June 23, 2020

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Seconded and voted for notices ending the superintendent's and chief business officer's contracts on June 30, 2020, rather than renewing them. Each motion passed 3–2.

February 25, 2020

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Completed the California School Boards Association's Masters in Governance program. CSBA listed Christina Bentz of Adelanto Elementary School District among its graduates.

October 26, 2019

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Moved and voted for the district's transition from at-large elections to trustee-area elections for November 2020, and seconded selection of the Scenario 6 boundary map.

October 15, 2019

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Took the oath of office as a member of the Adelanto Elementary School District Board of Trustees, under her former name Christina Bentz.

December 11, 2018

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