Thida Cornes
CA · President, Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District Board
Thida Cornes is a former engineering director with a Berkeley MBA who was elected to the Mountain View-Los Altos high school board in 2022 and is its president. Her priorities are academic excellence, students' sense of belonging, and transparent, careful budgeting.
Where Thida Cornes stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Education Quality (2 records), Civil Rights (1 record), Public Infrastructure (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 2 support
Voted to keep offering the AP Seminar sophomore English class and urged offering it at both high schools. It passed 4-0, with one abstention.
April 20, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: mv-voice.com
Voted to approve a required ninth-grade ethnic studies course, saying teachers had shown they would present balanced views. It passed 4-0, with one abstention.
June 5, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
Source: mv-voice.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support
Voted to adopt the map that splits the district into five trustee areas for board elections, after a voting-rights challenge. It passed 5-0.
April 21, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: mv-voice.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Sent a letter, signed as an MVLA trustee, urging Mountain View council members to add clearer goals and stronger follow-through to the city's walking and biking plan.
June 15, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: mv-voice.com
Track record — General
General · 5 records
Was endorsed by the Santa Clara County Democratic Party for the MVLA board, Trustee Area 3, in the 2026 election.
October 1, 2026
Source: sccdp.org
Was chosen as president of the MVLA board for 2026.
December 16, 2025
Source: mv-voice.com
Voted to keep the required ethnic studies class a full year. The board instead cut it to one semester, 3-2.
October 27, 2025
Source: mv-voice.com
Was chosen as vice president of the MVLA board in a unanimous vote.
December 16, 2024
Source: mv-voice.com
Won a seat on the Mountain View-Los Altos high school board in November 2022, finishing third of six candidates for three seats.
November 26, 2022
Source: mv-voice.com
Past race Thida Cornes ran in:
- Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 3 · November 3, 2026 · Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District Trustee Area 3 · incumbent