Wendy Criner
CA
Wendy Criner is a public school teacher and coach who has served on a school site council, and her two daughters went through Brea schools. Her priorities are careful spending of Measure H bond money, supporting teachers, and safe, healthy schools.
Where Wendy Criner stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Education Quality (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 1 support
Criner publicly criticized overcrowded classes at Western High School, reporting 43 students in a freshman English honors class and a daily teaching cap of 195 students. She urged the union to negotiate class-size limits.
March 14, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: cta.org
Track record — General
General · 8 records
Criner taught at Western High School beginning in 2001. The school credited her with its 2009–10 Teacher of the Year award and the district’s 2011–12 English learner Teacher of the Year award.
October 28, 2026
Source: western.auhsd.us
Criner taught prospective teachers as an adjunct professor at California State University Fullerton, beginning in 2005.
October 28, 2026
Source: western.auhsd.us
Criner reported having served as an accreditation coordinator, department chair, curriculum specialist, professional development trainer, and member of a school site leadership team.
October 5, 2026
Source: ocregister.com
Criner served as a director at large on the Anaheim Secondary Teachers Association’s 2025–26 executive board.
May 13, 2026
Source: astaanaheim.org
Anaheim Union High School District assigned Criner as a part-time English and English-language-development mentor for a first-year teaching candidate in its 2020–21 mentoring roster.
March 26, 2026
Source: auhsd.us
Criner served as an Anaheim Secondary Teachers Association site representative and bargaining-team member, and as a California Teachers Association State Council delegate.
March 14, 2025
Source: cta.org
Criner and fellow teacher Sean Fleshman addressed Anaheim Union High School District trustees about teachers’ needs during the consolidation of Western High School and Orangeview Junior High School.
February 13, 2025
Source: auhsd.us
Anaheim Union High School District credited Criner as a contributor to its 2024 Plurilingual Master Plan, which addressed instruction, language assessment, family engagement, and program review for English learners.
April 11, 2024
Source: auhsd.us
Past race Wendy Criner ran in:
- Brea Olinda Unified School District Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 4 · November 3, 2026 · Brea Olinda Unified School District Trustee Area 4