Paul Zamoyta
CA · Clerk, Bear Valley Unified School District Governing Board
Paul Zamoyta has been a Bear Valley Unified trustee since 2008 and is now board clerk, after eight years teaching in district schools; he also works in real estate. Zamoyta points to that experience as the reason to keep serving students, staff, and parents.
Where Paul Zamoyta stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Efficiency (1 record), Public Safety and Crime Control (3 records), Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (1 record),
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (3 support · 11 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 1 support
Voted 4–0 to require annual financial and experience checks for construction bidders, using a uniform scoring system.
July 14, 2021Supports Government Efficiency
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 3 support · 11 oppose
Voted 14–0 for SANDABS to support SB 1429, which sought to protect school attendance funding after snowstorms.
May 8, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: resources.finalsite.net
Voted 4–0 for a $4,500,883 federal school-relief spending plan. It budgeted $2,221,000 for learning recovery, $1,279,883 for networks, and $1 million for high-school heating and cooling.
April 6, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 5–0 to add two workdays to the 2022–23 teachers' calendar, costing about $110,000. The agreement set 187 workdays.
March 2, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 5–0 for the 2021–22 district budget. It planned $31,433,418 in spending and transfers, with a $312,627 deficit.
June 16, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 4–1 for a teachers' agreement with a 5% raise and 1% one-time payment. It added $1,000 to health coverage. He backed matching classified-staff pay terms 5–0.
March 17, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 5–0 to support Proposition 13, the 2020 state bond measure for preschool, school, and college facilities.
February 5, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 4–0 to eliminate the high school's eight-hour college and career technician job, effective June 30, 2019.
April 10, 2019Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 4–0 to eliminate one full-time student-intervention specialist position.
May 18, 2016Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 4–0 to create boys' soccer teams for the 2015–16 school year.
January 21, 2015Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 4–0 to create four bilingual aide jobs under the district's student-support plan. He also supported two safety aides and a district custodian, each 4–0.
July 2, 2014Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 5–0 to move $90,000 from district reserves to the general fund for student technology.
February 5, 2014Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Moved to authorize up to $5 million in short-term borrowing because the state delayed school payments. The board approved unanimously.
November 20, 2013Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Moved to approve ending or reducing seven educators' jobs. The plan cut staffing equal to 8.4 full-time jobs, including three through retirement. The board approved unanimously.
May 10, 2013Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Moved to restore $10,000 for the district's elementary strings program. The board approved his motion unanimously.
July 21, 2010Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 3 support
Voted 5–0 for updated anti-bullying rules. They required staff training, prompt reporting, complaint investigations, and support for affected students.
November 17, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 5–0 to temporarily increase school safety aides' hours. Middle-school coverage rose to six hours daily and high-school coverage to eight.
November 3, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 4–0 to create four bilingual aide jobs under the district's student-support plan. He also supported two safety aides and a district custodian, each 4–0.
July 2, 2014Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 support
Voted 5–0 for school immigration-enforcement rules. They limited collecting or sharing immigration information and required safeguards when officers sought access.
June 3, 2020Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 16 support
Voted 14–0 for SANDABS to support SB 1429, which sought to protect school attendance funding after snowstorms.
May 8, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
Source: resources.finalsite.net
Voted 4–0 to adopt McGraw Hill Impact social studies for sixth through 12th grades.
April 6, 2022Supports Public Education Quality
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 4–0 for a $4,500,883 federal school-relief spending plan. It budgeted $2,221,000 for learning recovery, $1,279,883 for networks, and $1 million for high-school heating and cooling.
April 6, 2022Supports Public Education Quality
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 4–0 to adopt STEMSCOPES science for transitional kindergarten through fifth grade.
January 12, 2022Supports Public Education Quality
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 5–0 to raise three school library clerks' daily hours from 3.75 to five for 2021–22.
November 3, 2021Supports Public Education Quality
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 3–0 for independent-study rules requiring live lessons and a return to classroom learning within five school days upon request.
August 18, 2021Supports Public Education Quality
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 5–0 to adopt McGraw Hill Inspire Science for sixth through eighth grades.
January 13, 2021Supports Public Education Quality
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 5–0 to buy 1,000 hours of live, one-on-one online tutoring for $25,000, serving fourth through 12th graders.
January 13, 2021Supports Public Education Quality
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 5–0 to create a high-school course combining computers, science, technology, engineering, and math for 2021–22.
January 13, 2021Supports Public Education Quality
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 5–0 to adopt an online, interactive curriculum for the district's American Sign Language classes.
June 3, 2020Supports Public Education Quality
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 5–0 to support Proposition 13, the 2020 state bond measure for preschool, school, and college facilities.
February 5, 2020Supports Public Education Quality
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 4–0 to adopt Go Math and Big Ideas Math for kindergarten through 12th grade.
May 18, 2016Supports Public Education Quality
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 4–0 to create boys' soccer teams for the 2015–16 school year.
January 21, 2015Supports Public Education Quality
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 4–0 to create four bilingual aide jobs under the district's student-support plan. He also supported two safety aides and a district custodian, each 4–0.
July 2, 2014Supports Public Education Quality
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 5–0 to move $90,000 from district reserves to the general fund for student technology.
February 5, 2014Supports Public Education Quality
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Moved to restore $10,000 for the district's elementary strings program. The board approved his motion unanimously.
July 21, 2010Supports Public Education Quality
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Track record — Data Privacy
Data Privacy · 3 support
Voted 4–0 for a state agreement providing rapid COVID-19 testing at schools. It limited data sharing and required encryption and return or destruction of protected data.
April 26, 2021Supports Data Privacy
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 5–0 for school immigration-enforcement rules. They limited collecting or sharing immigration information and required safeguards when officers sought access.
June 3, 2020Supports Data Privacy
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Moved to adopt district computer-use rules that barred sharing personal information online and warned that email privacy was not guaranteed. The board approved unanimously.
November 20, 2013Supports Data Privacy
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support
Voted 5–0 for rules banning hate-based discrimination against students. The rules required staff training, complaint investigations, and student support.
January 22, 2014Supports Civil Rights
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 2 support
Voted 4–0 for a $4,500,883 federal school-relief spending plan. It budgeted $2,221,000 for learning recovery, $1,279,883 for networks, and $1 million for high-school heating and cooling.
April 6, 2022Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 5–0 to support Proposition 13, the 2020 state bond measure for preschool, school, and college facilities.
February 5, 2020Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Track record — General
General · 34 records
The district biography reported his B.A. from St. John’s University and listed “California Teaching Credential, San Diego State University.”
November 2, 2026
Source: bearvalleyusd.org
Endorsed Randall Putz for California Assembly District 34. Putz's campaign listed him as a Bear Valley Unified school-board official.
November 2, 2026
Source: putzforassembly.com
Was appointed as Bear Valley Unified's representative on Big Bear Lake's General Plan Advisory Committee.
February 11, 2026
Source: bigbearlake.gov
Voted 11–2 for SANDABS public-comment rules with a 15-minute group limit and an option to extend it.
May 8, 2024
Source: resources.finalsite.net
Voted 14–0 for SANDABS to support AB 2715, which proposed closed public-agency meetings about cybersecurity threats.
May 8, 2024
Source: resources.finalsite.net
Voted 14–0 for SANDABS to oppose AB 2901 unless amended. The bill proposed up to 14 weeks' full-pay leave for pregnancy-related absences.
May 8, 2024
Source: resources.finalsite.net
Voted 14–0 for SANDABS to oppose AB 2088. The bill proposed giving current classified school employees first refusal on vacancies for 10 business days.
May 8, 2024
Source: resources.finalsite.net
Was appointed to the SANDABS executive committee as a Desert/Mountain school-board representative, filling an unfinished term.
March 25, 2024
Source: resources.finalsite.net
Volunteered with the United States Adaptive Recreation Center. Its 2023 winter volunteer list credited him with at least 25 years of service.
November 13, 2023
Source: spikecdn.com
Voted 4–0 to provide two Baldwin Lane classrooms rent-free for before-school and after-school child care. The agreement covered three years.
April 6, 2022
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 4–0 to purchase roofing materials for North Shore Elementary through a state purchasing program. The attached quote totaled $105,960.33.
April 6, 2022
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 5–0 to claim a rural-school exemption from California's later middle-school and high-school start-time requirements.
March 16, 2022
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 4–0 for high-school stadium upgrades. The contract capped Hellas' work at $3,941,005 and separately listed $1.05 million in district-supplied items.
February 23, 2022
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted to request county approval of district-based school-board elections without a separate public vote. The motion passed 3–0, with Foulkes abstaining. The board had approved the change in November.
January 12, 2022
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 4–0 to approve final plans for renovating Big Bear High School science classrooms.
January 12, 2022
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Was selected 5–0 as president of the Bear Valley Unified school board.
December 10, 2021
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 5–0 to buy cloud-based school security cameras, software licenses, and installation through a state purchasing program.
November 17, 2021
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 5–0 to authorize a vaccine-choice letter to the governor and state lawmakers.
November 3, 2021
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 5–0 to create a speech-language pathology assistant position.
April 14, 2021
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 5–0 for new elementary attendance boundaries under the Big Bear Elementary closure plan. Students were reassigned to North Shore and Baldwin Lane.
April 14, 2021
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 5–0 to adopt a 200-credit graduation path for students facing COVID-19 hardships in the classes of 2021–2024.
March 17, 2021
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 5–0 to extend the district's extracurricular-activity rules to sixth graders, changing the covered grades from 7–12 to 6–12.
July 15, 2020
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 3–0 to appoint Stephen Foulkes to the vacant Bear Valley Unified school-board seat.
October 2, 2019
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 4–0 to authorize donating Sugarloaf land to the district education foundation for outdoor education and community use. Approval depended on federal tax-exempt status.
July 17, 2019
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Received his California real-estate broker license on November 28, 2017. State records list his salesperson license issuance as June 3, 2005.
November 28, 2017
Source: www2.dre.ca.gov
Resigned from the Bear Valley Unified school board before his wife applied for a district teaching position.
September 29, 2016
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 5–0 to pay $852,625 to settle a contractor's disputed claim. Minutes state the district had missed a newspaper bidding notice.
September 7, 2016
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 3–2 to replace the technology coordinator with a technology director and appoint Michel Chatham.
June 3, 2015
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted against joining a regional career-training partnership after raising questions about equipment ownership and legal review. The agreement failed 0–5.
May 20, 2015
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted 5–0 to seek grants for three natural-gas school buses and budget $45,000 in district funds.
May 6, 2015
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Voted against a four-year superintendent contract with a 3% salary raise. It passed 4–1. He stated that he opposed long-term contracts.
May 7, 2014
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Moved to approve a solar-power project at district facilities, subject to county review. The motion passed 4–1.
October 2, 2013
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Moved to approve a grant and purchase four natural-gas school buses for Bear Valley Unified. The board approved unanimously.
October 2, 2013
Source: files.smartsites.parentsquare.com
Hosted cycling assemblies at three district elementary schools with amateur and professional cyclists, promoting cycling and healthy habits.
April 18, 2012
Source: kbhr933.com
Past race Paul Zamoyta ran in:
- Bear Valley Unified School District Governing Board Member, Area 3 · November 3, 2026 · Bear Valley Unified School District Trustee Area 3 · incumbent