Jean McHatton
CA · Member, ABC Unified School District Board of Education
Jean McHatton was appointed to the ABC Unified school board in 2025 and earlier served on the Cerritos College Board of Trustees. A retired teacher, principal, and curriculum director, she lists student achievement, fiscal responsibility, and every student reading by third grade as priorities.
Where Jean McHatton stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Education Quality (3 records)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (2 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 support · 1 oppose
Seconded and voted for a resolution cutting support staff jobs for lack of funds, after an amendment saved some library jobs. It passed 6-1.
March 10, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Seconded and voted for the plan to close four elementary schools, which passed 4-3. She voted against removing Furgeson and Stowers from it, which failed 3-4, then joined a 7-0 vote to push Furgeson's closing back a year.
September 16, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Voted to adopt the district's 2025-26 budget, which planned about $17 million in deficit spending. It passed 7-0.
June 17, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 3 support
Made the motion to add a personal finance course for high schools and a financial literacy course for middle schools. It passed 7-0.
August 4, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: 4.files.edl.io
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
Voted to adopt the district's 2025-26 budget, which planned about $17 million in deficit spending. It passed 7-0.
June 17, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Track record — General
General · 6 records
Voted to approve a new agreement with the ABC teachers union that changed salaries and class-size rules. It passed 7-0.
September 15, 2026
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Voted to accept new attendance lines for homes in the closing Aloha and Juarez school areas, which passed 6-1. She also voted to give moved families their first or second school choice no matter the space, which passed 5-2.
November 4, 2025
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Voted against a plan to close four elementary schools and regroup grades as enrollment fell; it failed 3-4. She also voted against shelving or delaying the plan, and proposed closing only Aloha and Juarez, which got no second.
June 17, 2025
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Was appointed to the ABC Unified school board for Trustee Area 5 on a 5-0 vote after the board interviewed seven applicants. She took the oath of office the same day.
April 26, 2025
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Lost the November 2012 election for the Cerritos College board's Area 3 seat to John Paul Drayer. She got 3,639 votes, about 32 percent.
November 8, 2012
Source: thedowneypatriot.com
Was appointed by the Cerritos College Board of Trustees to fill the seat left open by the death of trustee Bob Epple. She was a retired curriculum director at Whittier Union High School District.
June 8, 2011
Source: thedowneypatriot.com
Past race Jean McHatton ran in:
- ABC Unified School District Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 5, Unexpired Term · November 3, 2026 · ABC Unified School District Trustee Area 5 · incumbent