Catherine Vonnegut
CA · Trustee, Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District Board
Catherine Vonnegut is a retired software engineer and manager who has served on the Mountain View-Los Altos high school board since 2018, including terms as president. Her priorities are strong instruction and career-technical pathways, and careful spending of bond funds.
Where Catherine Vonnegut stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Education Quality (2 records), Civil Rights (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 2 support
Voted to keep offering the AP Seminar sophomore English class. The board approved it 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 and defended its course materials. The board approved it 4-0, with one abstention.
June 5, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
Source: mv-voice.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support
Moved 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 — General
General · 3 records
Challenged board president Thida Cornes' seat on a city transportation committee as a possible conflict of interest and asked the board to review it.
June 8, 2026
Source: mv-voice.com
Cast the deciding vote to cut the required ethnic studies class from a full year to one semester. It passed 3-2.
October 27, 2025
Source: mv-voice.com
Was re-elected to the Mountain View-Los Altos high school board in November 2022, finishing first among six candidates with about 25% of the vote.
November 26, 2022
Source: mv-voice.com
Past race Catherine Vonnegut 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