Simone Zulu
CA · Clerk, Palmdale School District Board of Trustees
Simone Zulu has served on the Palmdale School District board since 2018 and is its clerk. A retired preschool and Head Start teacher of 46 years and former local teachers union president, she says she will back inclusive, multilingual education and put students first.
Where Simone Zulu stands, based on their records
Supports
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (1 record), Public Education Quality (3 records), Data Privacy (1 record),
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (4 records)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 4 oppose
Voted to authorize temporary borrowing from the School Pools Fund held by the Los Angeles County treasurer. The motion passed 5–0.
June 23, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: simbli.eboardsolutions.com
Moved and voted to adopt the Palmdale School District’s 2026–27 annual budget. The motion passed 5–0.
June 23, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: simbli.eboardsolutions.com
Voted to authorize up to $40 million in school-improvement bonds, including roof and window repairs, lab modernization and learning technology. The motion passed 5–0.
October 7, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: simbli.eboardsolutions.com
Moved and voted to adopt the district’s 2025–26 Local Control and Accountability Plan. It budgeted $1.9 million for English-learner support and $8.7 million to continue extended learning. The motion passed 4–0, with one member absent.
June 17, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: simbli.eboardsolutions.com
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 support
Seconded and voted for limits on immigration enforcement at district schools. The resolution required judicial warrants or emergencies for campus entry. It restricted student-data disclosure and immigration-status collection and affirmed equal school access. The motion passed 4–0, with one member absent.
February 18, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: simbli.eboardsolutions.com
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 3 support
Voted for a CSU Bakersfield teacher-residency agreement providing $22,000 per resident for resident and mentor stipends, for up to five residents annually. The motion passed 5–0.
June 23, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: simbli.eboardsolutions.com
Voted to authorize up to $40 million in school-improvement bonds, including roof and window repairs, lab modernization and learning technology. The motion passed 5–0.
October 7, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: simbli.eboardsolutions.com
Moved and voted to adopt the district’s 2025–26 Local Control and Accountability Plan. It budgeted $1.9 million for English-learner support and $8.7 million to continue extended learning. The motion passed 4–0, with one member absent.
June 17, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: simbli.eboardsolutions.com
Track record — Data Privacy
Data Privacy · 1 support
Seconded and voted for limits on immigration enforcement at district schools. The resolution required judicial warrants or emergencies for campus entry. It restricted student-data disclosure and immigration-status collection and affirmed equal school access. The motion passed 4–0, with one member absent.
February 18, 2025Supports Data Privacy
Source: simbli.eboardsolutions.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support
Seconded and voted for limits on immigration enforcement at district schools. The resolution required judicial warrants or emergencies for campus entry. It restricted student-data disclosure and immigration-status collection and affirmed equal school access. The motion passed 4–0, with one member absent.
February 18, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: simbli.eboardsolutions.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Voted to authorize up to $40 million in school-improvement bonds, including roof and window repairs, lab modernization and learning technology. The motion passed 5–0.
October 7, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: simbli.eboardsolutions.com
Track record — General
General · 12 records
Served as a Head Start site director and headteacher at Highland High School, California mentor teacher, and Palmdale Elementary Teachers Association president, according to her district biography.
October 23, 2026
Source: palmdalesd.org
Created the Guinean Association of Southern California’s constitution and bylaws as one of its original members. Her district biography documented this earlier service.
October 23, 2026
Source: palmdalesd.org
Sent school supplies to elementary schools in Conakry, Guinea, according to her district biography.
October 23, 2026
Source: palmdalesd.org
Helped found Friends United and served as its second president, according to her district biography. The social group brought together Africans living in the United States.
October 23, 2026
Source: palmdalesd.org
Worked for 46 years as a preschool educator, according to her county-published candidate statement.
October 8, 2026
Source: apps.lavote.gov
Seconded and voted to seek an exemption from required classroom-teacher salary spending for fiscal year 2024–25. The motion passed 5–0.
June 23, 2026
Source: simbli.eboardsolutions.com
Was elected clerk of the Palmdale School District Board of Trustees for 2026. The board approved her selection 5–0.
December 16, 2025
Source: simbli.eboardsolutions.com
Served on ACTA’s Living Roots Advisory Council, which held monthly meetings beginning in April 2025 to guide cultural mapping.
September 27, 2025
Source: actaonline.org
Voted to authorize a $4.9 million purchase of five parcels using expanded-learning program funds. Also approved deferring California environmental-review compliance. The motion passed 4–0, with one member absent.
February 18, 2025
Source: simbli.eboardsolutions.com
Received the Los Angeles County Democratic Party’s endorsement for the Palmdale School District board in its 2022 voter guide.
October 17, 2022
Source: assets.nationbuilder.com
Completed the California School Boards Association’s Masters in Governance training in Rancho Cucamonga.
May 4, 2019
Source: publications.csba.org
Received CTA’s Lois Tinson Human Rights Award as PETA’s chief negotiator. CTA cited parent outreach, school-supply giveaways, and her work as African American Caucus treasurer and cultural presenter.
March 6, 2010
Source: cdn.cta.org
Past race Simone Zulu ran in:
- Palmdale School District Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 5 · November 3, 2026 · Palmdale School District Trustee Area 5 · incumbent