Roberta Perlman
CA · Vice President, Pomona Unified School District Board of Education
Roberta Perlman is an optometrist and vice president of the Pomona Unified board. She says she will keep expanding student mental health support, career and technical programs, and arts and after-school learning, and meet the needs of every child.
Where Roberta Perlman stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Efficiency (2 records), Public Safety and Crime Control (7 records), Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (8 records),
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (16 support · 20 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 2 support
Voted to implement an electronic health-record system coordinating school mental-health documentation, services and reimbursement billing.
April 15, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Voted to revise cafeteria operations to centralize purchasing and auditing, recover edible surplus food and maintain records of food-recovery partners.
April 16, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 16 support · 20 oppose
Seconded and voted for a proposal to eliminate or reduce classified positions listed as 26 full-time equivalents for lack of work or funds. The proposal failed two to three.
March 11, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Seconded and voted to ratify the classified employees’ successor agreement, including a 4 percent off-schedule payment and health-benefit increases.
August 22, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Seconded and voted to authorize up to $100 million in Measure UU school-facility bonds. The motion passed four to one.
July 30, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Seconded and voted to ratify the teachers’ tentative agreement and MOU providing a 2 percent off-schedule payment and a $1,200 health-benefit increase for 2024–25.
June 25, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Moved adoption of the district’s 2025–26 budget, including commitments of its ending balance for enrollment declines, instructional materials, rising liabilities and the fiscal-stability plan.
June 25, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted against consolidating Marshall Middle School’s seventh- and eighth-grade students into Ganesha High School; the proposal failed with all five members voting no.
April 16, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted against relocating Harrison Elementary’s seventh- and eighth-grade students to Emerson Middle School. The fiscal-consolidation proposal failed two to three.
April 16, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Seconded and voted for consolidating John Marshall Middle School and SEEO at a shared Marshall Center site, citing declining enrollment and financial solvency.
April 16, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Seconded and voted for classified-staff reductions listed as 42 full-time equivalents, including security, paraeducator and support positions, for lack of work or funds.
March 7, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to authorize classified-staff reductions listed as 52 full-time equivalents, including food-service, paraeducator and support positions, for lack of work or funds.
February 14, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to close San Antonio Elementary and redistribute students to nearby schools, citing declining enrollment and fiscal solvency; the district also approved repurposing the site.
June 14, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to authorize classified-staff reductions listed as 32 full-time equivalents, including child-development paraprofessionals and family-service staff, for lack of work or funds.
February 15, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to ratify the teachers’ agreement providing an 8 percent ongoing salary increase, a 2 percent off-schedule payment and a $500 health-benefit increase.
November 16, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to ratify the classified employees’ agreement providing on-schedule salary increases of 3 percent for 2021–22 and 6 percent for 2022–23.
October 12, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to authorize up to $25 million in refunding bonds to refinance existing school bonds and obtain financial savings for property taxpayers.
April 19, 2022Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted for the $2.22 million A–G Completion Improvement Grant Plan, funding summer teaching, counseling, course recovery, teacher training and AP test-fee subsidies.
April 19, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to authorize classified-staff reductions listed as 57 full-time equivalents, including supervision, food-service, paraeducator and support positions, for lack of work or funds.
February 16, 2022Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Moved approval of an Educator Effectiveness Plan directing funds toward professional learning for teachers, administrators, paraprofessionals and classified staff who worked with pupils.
December 15, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Moved approval of the $75.3 million ESSER III expenditure plan, including $46 million for HVAC, doors and windows and $15.1 million to address lost instructional time.
October 27, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Seconded and voted for an amended classified-staff reduction of 14 positions, preserving the position-control technician post and citing lack of work or funds.
May 19, 2021Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Supported delaying Diamond Point Elementary’s closure from 2021 to 2022 and then voted for the amended closure and consolidation into Golden Springs. The district cited declining enrollment and maintaining financial solvency.
April 21, 2021Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Moved a one-year delay of Montvue Elementary’s closure to 2022 and voted for the amended closure and consolidation into Allison Elementary, with 2021 used to prepare. The district cited declining enrollment and financial solvency.
April 21, 2021Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to relocate and consolidate Palomares Academy in 2022 and repurpose its campus for Adult Education and Adult Transition programs, citing declining enrollment and financial solvency.
April 21, 2021Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Moved approval of the pandemic Learning Continuity and Attendance Plan, funding distance-learning technology, teacher development, counseling and academic tutoring.
September 30, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Seconded and voted to refinance existing school bonds with up to $47 million in refunding bonds; staff projected $12.4 million in savings without extending repayment.
September 16, 2020Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to eliminate or reduce nine classified positions for lack of work or funds, including community-school coordinators, family case workers and child-development aides.
April 22, 2020Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Moved a $200,000 participatory-budgeting pilot using carryover supplemental and concentration funds to involve students, parents and community members in funding decisions for high-need students. It failed with two yes votes, two no votes and Jason Rothman not participating.
February 13, 2019Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to eliminate or reduce 12 classified positions for lack of work or funds, including community-volunteer facilitators, student support and clerical posts.
May 16, 2018Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Moved ratification of the Community Day School closure. The school had no enrolled students because they had already been assigned to other programs, and the district cited declining enrollment and adequate alternative-program capacity.
February 8, 2017Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to approve the College Readiness Block Grant plan after public review of proposed actions and expenditures.
January 11, 2017Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to transfer $331,258 from the unrestricted general fund to sustain the district’s Child Development Program for 2016–17.
September 28, 2016Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Seconded and voted to fund elementary, middle-school and high-school counselors, a mental-health supervisor and senior social workers to support students and school mental-health services.
August 17, 2016Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to place a $300 million school-facilities bond measure on the November 2016 ballot, covering classrooms, technology, plumbing, HVAC and campus security.
July 13, 2016Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Moved adoption of an Educator Effectiveness spending plan for teacher and administrator mentoring, coaching and professional development.
May 11, 2016Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to authorize up to $20 million in Measure PS Series G school bonds, including capital-appreciation bonds with compounded interest.
April 13, 2016Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Seconded and voted to authorize up to $20.97 million in qualified school construction bonds for acquiring and improving educational facilities.
August 6, 2012Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: file.lacounty.gov
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 7 support
Seconded and voted to adopt adult–student relationship rules prohibiting grooming and sexual relationships, requiring transparent school-related electronic communication and mandating reports of boundary concerns.
August 19, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Voted to adopt drug and alcohol testing for school bus drivers, with removal from safety-sensitive duties after disqualifying results and confidentiality limits on medical information.
October 25, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Published an opinion supporting Compassionate Pomona’s mental-wellness work, restorative youth-diversion programs and safe routes to school.
August 25, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lanuevavoz.net
Voted for a Community School Resource Officer program providing two sworn police officers for secondary-school areas, with an agreement capped at $648,126.67 through June 2023. The stated duties included safety, crime prevention and community liaison work.
October 27, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to limit restraint and seclusion to emergencies, require de-escalation and positive behavior supports, and prohibit locked seclusion and prone restraints.
August 19, 2020Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to adopt bullying-prevention procedures requiring prompt investigations, victim support, staff intervention and protection against retaliation.
July 11, 2018Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to adopt suicide-prevention policies requiring staff training, student coping-skills instruction, crisis intervention and counseling after a student suicide.
September 13, 2017Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 8 support
Moved approval of revised instructional-material complaint procedures, including fair review and a prohibition on removing properly adopted materials solely because they contained inclusive or diverse perspectives.
June 10, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Moved approval of revised immigration-response procedures requiring documented permission for record disclosure and a parent or school witness when officers questioned students.
February 11, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Coauthored an opinion supporting SB 627, SB 805 and the federal Visible Act, advocating identification of immigration officers and detainees’ right to know who detained them and why.
August 28, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lanuevavoz.net
Seconded and voted for a resolution supporting AB 49 and SB 48, including judicial-warrant limits on immigration officers’ campus access and restrictions on sharing student and family information for immigration enforcement.
January 15, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Published an opinion supporting Compassionate Pomona’s mental-wellness work, restorative youth-diversion programs and safe routes to school.
August 25, 2022Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lanuevavoz.net
Voted to adopt Title IX sexual-harassment complaint procedures with supportive measures, notice and evidence-review rights, impartial decision makers and appeals.
February 17, 2021Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to limit restraint and seclusion to emergencies, require de-escalation and positive behavior supports, and prohibit locked seclusion and prone restraints.
August 19, 2020Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to adopt immigration-enforcement policies limiting collection of immigration information, restricting access to students and records, requiring legal review and notifying families of their educational rights.
June 26, 2018Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 68 support
Moved approval of the parent-involvement policy, including family participation in school decisions, outreach to disadvantaged families and school-level engagement plans.
September 9, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Moved approval of Pomona Valley Pride mentoring, tutoring and wellness support for up to 250 LGBTQ students and their families across district middle and high schools.
August 19, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Seconded and voted for a no-cost Hazel Health agreement offering confidential virtual behavioral-health therapy and counseling to district students.
August 19, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Moved a resolution supporting California’s Close the Achievement Gap legislative package, including a statewide plan, measurable goals, budget-alignment review and a public progress dashboard.
June 24, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Seconded and voted to renew La Verne Science and Technology Charter School for five years, from July 2026 through June 2031.
June 24, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Moved approval of revised instructional-material complaint procedures, including fair review and a prohibition on removing properly adopted materials solely because they contained inclusive or diverse perspectives.
June 10, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Moved approval of the Cal Poly Pomona guaranteed-admission and CPP Launch agreement, including early college planning, counseling, financial-aid information and family outreach.
June 10, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Moved approval of new life-skills diploma-pathway courses for students with disabilities and additional college-credit courses in astronomy, nutrition, financial planning and the arts.
June 10, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Moved approval of the Community Workforce Agreement for district construction, requiring pre-apprenticeship curriculum and student apprenticeship priority alongside local-workforce and labor-dispute procedures.
June 10, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Voted for a no-cost UCLA agreement using developmental observation checklists for transitional-kindergarten students to assess school readiness and improve support systems.
March 11, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Seconded and voted to deny the ROADS Academy charter petition, adopting findings of an unsound instructional proposal, inadequate operational planning and missing required information.
February 11, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Moved approval of a mental-health policy requiring early-warning training, counseling referrals, crisis de-escalation, confidential telehealth access and support for students with disabilities.
January 21, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Moved ratification of a no-cost Cal Poly Pomona ethnic-studies dual-enrollment program at Diamond Ranch and Pomona high schools, awarding transferable college credit toward graduation.
October 15, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to revise the student-wellness policy coordinating health education, physical activity, nutrition, counseling and evaluation of district wellness efforts.
September 10, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to adopt the transitional-kindergarten policy admitting children who turned four by September 1, with developmentally appropriate instruction and family outreach.
August 13, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Seconded and voted to authorize up to $100 million in Measure UU school-facility bonds. The motion passed four to one.
July 30, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Voted to revise the school-meal policy to provide a free nutritious breakfast and lunch to any student requesting them and to enforce food-safety and nutrition standards.
May 7, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Moved a graduation-waiver resolution allowing case-by-case flexibility for alternative-school students beginning with the Class of 2025. It passed 3–0 with two abstentions.
January 15, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Volunteered for more than a decade to keep the Pomona Public Library's Homework Club operating, a program providing students with after-school tutoring and homework support.
December 26, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
Source: lanuevavoz.net
Moved ratification of no-cost agreements with Mt. San Antonio College offering college-credit courses in math, writing, science, arts and other subjects to district high-school students.
July 31, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Seconded and voted for the English Learner/Multilingual Student Master Plan, providing language-acquisition instruction and academic and social-emotional support from enrollment through reclassification and beyond.
June 26, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Chaired Promoting Academic Achievement and helped establish the Sarah Ross Science Fair with Sarah Ross after the district had gone twelve years without a science fair.
January 25, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
Source: lanuevavoz.net
Moved a resolution requiring immediate responses to bullying, harassment and racist or hate language, counseling for victims, parent notification and conferences, and restorative support options.
October 25, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Seconded and voted for Bright Prospect math tutoring for up to 300 eighth- and ninth-grade students, using individual and small-group instruction.
August 28, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Moved approval of Pacific Clinics support for wellness centers at seven district high schools, including counseling, mental-health case management and family workshops.
August 28, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Moved approval of Uncommon Good dyslexia-specialist services, educator training, direct literacy support for 20 students and parent workshops.
August 28, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Seconded and voted for Bright Prospect writing instruction and tutoring for up to 600 high-school students, including preparation of college-admission essays.
August 28, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Moved approval of academic intervention and case-management services for vulnerable middle- and high-school students through Children Youth and Family Collaborative.
August 28, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Moved approval of a recreational-sports and mentoring program using youth-development professionals at district elementary schools during recess and lunch.
August 28, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Moved approval of Circle Up Forums mentoring and social-emotional support for up to 1,500 students, with workshops for teachers, families and administrators.
August 28, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Moved approval of National College Resources Foundation tutoring and progress monitoring in math, English and science for up to 3,000 middle- and high-school students.
August 28, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Moved approval of keeping sixth-grade students at Roosevelt Elementary during the district’s school consolidations to preserve continuity.
June 14, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Moved approval of the home-to-school transportation plan prioritizing younger and low-income students, with access to state reimbursement for eligible transportation costs.
March 15, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted for a no-cost UCLA Project STRIVE agreement offering twelve weekly emotion- and stress-management sessions to high-achieving students of color and studying their effectiveness.
February 20, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted for the $2.22 million A–G Completion Improvement Grant Plan, funding summer teaching, counseling, course recovery, teacher training and AP test-fee subsidies.
April 19, 2022Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Moved approval of an Educator Effectiveness Plan directing funds toward professional learning for teachers, administrators, paraprofessionals and classified staff who worked with pupils.
December 15, 2021Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Moved approval of the $75.3 million ESSER III expenditure plan, including $46 million for HVAC, doors and windows and $15.1 million to address lost instructional time.
October 27, 2021Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to revise homeless-student policies requiring immediate educational access, comparable services and transportation, privacy for housing-status records and removal of enrollment barriers.
October 20, 2021Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Moved adoption of the 2021–22 independent-study resolution, requiring equivalent curriculum and resources, regular live interaction, progress monitoring and signed learning agreements.
August 18, 2021Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to adopt Ready Mathematics for kindergarten through fifth grade and Illustrative Mathematics for grades six through eight for the 2021–22 school year.
June 30, 2021Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Moved approval of the pandemic Learning Continuity and Attendance Plan, funding distance-learning technology, teacher development, counseling and academic tutoring.
September 30, 2020Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to adopt an equity policy directing the district to identify institutional barriers, disaggregate student-outcome data and allocate resources to improve equal educational access.
September 16, 2020Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to adopt culturally responsive classroom practices and staff training within a multi-tiered student-support framework.
August 19, 2020Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to adopt oversight and intervention rules for special-education placements in nonpublic schools, requiring IEP-based services, progress reviews and safeguards against abusive restraints.
August 19, 2020Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Seconded and voted to adopt Benchmark Advance English-language arts textbooks and supplemental materials for kindergarten through fifth grade.
May 8, 2019Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Seconded and voted for a resolution designating campuses safe havens, protecting educational access regardless of immigration status and barring information sharing that endangered student security.
April 12, 2017Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to approve the College Readiness Block Grant plan after public review of proposed actions and expenditures.
January 11, 2017Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Moved approval of a no-cost agreement with Tri-City Mental Health Center for counseling individuals, families and support groups in the district’s child-development preschool program.
December 12, 2016Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to accept a $17,100 Arts for All grant supporting professional development in visual arts for district teachers.
September 28, 2016Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to transfer $331,258 from the unrestricted general fund to sustain the district’s Child Development Program for 2016–17.
September 28, 2016Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Moved approval of expanding Pomona Alternative School from grades 7–12 to kindergarten through grade 12, adding elementary options for underserved and at-risk students.
August 17, 2016Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Seconded and voted to fund elementary, middle-school and high-school counselors, a mental-health supervisor and senior social workers to support students and school mental-health services.
August 17, 2016Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to place a $300 million school-facilities bond measure on the November 2016 ballot, covering classrooms, technology, plumbing, HVAC and campus security.
July 13, 2016Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Moved adoption of a Community Schools Pilot Program at Garey High School and Fremont Academy, combining health and vision services, social-emotional support, restorative discipline and community participation.
June 8, 2016Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Seconded and voted for National Academy Foundation planning, curriculum and professional-development support for four district secondary-school academies.
June 8, 2016Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Seconded and voted to continue comprehensive vision examinations and school screenings through Western University for students without vision insurance.
June 8, 2016Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Seconded and voted for a no-cost School on Wheels agreement providing individual tutoring, school supplies and uniforms to homeless district students.
June 8, 2016Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Seconded and voted to continue Project Lead the Way engineering and technology curricula and teacher training at district schools.
June 8, 2016Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Seconded and voted for a resolution supporting SB 1050, including college-readiness grants for underserved students and teacher training for college-preparatory courses.
June 8, 2016Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Moved adoption of an Educator Effectiveness spending plan for teacher and administrator mentoring, coaching and professional development.
May 11, 2016Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Seconded and voted for an adult summer-school program offering English-language instruction, citizenship, basic education, high-school diploma and career-technical classes.
May 11, 2016Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Moved ratification of a California Academic Partnership extension grant for Fremont Academy, strengthening college preparation and links with feeder middle schools.
February 10, 2016Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Moved ratification of the adult-education consortium agreement with Mt. San Antonio College to receive allocated Adult Education Block Grant funds.
February 10, 2016Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Seconded and voted for a resolution supporting SCA 5’s regular reassessment of commercial property to fund schools and public services. The motion failed two to three.
February 10, 2016Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Moved approval of the Washington Elementary School expansion project, including two-story classrooms to replace portables, additional classrooms for smaller K–3 classes, playground improvements and added parking.
February 10, 2016Supports Public Education Quality
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Used her Cesar Chavez award speech to advocate immigration reform and removing barriers that prevented students from attending college or pursuing careers.
April 25, 2013Supports Public Education Quality
Source: lanuevavoz.net
Founded Reading Under the Stars and a reading-incentive literacy program, and chaired the Promoting Academic Achievement task force for Pomona’s Youth and Family Plan.
April 25, 2013Supports Public Education Quality
Source: lanuevavoz.net
Seconded and voted to authorize up to $20.97 million in qualified school construction bonds for acquiring and improving educational facilities.
August 6, 2012Supports Public Education Quality
Source: file.lacounty.gov
Track record — Data Privacy
Data Privacy · 8 support
Moved approval of revised immigration-response procedures requiring documented permission for record disclosure and a parent or school witness when officers questioned students.
February 11, 2026Supports Data Privacy
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Seconded and voted for a resolution supporting AB 49 and SB 48, including judicial-warrant limits on immigration officers’ campus access and restrictions on sharing student and family information for immigration enforcement.
January 15, 2025Supports Data Privacy
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to adopt drug and alcohol testing for school bus drivers, with removal from safety-sensitive duties after disqualifying results and confidentiality limits on medical information.
October 25, 2023Supports Data Privacy
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to revise homeless-student policies requiring immediate educational access, comparable services and transportation, privacy for housing-status records and removal of enrollment barriers.
October 20, 2021Supports Data Privacy
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to revise student-record procedures requiring access logs, legally authorized disclosure, parental review and limits on release of directory information.
July 11, 2018Supports Data Privacy
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to revise student-record confidentiality rules, restricting immigration-related data collection and disclosure, requiring safeguards for digital records and limiting collection of students’ social-media information to safety purposes.
June 26, 2018Supports Data Privacy
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to adopt immigration-enforcement policies limiting collection of immigration information, restricting access to students and records, requiring legal review and notifying families of their educational rights.
June 26, 2018Supports Data Privacy
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Seconded and voted for a resolution designating campuses safe havens, protecting educational access regardless of immigration status and barring information sharing that endangered student security.
April 12, 2017Supports Data Privacy
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 7 support
Voted to revise employee sex-discrimination and harassment policies, requiring reporting, investigation, supportive measures and discipline for violations.
February 12, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to revise employment nondiscrimination policy, including disability and religious accommodations, protection against retaliation and limits on immigration-status inquiries.
February 12, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Moved a resolution requiring immediate responses to bullying, harassment and racist or hate language, counseling for victims, parent notification and conferences, and restorative support options.
October 25, 2023Supports Civil Rights
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to adopt Title IX sexual-harassment complaint procedures with supportive measures, notice and evidence-review rights, impartial decision makers and appeals.
February 17, 2021Supports Civil Rights
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to require lactation accommodations for district employees, including reasonable breaks, a private non-restroom space and protection against discrimination or retaliation.
July 11, 2018Supports Civil Rights
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to adopt student nondiscrimination protections covering race, sex, disability, immigration status and sexual orientation, with accommodations and disciplinary enforcement.
July 11, 2018Supports Civil Rights
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to adopt uniform complaint procedures protecting complainants against retaliation and providing investigation of discrimination and education-program violations.
July 11, 2018Supports Civil Rights
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 7 support
Seconded and voted to authorize up to $100 million in Measure UU school-facility bonds. The motion passed four to one.
July 30, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Seconded and voted to adopt the 2024 Facilities Master Plan for campus conditions, modernization needs and equitable upgrades; individual projects still required separate financial approval.
July 31, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Moved approval of an application for up to $1,620,029 in CalSHAPE grants for ventilation assessment, maintenance and repairs, carbon-dioxide monitors and eligible plumbing improvements.
May 15, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Moved approval of the $75.3 million ESSER III expenditure plan, including $46 million for HVAC, doors and windows and $15.1 million to address lost instructional time.
October 27, 2021Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Voted to place a $300 million school-facilities bond measure on the November 2016 ballot, covering classrooms, technology, plumbing, HVAC and campus security.
July 13, 2016Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Moved approval of the Washington Elementary School expansion project, including two-story classrooms to replace portables, additional classrooms for smaller K–3 classes, playground improvements and added parking.
February 10, 2016Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Seconded and voted to authorize up to $20.97 million in qualified school construction bonds for acquiring and improving educational facilities.
August 6, 2012Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: file.lacounty.gov
Track record — General
General · 15 records
Served on the Pomona Public Library Foundation’s board of directors.
October 23, 2026
Source: pomonalibraryfoundation.org
Was elected vice president of the Pomona Unified Board of Education.
December 10, 2025
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Reported that she had retired after operating an optometry practice in Chino for 45 years.
August 28, 2025
Source: lanuevavoz.net
Organized summer field trips through the Pomona Public Library Foundation and described immigration-related fear as a barrier to families’ participation.
August 28, 2025
Source: lanuevavoz.net
Served as an assistant professor at Western University of Health Sciences and as a Pomona school board trustee.
September 12, 2024
Source: publications.csba.org
Published an opinion supporting an Israel–Gaza ceasefire, criticizing the city debate’s use of the term genocide and urging compassion for both Israelis and Palestinians.
February 22, 2024
Source: lanuevavoz.net
Was elected president of the Pomona Unified Board of Education.
December 15, 2021
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Provided an optometry internship at Drs. Hensen and Perlman Optometry in Chino to Pomona student Crystal Sin.
October 23, 2017
Source: news.westernu.edu
Moved a resolution defining the district’s core services and treating other services, including additional strategic-plan goals, as supplemental services for school-funding accounting.
May 10, 2017
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Moved adoption of a resolution opposing extension of the District of Choice transfer program, citing declining enrollment, loss of teachers and segregation between neighboring districts.
January 11, 2017
Source: proudtobe-pusd.community.highbond.com
Received the Pomona Democratic Club’s Ambassador Nathaniel and Elizabeth Davis Civil Rights Legacy Award.
October 23, 2014
Source: lanuevavoz.net
Received a Latino and Latina Roundtable Cesar Chavez service award for her educational and community work.
April 25, 2013
Source: lanuevavoz.net
Helped distribute holiday toys through Project Caring and Sharing at Brown Memorial Temple and brought additional volunteers to the annual event.
January 26, 2012
Source: lanuevavoz.net
Won election to a full term on the Pomona Unified School District board with 3,253 votes; the state canvass identified her as a nonincumbent doctor of optometry.
November 3, 2009
Source: elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov
Received California optometrist license 6771.
September 15, 1979
Source: search.dca.ca.gov
Past race Roberta Perlman ran in:
- Pomona Unified School District Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 4 · November 3, 2026 · Pomona Unified School District Trustee Area 4 · incumbent