La Cañada Unified School District Governing Board Member
What does this office do?
- Deciding how school district money is spent
- Picking the superintendent
- Choosing curriculum, within state rules
Affects: Government Efficiency, Government Spending Reduction, Public Safety and Crime Control,
Candidates:
Nonpartisan
Amarpreet Singh Malik is an attorney, LCUSD graduate and parent of four who serves on the district's bond and parcel tax oversight committees. His priorities are careful spending of Measure LCF bond money and keeping LCUSD's academic standards high.
Records: Government Efficiency 1 for
Nonpartisan · Incumbent
Dan Jeffries has served 13 years on the La Cañada Unified school board, twice as board president, after three decades as a supervising prosecutor. His priorities are academic excellence, school safety, modern facilities and fiscal responsibility.
Records: Public Education Quality 2 for, 1 against, Government Spending Reduction 1 for, 1 against, Civil Rights 1 for,
Nonpartisan · Incumbent
Octavia Thuss has served on the La Cañada Unified School District Governing Board since December 2022, when she was sworn in to a four-year term.
Records: Government Spending Reduction 2 for, 6 against, Public Education Quality 5 for, 2 against, Public Infrastructure 3 for,
Nonpartisan
Shilpa Shinde-Garg is a physician and La Cañada parent who led outreach for the Measure LCF school bond and has run youth sports booster programs. Her priorities are academic excellence, fiscal responsibility and student well-being.
Records: Government Spending Reduction 1 against, Public Infrastructure 1 for
Nonpartisan
Susan Moore is an educator and parent who taught at La Cañada High School for 18 years.
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