Palm Springs Unified School District Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 5
What does this office do?
- Setting the school district's budget and hiring the superintendent
- Deciding which schools open, close, or get rebuilt
- Approving curriculum, calendars, and teacher contracts
Affects: Government Efficiency, Government Spending Reduction, Public Safety and Crime Control,
Candidates:
Nonpartisan
Kaden Cross is a hotel night auditor and bookkeeper, a 2022 Desert Hot Springs High graduate, and a former member of the Desert Hot Springs public safety commission. He says he wants careful spending, including cutting unused education software, and better teacher retention.
Nonpartisan
Quana Hall-Beverly is executive director of the nonprofit We Are One United and a parent of two Palm Springs Unified students, with a UCLA degree in sociology and urban planning. She says she wants to protect teacher, safety and mental health funding and help chronically absent students.
Nonpartisan
Roger V. Nuñez is a Riverside County Children's Services social worker who served on the Desert Hot Springs City Council from 2020 to 2024. He says he wants to raise attendance and enrollment through parent engagement and improve school safety through closer city-district work.
Nonpartisan
Yolanda C. Bouzas is a certified peer support specialist who served on the Coachella Valley Unified school board from 2016 to 2020 under the surname Corona. She says she wants more open and accountable district decisions, protected classroom budgets, and a plan to cut chronic absenteeism.
Source: voteinfo.net