The Area No. 3 Board of Trustees position has some competition this coming election. In-person voting will take place on Nov. 8
The candidates running consist of Cheryl Alexander, Paul Naccachian and Irene Murray.
Area No. 3 represents portions of Duarte, Arcadia, Irwindale, Covina and Monrovia.
Naccachian and Murray will run for a first term, whereas Alexander is running for a re-election, since she was appointed to fill the position as a trustee for Area No. 3 in December 2021. The candidate who wins the election for the Board of Trustees will have a term of four years.
The seat for Area No. 1 is also up for election, but trustee Anthony Contreras runs unopposed.
On Alexander’s website, she lists her “Top 3 Priorities” for her term as a trustee, which is to “Create an easily accessible bridge for students to pursue college, certificated and technical careers, increase post high school options for students of all ages, and to expand early college participation to help reduce costs for working families.”
Alexander’s website also has a work plan listed for the next four years with there being a numerous amount of things listed, with some of them being to “engage with parents, students, teachers and other community stakeholders to build relationships and develop appropriate action plans, to ensure equitable access to education for a culturally and economically diverse student population, and to ensure that Citrus Community College keeps its cost affordable for students; remain fiscally sound and offers fair, competitive compensation to those employed.”
Alexander has been a professional educator with the K-12 community and has formal training, which includes bachelor degrees in education-elementary/special education, computer science; and a master’s degree in teaching with a reading specialization from National University, according to her website.
According to ballotpedia.org, Naccachain was a candidate for Azusa Unified School District Board of Trustees and was first elected in the general election on Nov. 5, 2013. Naccachian campaigned for the Azusa board on a platform supporting learning through the arts, transparency and community involvement.
Naccachian’s bio on Ballotpedia said he is a university professor, owner and primary consultant of Collaborative Solutions. He was an attorney and mediator for several community organizations and has a bachelor’s from University of California before attending the Quinnipiac University School of Law.
According to Votersedge.org, Naccachian’s top three priorities are to “collaborate with faculty, staff, and the board to ensure all policies are legal, ethical, fair, straightforward, and appropriate, ensuring fiscal responsibility and sound business practices in managing your tax dollars in implementing the Educational and Facilities Master Plan, and to improve student learning environment through communication, individual counseling, and mentorship resources while providing students access to high-quality courses.”
Murray served on the Duarte school board. Her top three priorities of what she wants to accomplish if she’s elected to the Board of Trustees are listed on Votersedge.org. Her priorities are to “ensure student educational options for a post-pandemic education for in person, hybridity, and asynchronous options, providing security and sustainability for ethnically and gender diverse faculty members and students, and exploring and establishing student retention in a community college educational pathway.”
All three candidates did not reply to several interview requests from the Clarion via telephone and email.While gathering this information, everything has been verified off of a personal website of a candidate or a website where the candidate’s information is present.
