"We support Democrat Dominic Caserta for the State Assembly because Dominic has devoted his life to teaching our students. For the past 11 years, Dominic has been a classroom teacher instilling in our students a strong sense of civic responsibility and the importance of being an active contributor to our community.
In Sacramento, Dominic will be the strongest advocate in improving our educational system. Dominic will renew our commitment to our students by fully funding our schools, reducing class size, and making pre-kindergarten available to all of our children.
As our Assembly Member, Dominic will promote literacy programs, career and technical training, technology in the classroom, and access to college for our students. On the Santa Clara City Council, Dominic has been a leader on these issues: expanding literacy programs, as Santa Clara's Library Ambassador, and creating a college scholarship program for Santa Clara students to afford to go to college.
Our schools must prepare our students to be competitive in the global economy and our state government must help make higher education available to all. In Sacramento, teacher and Democrat Dominic Caserta will work tirelessly to make education the top priority -- and to make our schools the best in the nation."
Elected Education Leaders
Hon. Patricia Mahan, Mayor & former Teacher, City of Santa Clara
Hon. Matt Neely, Mayor & Teacher, City of Mountain View, ret.
Hon. Tony Pelosi, Mayor & Teacher, City of Cupertino, ret.
Hon. Jim Ash, Vice-Mayor & Teacher, City of Santa Clara
Hon. Frank Fiscalini, Vice-Mayor & Teacher, City of San Jose, ret.
Hon. Joe Kornder, Vice-Mayor & Teacher, City of Santa Clara
Hon. Dan Furtado, Council Member & Teacher, City of Campbell
Hon. Kevin Moore, Council Member & former Teacher, City of Santa Clara, and Democratic Central Committee Member, Santa Clara County
Hon. Leon Beachman, Board Member, Santa Clara County Office of Education
Hon. Joy Atkins, Trustee, West Valley-Mission College
Hon. Jim Canova, Governing Board Member, Santa Clara Unified School District
Hon. Pete Carrillo, Board Member, Open Space Authority, Trustee, West Valley-Mission College, ret.
Hon. Chris Constantin, Trustee, West Valley-Mission College
Hon. Jack Lucas, Trustee, West Valley-Mission College
Hon. Robert Owens, Trustee, West Valley-Mission College
Hon. Buck Polk, Trustee, West Valley-Mission College
Hon. Dr. Charles Perotti, Superintendent, Milpitas Unified School District, ret.
Hon. Paul Perotti, Superintendent, Santa Clara Unified School District, ret.
Hon. Ernie Dossa, President, Governing Board of Trustees, Santa Clara Unified School District
Ann Blackwood, Los Rios Community College District
Hon. Joan MacDonald, Board Member, Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School Distict, ret.
Hon. James W. MacFarlane, Trustee, Board of Education, Moreland School District
Hon. Roger Moore, Governing Board Member, Campbell Union School District, ret.
Hon. Vince Cortese, Democratic Central Committee & Teacher, Santa Clara County
Todd Fitch, Teacher & President, Mission City Democratic Club & Northern California Trustee to the California Democratic Council (CDC)
Hon. Ian Bruce, Youth Governor, State of California, ret.
Teachers
Barbara Appleby, Education Leader
Mike Ardnatz, Education Leader
Shelley Barker, Education Leader
Sarah Bosvovich, Education Leader
Tanisha Bowers, Education Leader
Anthony Butler, Education Leader
Amy Caserta, Education Leader
Peter & Yvette Caserta, Education Leaders
Theresa Caserza, Education Leader
Sandra J. Clifford, Education Leader
Lynn Correia, Education Leader
Pietro & Tamara Costa, Education Leaders
Abel Cota, Education Leader
Doug Edwards, Education Leader
Erika Elias, Education Leader
Dawn Ellner, Education Leader
Justine Fenwick, Education Leader
Tammy Fox, Education Leader
Grace Garvin, Education Leader
Craig Hall, Education Leader
Robert Hanson, Education Leader
Elizabeth & Melvin Hirata, Education Leaders
Sheri Holand, Education Leader
Carol Holmgren, Education Leader
Paul Jacquard, Education Leader
Janet Jones, Education Leader
Krista Keneman, Education Leader
Heidi Kozlowski, Education Leader
Christy Lacey, Education Leader
Paul Larson, Education Leader
David & Heidi Llamas, Education Leaders
Steve Ludeke, Education Leader
Mary Mackie, Education Leader
Alfredo Magallanes, Education Leader
Jeannie Mahan-Visger, Education Leader
Lourdes Martin, Education Leader
Manny Martinez, Education Leader
Lauren Maslyer, Education Leader
Jessica McLaughlin, Education Leader
Bill Meyer, Education Leader
Myles Montgomery, Educational Leader
Omar Munir, Education Leader
Kathe Rahnema, Education Leader
Pamela Page, Education Leader
Richard Paul, Education Leader
Ron Pine, Education Leader
Charles Perotti, Education Leader
Paul Perotti, Education Leader
Penny Rigsbee, Education Leader
Linda Robinshaw, Education Leader
Bob Runyon, Education Leader
Stephen Schroder, Education Leader
Vicki Silva, Education Leader
Dan Skapinsky, Education Leader
Viola Smith, Education Leader
Kathy Smoot, Education Leader
Tekla Snell, Education Leader
Randall Stock, Education Leader
Kristy Sumwalt, Education Leader
John Tolomei, Education Leader
Cindy Voreyer, Education Leader
Henry & Julie Woodley, Education Leaders
Jack Woodley, Education Leader
Manford Wong, Education Leader
(Partial list)
