Bobby Roy
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Bobby Roy ran for election to the Elk Grove Unified Board of Education to represent Trustee Area 3 in California. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
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Biography
Bobby Roy was born in San Francisco, California. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Davis in 2008. He earned a master's degree from Drexel University in 2012. Roy's career experience includes working as an education programs consultant and with the California Department of Education Fiscal and Administrative Services Division, the Educational Data Management Division, the Legal and Audits Branch, and with the executive office. Roy served as a bargaining team member and as a steward with SEIU Local 1000. He has been affiliated with the Free and Accepted Masons of California, with the Government Alliance on Race and Equity, with the Capitol Collaborative on Race and Equity, with the Filipino American National Historical Society, and with the Philippine National Day Association.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Elk Grove Unified School District, California, elections (2020)
General election
General election for Elk Grove Unified School District Board of Education Trustee Area 3
Sean Yang defeated Bobby Roy, Victor Wilson, and Chris Baker in the general election for Elk Grove Unified School District Board of Education Trustee Area 3 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Sean Yang (Nonpartisan) | 45.0 | 60,298 | |
 | Bobby Roy (Nonpartisan)  | 37.8 | 50,600 | |
| Victor Wilson (Nonpartisan) | 17.1 | 22,853 | ||
| Chris Baker (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.1 | 120 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 120 | ||
| Total votes: 133,991 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Bobby Roy completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Roy's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am a 20 year civil servant at the California Department of Education. During my career, I have worked in the Executive Office, the Fiscal Administrative Services Division, the Educational Data Management Division, and currently the Legal and Audits Branch, where I am a fair and impartial executor of the Uniform Complaint Procedures (UCP), a process designed to protect the rights of students and their families to access a free and equitable education.
I continue to live in my same childhood home and will champion wellness and pay forward the many blessings I have been provided through my life and public school education.
- I am a lifelong education advocate, with 20 years of state level education policy experience.
- I am supported by teachers (Elk Grove Education Association), classified staff (American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees [AFSCME]), counselors (National Union of Healthcare Worders), and Board Members Bobbie Singh-Allen, Nancy Chaires Espinoza, and Chet Madison, who is the incumbent and retiring after 20 years of service on the board.
- I will operationalize equity by implementing equity tools at all levels of decision making and results based accountability, with a goal of raising CAASP scores at our most challenged Title I schools.
I am personally passionate about education, particularly, early learning, English learners, special education students, homeless and foster youth, career technical and vocational education, visual and performing arts, ethnic studies, leadership, and community responsive pedagogy, where we center wellness for students, staff, and communities.
I look up to my mom (RIP) and my grandmother (RIP). My mom's calling was to be an educator and did that as a bilingual aide in the Elk Grove Unified School District and as a preschool teacher at the YMCA Child Development Center. My grandmother, with 3rd grade formal education, was salt-of-the-earth wise, having been born during the Great Depression, losing her first husband during World War II, and raising two young kids thereafter before marrying again and having a third child. I was raised by both to respect others, treat people as their word, and clean up messes that I make. I have great mentors like Davis Mayor Ruth Asmundsen, West Sacramento Mayor Christopher Cabaldon, and Reverend Kevin Ross at Unity of Sacramento. They are all servant leaders, with strong values and work ethic. They all work smart and hard.
For someone that wants to understand my political philosophy, I would recommend that they read the Federalist Papers and some of the historical documents on the California Department of Education from past superintendents.
The characteristics or principles most important for an elected official are integrity, honesty, impartiality, fairness, and character.
I am fair, impartial, have integrity, and equity minded. My 20 years of state level education policy experience mean I bring a unique perspective to the local governing board.
The core responsibilities for someone elected to this office is to represent their constituents.
The legacy I would like to leave is creating equity and implementing equity tools in every level of decision making. I would like to change the attitudes, behaviors, and conditions to create lasting transformation in the district and for its students and community.
The first historical event that happened in my lifetime that I remember was when I was 11 years old and the US got involved in the Gulf War (Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm). I was in sixth grade, and one our sixth grade teachers was in the reserves and ended up being deployed. When they came back, it seemed like their class had PE every day. Reflecting on it, it shows how multifaceted we all are, how much the teacher missed their students, and how important freedom is.
My very first job was when I was 16 at the McDonald's on Mack Road. I had it for a couple of years, until I graduated from Valley High School and went to college at the University of California, Davis.
My favorite book is The Bible because I can go back to it and always learn something new from it. My second favorite book is the 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John C. Maxwell for the same reason.
If I could be any fictional character, I would want to be Superman. Superman believes in truth and justice and wanted to serve everyone.
The last song that got stuck in my head is "I Believe That We Will Win" by Pit Bull.
A struggle in my life was being an only child raised by a single mom and grandmother growing up. I was a junior when my mom got sick and died and my grandmother was 82 years old at the time. I had to step up to become the primary caretaker and breadwinner for the family on very short notice. I scuttled all my dreams and focused on survival, then subsistence, and now, being able to pay forward all the blessings I have received.
I believe the primary job of a school board member is to be responsive to the values, beliefs, and priorities of the community. Although the California public schools system is under the policy direction of the Legislature, more local responsibility is legally granted to school districts and county education officials than to other government entities and officials. Statutes relating to school districts operate differently from any other California statutes. Because the plenary power to make state policy and law rests with the Legislature, the general rule of law is that an agency of government is permitted to do only that which is authorized by statute; it cannot undertake any program or activity simply because it is not prohibited. In 1972, however, the voters amended the California Constitution. As a result, the general rule has been altered only for school districts. Thus, laws relating to local schools occupy a unique constitutional position. Under this "permissive education code," as long as a statute does not prohibit a program or activity and it is consistent with the purposes for which school districts are established, it can be undertaken. In other words, it is constitutionally unnecessary to enact any statutes that merely allow or permit school districts, at their discretion, to do something. School board members are elected by the community.
My constituents include the students, families, and stakeholders in the Elk Grove Unified School District and greater Sacramento region.
I would support the diverse needs of my district's students, faculty, staff, and community through community responsive pedagogy.
I will build relationships with members of the broader community by ensuring in authentic and robust stakeholder engagement strategies and practices. Groups, organizations, and stakeholders that I will specifically target are those that are often overlooked, including homeless and foster youth, migrant students, English learners, and students with individualized education plans.
I will build a better relationship with parents in the district by making sure that I am utilizing robust and authentic parent engagement strategies and meet people where they are at in order to be inclusive of parental involvement. I plan to educate parents on all the ways in which they can serve on school site councils, school and district advisory councils, and then work to remove barriers to their participation.
I do believe it is important to intentionally recruit with the aim of diversifying the district's faculty, staff, and administration. My plan is to implement an equity tool in all aspects of decision making, including the recruitment, hiring, and promotions and results based accountability.
Poverty gets in the way of quality education. When students are hungry, lack reliable transportation to school, or lack in resources, students have a harder time learning. I would address these obstacles by focusing on equity investments of our resources, results based accountability, and increasing funding to our public education system.
Good teaching is community responsive pedagogy. It takes into context the lives of the student and community and the histories that contributed to how the community developed. It focuses on wellness and empowering individuals to be critical thinkers and contributors to the bettering of their communities.
Students should be learning social, emotional, and technological skills and application for success in the 21st century. Skills are not meant to be decorations for the wall, but tools to be used.
I would improve the value of a high school diploma by ensuring that earning a diploma means that a student is ready for college or career, and ready to engage positively with society. A 21st century diploma should reflect the ability to adapt and apply knowledge, skills, and abilities to a variety of situations.
I would like to expand the history-social sciences curriculum to include ethnic studies and more foreign languages, math and economics curriculum to include personal finance and financial literacy, and career technical education to include apprenticeships and advanced technical training. If given the opportunity, I would like to implement healing circles, have Challenge Day anti-bullying programming, and enhance arts programming to help with the recovery from pandemic.
We have an opportunity to increase funding right now by passing Proposition 15, the Schools and Communities First Initiative. In addition, we can also advocate for federal relief funding. On the demand side, we have to engage in a thorough review of our budgets and determine what our needs are.
The principles of community responsive education and wellness drive my policies for safety in schools. This means physical, mental, and emotional wellness.
I might support the mental health needs of students/faculty/staff one by hiring more counselors and therapists. From what I understand, our counselors and therapists have a caseload three times the size of neighboring districts. This is not sustainable.
I imagine will play a large role inside and outside the classroom in the future. I would prepare the district for this by implementing a technology review with all stakeholders, including students, parents, and guardians.
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See also
2020 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 12, 2020
