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Cheryl James-Ward
Cheryl James-Ward ran for election to the San Dieguito Union High School District school board to represent Trustee Area 5 in California. She lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
James-Ward also ran for election to the San Diego County Board of Education to represent District 5 in California. She lost in the primary on June 5, 2018.
Biography
James-Ward earned a bachelor's degree in mathematical sciences from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a doctorate in education from the University of Southern California. Her professional experience includes working as an educational leadership professor at San Diego State University, as a NASA Jet Propulsion Lab engineer, as a public school teacher, and as a principal. She has served as the chief of academic innovation for a local high school in San Diego. At San Diego State University, James-Ward founded the Chinese and American Leadership Symposium and the online master's degree program in educational leadership. She and her husband have two children.[1]
Elections
2018
San Dieguito Union High School District
General election
General election for San Dieguito Union High School District school board Trustee Area 5
Kristin Gibson defeated Cheryl James-Ward and Lea Wolf in the general election for San Dieguito Union High School District school board Trustee Area 5 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kristin Gibson (Nonpartisan) | 40.8 | 5,204 | |
 | Cheryl James-Ward (Nonpartisan) | 38.4 | 4,899 | |
| Lea Wolf (Nonpartisan) | 20.8 | 2,660 | ||
| Total votes: 12,763 | |||
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San Diego County Board of Education
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for San Diego County Board of Education District 5
Incumbent Rick Shea won election outright against Cheryl James-Ward in the primary for San Diego County Board of Education District 5 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Rick Shea (Nonpartisan) | 52.5 | 44,700 |
| Cheryl James-Ward (Nonpartisan) | 47.5 | 40,374 | |
| Total votes: 85,074 | |||
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Campaign themes
2018
In an email to Ballotpedia, James-Ward discussed the following campaign themes:
| “ | Cheryl stands for ‘Great Schools, Kids First’. Her five priorities as a San Diego County Office of Education board member are:
1) Make schools safer 2) Mental health support and drug prevention 3) Early childhood education 4) Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education for every student 5) Systems of support and accountability for our schools and districts.[2] |
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| —Cheryl James-Ward (2018)[1] | ||
See also
| San Diego County, California | California | Municipal government | Other local coverage |
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- San Dieguito Union High School District, California
- San Dieguito Union High School District elections (2018)
External links
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- San Dieguito Union High School District
- San Diego County
- Campaign website
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ballotpedia's Elections Team, “Email communication with Cheryl James-Ward," June 2, 2018
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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| Election date: | November 6, 2018 |
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