Everything you need to know about ranked-choice voting in one spot. Click to learn more!

Jon Meyer

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search
BP-Initials-UPDATED.png
This page was current at the end of the official's last term in office covered by Ballotpedia. Please contact us with any updates.
Jon Meyer
Image of Jon Meyer
Prior offices
Long Beach Unified School District school board District 4
Personal
Profession
Educator
Contact

Personal website

Jon Meyer was a member of the Long Beach Unified School District school board in California, representing District 4. Meyer assumed office in 2003. Meyer left office on December 11, 2020.

Meyer ran for re-election to the Long Beach Unified School District school board to represent District 4 in California. Meyer won in the general election on April 12, 2016.

Biography

Email editor@ballotpedia.org to notify us of updates to this biography.

Meyer worked in the Long Beach Unified School District for nearly 40 years before he retired. He worked as a teacher and as a principal at Lowell Elementary, Avalon High, Lakewood High and Wilson High.[1]

Elections

2016

See also: Long Beach Unified School District elections (2016)

Two of the five seats on the Long Beach Unified School District Board of Education were up for by-district general election on April 12, 2016. In his bid for re-election in District 2, Incumbent Felton Williams defeated challenger Jessica Vargas-Alvarez. In District 4, incumbent Jon Meyer defeated challenger Rosi Pedersen.[2][3]

Results

Long Beach Unified School District,
District 4 General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Jon Meyer Incumbent 61.18% 5,537
Rosi Pedersen 38.82% 3,514
Total Votes 9,051
Source: City of Long Beach, "Cumulative Report - Official: Primary Nominating Election 4/12/2016," accessed April 28, 2016

Funding

See also: Campaign finance in the Long Beach Unified School District

At the time of this election, the Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk did not publish school board candidate campaign finance reports online. Ballotpedia staffers requested this information, but the only free method of viewing the files was at their office.

The Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk was targeting summer 2016 to make school board candidate campaign finance reports available online for free through their new system. From that point forward, Ballotpedia planned to begin including campaign finance data for Los Angeles County school board candidates.

School Board badge.png

If you have any information regarding the campaign finance disclosures in this race, please contact the school board elections team at editor@ballotpedia.org.

Endorsements

Meyer received endorsements from the following organizations and elected officials:[4][5][6][7]

Meyer also received endorsements from a number of former elected officials. A list of his supporters can be found here.

2012

Long Beach Unified School District,
District 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngJon Meyer Incumbent 74.3% 4,961
     Nonpartisan Naomi Rainey 25.7% 1,720
Total Votes 6,681
Source: League of Women Voters of California Education Fund, "School Contests for Los Angeles County, CA - April 10, 2012 Election," accessed March 31, 2014

Campaign themes

2016

Candidate statement

The following video shows Meyer outlining his campaign statement with PADNET.tv.

Candidate website

Meyer highlighted the following issues on his campaign website:

“
  • Providing Students the Opportunity to Thrive
  • Safer Schools
  • Repairing Outdated Buildings, Classrooms and Athletic Facilities
  • Air Conditioning in Every Classroom
  • Recruiting and Retaining Quality Teachers
  • Fair and Competitive Compensation
  • Ongoing Teacher Training in Every School
  • Parental Involvement and Collaboration
  • Schools Ask for Parent Input…and Act on It
  • Strong PTA’
  • Responsive Teachers, Principals and District Staff
  • World Class Schools
  • Rated One of the Top 20 School Systems in the World
  • LBUSD High Schools Ranked Among the Top 10% in the Nation
  • America’s Best Urban Schools- Five time finalist and National Winner
  • New Campuses and Programs to Meet Future Challenges
  • Work-Based Learning with Over 40 Career Pathways
  • Sato Academy for Math and Science
  • Renaissance High School for the Arts
  • Browning School for Hospitality and Tourism[8]
 ”
—Jon Meyer (2016)[9]

Recent news

The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms 'Jon Meyer' 'Long Beach Unified School District'. These results are automatically generated from Google. Ballotpedia does not curate or endorse these articles.

Jon Meyer - Google News

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Gazettes, "Jon Meyer Runs For LBUSD Board Again," June 27, 2015
  2. ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Candidate List: Long Beach City Prim. Nom., Lbusd & Lbccd Election - 4/12/2016," accessed January 19, 2016
  3. ↑ City of Long Beach, "Primary Nominating Election 4/12/2016 Unofficial Results," accessed April 13, 2016
  4. ↑ Gazettes, "Long Beach City, School Campaigns Shift Into High Gear," January 31, 2016
  5. ↑ Press-Telegram, "Vote for these two for Long Beach school board," March 21, 2016
  6. ↑ Long Beach Business Journal, "Business Journal Endorsements For 2016 Long Beach Elections: Supernaw, Otto, Williams And Meyer Endorsed," October 26, 2015
  7. ↑ Re-elect Jon Meyer for Long Beach School Board, Area 4, "Endorsements," accessed April 11, 2016
  8. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  9. ↑ Re-elect Jon Meyer for Long Beach School Board, Area 4, "Issues," accessed April 11, 2016
2016 Long Beach Unified School District Elections
Los Angeles County, California
Election date:April 12, 2016
Candidates:District 2: • Incumbent, Felton Williams • Jessica Vargas-Alvarez
District 4: • Incumbent, Jon Meyer • Rosi Pedersen
Important information:What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines
Flag of California
v • e
State of California
Sacramento (capital)
Elections

What's on my ballot? | Elections in 2025 | How to vote | How to run for office | Ballot measures

Government

Who represents me? | U.S. President | U.S. Congress | Federal courts | State executives | State legislature | State and local courts | Counties | Cities | School districts | Public policy

Retrieved from "https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Jon_Meyer&oldid=10440935"