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Richard A. Vladovic
Richard A. Vladovic was a member of the Los Angeles Unified School District in California, representing District 7. Vladovic assumed office in 2007. Vladovic left office on December 11, 2020.
Vladovic ran for re-election to the Los Angeles Unified School District to represent District 7 in California. Vladovic won in the general election on May 19, 2015.
Biography
Vladovic has a family of educators. His wife works as a special education assistant, and their two children work as educators. As a retired educator himself, Vladovic has worked as a social studies teacher, a principal, a school administrator and as the superintendent of the West Covina Unified School District.[1][2]
Elections
2015
Four of the seven seats on the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education were up for primary election on March 3, 2015. Only one candidate, unopposed District 1 incumbent George J. McKenna III, received more than 50 percent of the votes cast in the primary. Because of this, he won his seat outright, and the top two vote-getters in Districts 3, 5 and 7 advanced to the general election on May 19, 2015.
Incumbents Tamar Galatzan, Bennett Kayser and Richard A. Vladovic from Districts 3, 5 and 7, respectively, received enough votes to advance to the general election. They each faced at least two challengers in the primary. In District 3, Galatzan faced five challengers, Elizabeth Badger Bartels, Filiberto Gonzalez, Ankur Patel, Carl J. Petersen and Scott Mark Schmerelson. She and Schmerelson faced each other again in the general election. Kayser and challenger Ref Rodriguez defeated challenger Andrew Thomas to continue on to the District 5 general election. In the District 7 primary, Vladovic ran against challengers Euna Anderson and Lydia Gutierrez. Gutierrez received enough votes to advance to the general election with Vladovic.
In the general election, both Galatzan and Kayser were unseated by their challengers. Schmerelson won the District 3 seat, and Rodriguez was elected to the District 5 seat. In District 7, Vladovic defeated Gutierrez to secure another term on the board.
Results
General election
| Los Angeles Unified School District, District 7 General Election, 5-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Richard A. Vladovic Incumbent |
56.3% | 10,276 | |
| Nonpartisan | Lydia Gutierrez | 43.7% | 7,982 | |
| Total Votes | 18,258 | |||
| Source: Los Angeles City Clerk, "Certified Final Bulletin," accessed May 28, 2015 | ||||
Primary election
| Los Angeles Unified School District, District 7 Primary Election, 5-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Richard A. Vladovic Incumbent |
42.6% | 5,577 | |
| Nonpartisan | Lydia Gutierrez |
37.6% | 4,920 | |
| Nonpartisan | Euna Anderson | 19.8% | 2,589 | |
| Total Votes | 13,086 | |||
| Source: Los Angeles City Clerk's Office, "Primary Nominating Election: Official Election Results," accessed March 23, 2015 | ||||
Funding
Vladovic reported $180,262.65 in contributions and $207,350.09 in expenditures to the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission, which left his campaign with $1,869.80 in debt as of May 13, 2015.[3]
Endorsements
Vladovic received endorsements from the following organizations and public officials:[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
- Los Angeles County Democratic Party
- California Charter Schools Association Advocates
- Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
- Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
- Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
- Los Angeles School Police Association
- Teamsters Joint Council 42
- Teamsters Local 572
- LA/OC Construction Trades Council
- Heat and Frost Insulators & Allied Workers
- Laborers Local 300
- Southern California Pipe Trades District
- Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters
- UA Journeymen and Apprentices Local 250
- AALA
- Los Angeles Times
- Los Angeles Daily News
- Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D)
- Congresswoman Janice Hahn (D)
- State Senator Isadore Hall, III (D)
- Assembly Member Jimmy Gomez (D)
- Assembly Member Mike Gipson (D)
- Assembly Member Miguel Santiago (D)
- Assembly Member Anthony Rendon (D)
- City of Los Angeles Councilman Joe Buscaino
- City of Los Angeles Councilman Paul Koretz
Vladovic also received endorsements from retired public officials and community members. A full list of his supporters can be found here.[8]
2011
| Los Angeles Unified School District, District 7 Primary Election, 4-year term, 2011 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | RICHARD A. VLADOVIC |
63.1% | 10,822 | |
| Nonpartisan | ROYE LOVE | 22.6% | 3,868 | |
| Nonpartisan | JESÚS M. ESCANDÓN | 14.3% | 2,458 | |
| Total Votes | 17,148 | |||
| Source: Los Angeles City Clerk's Office, "Primary Nominating & Consolidated Election, Official Election Results," accessed January 14, 2015 | ||||
Campaign themes
2015
Vladovic highlighted the following issues on his campaign website:
| “ | A hallmark of Dr. Vladovic’s career is his willingness to implement innovative, effective programs and strategies that enhance both the quality and quantity of learning within the schools he represents. As a member of the Board of Education he advocates for smaller schools to ensure students receive a more personalized education. He also fights to take schools off of year-round calendars and renovate our existing schools. He is a strong advocate for student safety and works diligently to reduce dropout rates, raise student attendance, and increase student achievement.
Some of Dr. Vladovic’s other issues include fighting for environmentally safe and responsible schools, maintaining good labor relations to ensure negotiations remain child focused, championing for the arts, and building and sustaining mentorship and dropout prevention programs. He provides a strong and knowledgeable oversight to LAUSD purchasing and contracting staff, has a mastery of budget issues in aiding the district in redirecting resources directly to schools, and is an asset in labor negotiations. Throughout his career, Dr. Vladovic has been primarily concerned with student progress. To this end, he works to establish effective partnerships with elected officials, businesses, and community-based organizations to improve educational programs at school sites. Dr. Vladovic cares deeply about children and strongly believes that all of the adults in an educational community bear the responsibility of ensuring that our students are really learning: that they are growing, thinking, and stretching the boundaries of their abilities every single day, as we help them along the path to meeting their full potential. With your support as the newly appointed Vice President of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education, he will continue to advocate for children and ensure that every child receives a high quality public education.[11] |
” |
| —Richard A. Vladovic's campaign website (2015)[12] | ||
Recent news
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See also
- Los Angeles Unified School District, California
- Los Angeles Unified School District elections (2015)
- Clean sweep for school board incumbents... (March 4, 2015)
- Embroiled incumbents see differing outcomes in May 19 school board elections across five states (May 21, 2015)
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Campaign website
- Campaign Facebook page
- Twitter page
- 2015 Smart Voter profile
Footnotes
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedboardbio - ↑ Smart Voter, "Richard A. Vladovic: Candidate for Board Member; Los Angeles Unified School District; District 7," accessed February 4, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles City Ethics Commission, "2015 City and LAUSD Elections," accessed May 18, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Democratic Party, "Endorsements," accessed February 4, 2015
- ↑ California Charter Schools Association Advocates, "CCSA Advocates Endorses Four Candidates in LAUSD Elections," January 9, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, "Endorsements," accessed February 4, 2015
- ↑ Re-elect Dr. Richard Vladovic for School Board, "The Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Endorses Dr. Richard Vladovic for LAUSD Board of Education," February 2, 2015
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Smart Voter, "Additional Endorsements for Richard A. Vladovic," accessed February 4, 2015
- ↑ LA School Report, "A quick look at who’s endorsing whom for LAUSD board," February 9, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles Daily News, "Endorsements: Tamar Galatzan, Ref Rodriguez, Richard Vladovic for L.A. school board," February 12, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Re-elect Dr. Richard Vladovic for School Board, "Issues," accessed February 4, 2015
| 2015 Los Angeles Unified School District Elections | |
| Los Angeles County, California | |
| Election date: | Primary election - March 3, 2015 General election - May 19, 2015 |
| Candidates: | District 1: • Incumbent, George J. McKenna III District 3: • Incumbent, Tamar Galatzan • Elizabeth Badger Bartels • Filiberto Gonzalez • Ankur Patel • Carl J. Petersen • Scott Mark Schmerelson District 5: • Incumbent, Bennett Kayser • Ref Rodriguez • Andrew Thomas District 7: • Incumbent, Richard A. Vladovic • Euna Anderson • Lydia Gutierrez |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
