Ryan A. Ruelas
Ryan Ruelas is a member of the Anaheim Elementary School District Board of Education in California, representing Trustee Area 5. He assumed office in 2014. His current term ends on December 11, 2026.
Ruelas won re-election to the Anaheim Elementary School District Board of Education to represent Trustee Area 5 in California outright after the general election on November 8, 2022, was canceled.
Elections
2022
See also: Anaheim Elementary School District, California, elections (2022)
General election
The general election was canceled. Ryan Ruelas (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.
2018
General election
General election for Anaheim Elementary School District Board of Education Trustee Area 5
Incumbent Ryan Ruelas defeated Shaun Dove in the general election for Anaheim Elementary School District Board of Education Trustee Area 5 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ryan Ruelas (Nonpartisan) | 65.4 | 5,591 |
 | Shaun Dove (Nonpartisan) | 34.5 | 2,952 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 10 | ||
| Total votes: 8,553 | |||
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2014
Three at-large seats on the Anaheim City School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 4, 2014. Jeff Cole was the only incumbent who ran for re-election. He ran against challengers Esther Castillo, Cecelia Lopez, David Robert "D.R." Heywood, Ryan A. Ruelas and Carlos Llanos.
Cole, Ruelas and Heywood defeated the other candidates and won election to the board.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan |  Jeff Cole Incumbent |
21.8% | 10,288 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ryan A. Ruelas |
20.5% | 9,688 | |
| Nonpartisan | David Robert "D.R." Heywood |
19% | 8,978 | |
| Nonpartisan | Esther Castillo | 14.6% | 6,887 | |
| Nonpartisan | Cecelia Lopez | 14.2% | 6,697 | |
| Nonpartisan | Carlos Llanos | 9.8% | 4,627 | |
| Total Votes | 47,165 | |||
| Source: Orange County Registrar of Voters, "General Election Official Results," accessed December 19, 2014 | ||||
Funding
The Orange County Registrar of Voters does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports that were filed by paper in their office. Ballotpedia staffers directly requested this information, but the municipal office refused those requests to make that information public.
Endorsements
Ruelas received endorsements from the following organizations:[1][2][3]
- Democratic Party of Orange County
- Anaheim Elementary Education Association
- Orange County Labor Federation
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Ryan Ruelas did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2014
Ruelas highlighted the following issues on his campaign website:
| “ | TOP 3 PRIORITIES AS TRUSTEE... 1. Teacher created and driven professional development that addresses Common Core and project based learning. As we continue this transition to Common Core, we need professional development that is relevant to the student population that it serves. Teachers know what skills are lacking and what skills need to be further developed, teachers are the ones who work with these students on a regular basis; as a result, professional development should not be top-down, dictated by the District Office who hires an outside agency to come into the school district and “magically” make everything all better. This is a waste of money, resources, and insulting to the very foundation of public education, teachers. Teachers need to be given the opportunity to collaborate with one another, create a plan, and talk with the high school district students will eventually feed into, in order to create a learning environment that is relevant to the needs of the community and well thought out. 2. Increase parental support. Often times, the parents of our students do not understand the rights they have in their child’s education. They do not understand the importance of events like Back to School Night, Open House, parent conferences, etc. nor do they understand what goes on in the classroom. It is true that a large portion of this stems from different upbringings in a different country. Parents need to be welcomed into the school setting; they need to be well informed about what is going on in their child’s education on a regular basis, in the language that they speak. Classroom walkthroughs should take place, where parents are given an opportunity to see what happens on a day-to-day basis in their child’s classroom; this will also allow them to see the various opportunities they have to volunteer and play a more active role in their child’s education. Parenting classes should be set up, where parents learn about the importance of college, A-G classes, and the various programs their child can be a part of to ensure their success in school. We need to create a college going culture at the elementary school level, with parents playing a significant role in this learning environment. 3. Continue to implement and expand Dual Language learning. In today’s day and age, it is extremely important that a child is bilingual, especially here in the state of California. But being bilingual is not enough; students should be able to have a mastery of two languages, both English and language of second choice, and be able to speak and write these languages formally, with appropriate academic vocabulary and grammar. Too often is the case that an individual can speak both English and Spanish but can only speak the latter language in an informal context. This situation needs to be remedied and by continuing to implement Dual Language learning, this will definitely be the case. By allowing students to have a mastery of two languages, in both the formal and academic context, will allow students to have greater opportunities in the future. This situation will also allow students to explore other cultures and traditions other than the one they are exposed to on a daily basis more regularly, since they now have mastery of the language to help them with this exploration. Dual language allows students to not be limited in their scope of the world, hindered by only speaking one language, and instead provides them with the necessary skills to be more global citizens. Furthermore, by having mastery of a second language will also help bridge any divisions in society that exist due to language barriers, thus providing for a more promising future.[4] |
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| —Ryan A. Ruelas' campaign website (2014)[5] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Officeholder Anaheim Elementary School District Board of Education Trustee Area 5 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Democratic Party of Orange County, "November 2014 Candidate Endorsements," accessed October 29, 2014
- ↑ California Teachers Association, "CTA Locally Endorsed Candidates as of 10/4/14," accessed October 29, 2014
- ↑ Orange County Labor Federation, "Committee On Political Education (COPE) Endorsements November 2014 Elections," accessed October 29, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Ruelas for Anaheim City School Board, "Priorities," accessed October 29, 2014
