Sandra Moss
Sandra Moss is a member of the Compton Unified School District school board in California, representing Area F. She assumed office in 2015. Her current term ends in 2028.
Moss won re-election to the Compton Unified School District school board to represent Area F in California outright after the general election on March 5, 2024, was canceled.
Biography
Moss has lived in Compton since 2000. She earned an associate degree in business economics and a bachelor's degree in sociology. In October 2015, she was conferred a master's degree in public administration from National University. Moss works as a deputy probation officer for the Los Angeles County Probation Department. She has experience serving on the PTA of three different schools and serving as a member of three school site councils. In 2007, Moss founded a mentoring program called “Rites of Passage,” which focuses on helping boys between the ages of 14 and 24. She also served on Compton Mayor Aja Brown’s Community Task Force and has served in many leadership roles in her church. Moss has two sons and two granddaughters.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Compton Unified School District, California, elections (2024)
General election
The general election was canceled. Sandra Moss (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Moss in this election.
2020
See also: Compton Unified School District, California, elections (2020)
General election
General election for Compton Unified School District Area F
Incumbent Sandra Moss defeated Justin Blakely, Wilson Mays, and Rodney Lonnell Curry in the general election for Compton Unified School District Area F on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sandra Moss (Nonpartisan) | 49.0 | 1,319 |
| Justin Blakely (Nonpartisan) | 23.5 | 632 | ||
| Wilson Mays (Nonpartisan) | 14.3 | 384 | ||
| Rodney Lonnell Curry (Nonpartisan) | 13.2 | 356 | ||
| Total votes: 2,691 | |||
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2019
The general election was canceled.
2015
Three of the seven seats on the Compton Unified School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 3, 2015.[2] Incumbents Micah Ali and Skyy Fisher sought re-election to their seats. Incumbent Emma Sharif did not file to run for re-election, leaving a seat open to a newcomer. In their bids for re-election, Ali and Fisher faced 18 challengers: Richard Alatorre, Lizette Arevalo, Barbara Calhoun, Charles Davis, Arturo Frazier, Maria Hechavarria, Carol Jordan, Justine Landeros, Jolena Lomax, Janette Mora, Sandra Moss, Francisco Orozco, Diana Padilla, Denzell Perry, Gregory Pitts, Jerry Randle, Kim Smith, and Omar Spry.[3][4] Arevalo and Orozco ran together as a slate.[5]
Ali, Davis, and Moss won the election. Davis was already a member of the Compton Unified Board of Education. His term was not supposed to be up for election again until 2017, but due to the at-large election process, he was able to run early. His election to a different term left a vacancy on the board.[6][7]
Marketta Martin initially filed as a candidate, but she withdrew from the election.[8]
Results
| Compton Unified School District, At-large, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Micah Ali Incumbent |
15.7% | 2,282 |
| Charles Davis |
9.7% | 1,412 |
| Sandra Moss |
8.3% | 1,204 |
| Gregory Pitts | 7.2% | 1,049 |
| Carol Jordan | 7.0% | 1,021 |
| Barbara Calhoun | 6.6% | 960 |
| Richard Alatorre | 6.4% | 932 |
| Jerry Randle | 5.5% | 795 |
| Skyy Fisher Incumbent | 4.4% | 637 |
| Arturo Frazier | 4.2% | 612 |
| Francisco Orozco | 4.2% | 602 |
| Lizette Arevalo | 3.8% | 547 |
| Diana Padilla | 3.2% | 466 |
| Kim Smith | 3.2% | 457 |
| Omar Spry | 2.7% | 387 |
| Justine Landeros | 2.3% | 331 |
| Denzell Perry | 1.8% | 258 |
| Maria Hechavarria | 1.7% | 242 |
| Janette Mora | 1.1% | 161 |
| Jolena Lomax | 0.9% | 135 |
| Total Votes | 14,490 | |
| Source: Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "NOVEMBER 03, 2015 - LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS: Final Official Election Returns," accessed November 24, 2015 | ||
Funding
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 targeted the end of 2018 to make school board candidate campaign finance reports available online for free. From that point forward, Ballotpedia began including campaign finance data for Los Angeles County school board candidates.[9][10][11]
The first campaign finance reporting deadline was September 24, 2015, and the second one was October 22, 2015. If candidates raised or spent more than $1,000 from a single source, including their own funds, between August 5, 2015, and November 2, 2015, they had to file a campaign finance report within 24 hours.[12]
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
Moss received endorsements from the following organizations and elected officials:[13]
- Compton Education Association
- National Women’s Political Caucus
- International Longshoremen and Warehouse Union (ILWU)
- Compton Mayor Aja Brown
Moss also received endorsements from a number of community leaders.[13] A full list of her endorsements can be found here.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2020
Sandra Moss did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Sandra Moss did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
2015
Moss highlighted the following platform on her campaign website:
| “ | Compton Unified deserves to be benchmarked against high performing schools such as Long Beach Unified. Neither a student’s social economic status nor their demographic location should be a determining factor as to whether they deserve a quality education. I am tired of seeing the pipeline from school to prison increase while our graduation rate decreases, and that’s why I am running for school board.
It saddens me to see the current condition of our schools, and I am ashamed, but I will work diligently to turn the state of our educational system around. My focus and priorities will be to lay a better foundation for a quality education, making sure our schools are safe and secure for all, and strengthening partnerships between administrators, teachers, staff, parents, and the community. Over the next four years, I will address the major challenges the District is facing which include: 1) attracting and keeping qualified/credentialed teachers; 2) addressing social-emotional needs of students; 3) decrease the dropout rates for minority students; and 4) providing full support for our teachers. I will advocate for securing reliable school funding from the State, and make budgetary decisions to provide students with a quality education. I will proactively solicit the opinions of students, parents, and teachers in making Board decisions, and ensure the Board more responsive to the needs of the community. I believe the Board’s responsibility is to provide an educational environment, which give the students a roadmap to thrive, not merely produce adequate test scores but foster an environment so that students can reach their maximum potential. School should be a place where creativity is nurtured. There is nothing more important to our society than to prepare our students for a challenging future with a strong education. As a Deputy Probation Officer, I have over 23 years of experience working with youth. For the past 15 years, I have worked with over 24 schools and helped hundreds of students go from failing grades to walking the stage to receive their high school diploma. If you want, our children to flourish vote for the voice for change, the voice for students, the voice for teachers, and the voice for the community. A vote for me is a vote for thriving students. If you are tired of seeing the school district administrators misappropriate funds, and focus on their individual agendas while students and teachers go without their necessities then I am your candidate for Compton Unified School Board. Please join me in making Compton schools the best part of the great City of Compton.[14] |
” |
| —Sandra Moss (2015)[15] | ||
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Sandra Moss for Compton Unified School District 2015, "About Sandra," accessed October 19, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, “2015 Scheduled Elections,” accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County, California, "Candidate List," accessed August 11, 2015
- ↑ Compton Unified School District, "Board Members," accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ A Better Compton, "Your Candidates for a Better Compton School District," accessed October 15, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "NOVEMBER 03, 2015 - LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS: Semi-Final Official Election Returns," accessed November 4, 2015
- ↑ Abbey Smith, "Phone communication with Charles Davis," October 20, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Final List of Qualified Candidates," September 1, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed July 2, 2014
- ↑ Daniel Anderson, “Email communication with Brenda Duran, Los Angeles County Public Information Officer," October 7, 2016
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Brenda Duran, Los Angeles County Public Information Officer," January 2, 2018
- ↑ Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 3, 2015," accessed August 5, 2015
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Sandra Moss for Compton Unified School District 2015, "Endorsements," accessed October 18, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Sandra Moss for Compton Unified School District 2015, "Platform," accessed October 18, 2015
