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Suzanne Seymour
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Suzanne Seymour (Republican Party) was a member of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District school board At-large in California. Seymour assumed office in 2015. Seymour left office in 2022.
Seymour (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District school board At-large in California. Seymour won in the general election on November 3, 2015.
Biography
Seymour received her B.A. from USC in 1988. She was in the Business School's Entrepreneur Program and studied programming and data processing in the School of Engineering. She is the block captain of her neighborhood watch.[1]
Elections
2015
Opposition
Two of the five at-large seats on the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 3, 2015.[2][3] The seats held by incumbents Larry Vanden Bos and Linda Reid were on the ballot.[4]
Vanden Bos did not file to run for re-election, which left a seat open to a newcomer. In her bid to win another term, Reid faced three challengers: Dawn Lenzie, Barry Rondinella and Suzanne Seymour.[5] Reid won her bid for re-election, and Seymour won the open seat.[6]
Results
| Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District, At-large, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Linda Reid Incumbent |
31.8% | 4,015 |
| Suzanne Seymour |
30.9% | 3,893 |
| Barry Rondinella | 23.3% | 2,934 |
| Dawn Lenzie | 14.1% | 1,775 |
| Total Votes | 12,617 | |
| 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.[7][8][9]
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.[10]
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
Seymour was endorsed by Craig Huey from Election Forum.[11]
Campaign themes
2015
Ballotpedia survey responses
Seymour participated in Ballotpedia's 2015 survey of school board candidates. The following sections display her responses to the survey questions. When asked what her top priority would be if elected, the candidate made the following statement:
| “ | Improving district communication with parents is my top priority. In addition, ensuring resources are directed to the classroom; safeguarding student privacy, and focusing on individual academic proficiency are very important.[12] | ” |
| —Suzanne Seymour (2015)[13] | ||
Ranking the issues
Seymour was asked to rank the following issues by importance in the school district, with 1 being the most important and 7 being the least important. This table displays her rankings from most to least important:
| Education policy |
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| Education on the ballot |
| Issue importance ranking | |
|---|---|
| Candidate's ranking | Issue |
| Closing the achievement gap | |
| Expanding school choice options | |
| Expanding arts education | |
| Expanding career-technical education | |
| Improving education for special needs students | |
| Improving college readiness | |
| Balancing or maintaining the district's budget | |
Positions on the issues
Seymour was asked to answer 10 questions from Ballotpedia regarding significant issues in education and the school district. The questions are in the left column, and the candidate's responses are in the right column of the following table:
| Question | Response |
|---|---|
| "Modifications are required before they are implemented." | |
| "No" | |
| "No" | |
| "Yes" | |
| "Ensure high quality teachers are in every classroom." | |
| "Expulsion cases must be viewed on a case-by-case basis rather than the district having an overarching policy." | |
| "We do not have any failing schools." | |
| "No" | |
| "Set up a mentorship program for the underperforming teacher with a more experienced teacher in the district." | |
| "Board members need opportunities other than board meetings to interact with parents and other members of the community." |
See also
- Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District, California
- Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District elections (2015)
- Incumbency no guarantee of success in Nov. 3 school board elections (November 6, 2015)
- What happened in Nov.'s top board elections? (November 4, 2015)
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted through Ballotpedia's biographical submission form on September 16, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, “2015 Scheduled Elections,” accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, “Running for Office,” accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District, "Board of Education," accessed January 28, 2015
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedcandidates - ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "PALOS VERDES PEN UNIF SCH GOVERNING BOARD MEMBER," accessed November 4, 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
- ↑ Election Forum, "November 3, 2015 Election Recommendations for L.A. County," October 21, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Ballotpedia School Board Candidate Survey, 2015, "Suzanne Seymour responses," September 17, 2015
| 2015 Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District Elections | |
| Los Angeles County, California | |
| Election date: | November 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Linda Reid • Dawn Lenzie • Barry Rondinella • Suzanne Seymour |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
