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2014 Sweetwater Union High School District Elections
General Election date:
November 4, 2014
Table of Contents
About the district
Method of election
Elections
What was at stake?
Key deadlines
Additional elections
External links
See also
California
Sweetwater Union High School District
San Diego County, California ballot measures
Local ballot measures, California
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Five seats on the Sweetwater Union High School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 4, 2014. Seats from Trustee Areas 1, 3 and 5 were up for election to four-year terms, and seats from Trustee Areas 2 and 4 were up for election to two-year terms.[1]

Newcomers to the board were elected in all five areas. Arturo Solis won the Trustee Area 1 seat, Kevin J. Pike won the Trustee Area 2 seat, and Frank A. Tarantino won the Trustee Area 3 seat. In Trustee Area 4, Nicholas Segura was elected, and the Trustee Area 5 seat was won by Paula Hall.[2]

The spring of 2014 brought a sweep of convictions of elected officials, administrators and contractors in southern California school districts that left the Sweetwater Union Board of Education with one remaining member, board president John McCann, who finished his term through November 2014. Four members of the San Diego County Board of Education stepped in to serve as interim board members until new members were elected on November 4, 2014.[3]

McCann did not file to run for re-election, but former members Bertha J. Lopez and Jim Cartmill, both of whom pleaded guilty to misdemeanors of accepting gifts above the state limit while serving on the school board, ran to reclaim their seats. They were both defeated on November 4, 2014.[2][3] A total of 21 candidates ran for the five open seats.[4]

About the district

See also: Sweetwater Union High School District, California
Sweetwater Union High School District is located in San Diego County, California.

Sweetwater Union High School District is located in San Diego County, California. The county seat of San Diego County is San Diego. San Diego County is home to 3,211,252 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau.[5] In the 2011-2012 school year, Sweetwater Union High School District was the 16th-largest school district by enrollment in California and served 40,619 students.[6]

Demographics

San Diego County outperformed the rest of California in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 34.4 percent of San Diego County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 30.5 percent for California as a whole. The median household income for San Diego County was $63,373 compared to $61,400 for the entire state. The percentage of people below poverty level for San Diego County was 13.9 percent while it was 15.3 percent statewide.[5]

Racial Demographics, 2013[5]
Race San Diego County (%) California (%)
White 76.6 73.5
Black or African American 5.6 6.6
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3 1.7
Asian 11.7 14.1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0.6 0.5
Two or more races 4.2 3.7
Hispanic or Latino 32.9 38.4

Presidential Voting Pattern,
San Diego County[7][8][9][10]
Year Democratic Vote Republican Vote
2012 626,957 536,726
2008 666,581 541,032
2004 526,437 596,033
2000 437,666 475,736

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Voter and candidate information

The Sweetwater Union High School District Board of Education consists of five members elected to four-year terms by specific geographic areas. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on November 4, 2014. The seats from Trustee Areas 1, 3 and 5 were up for election to four-year terms, and the seats from Trustee Areas 2 and 4 were up for election to two-year terms.[1][11]

School board candidates had to file with their county elections department during the candidate filing period. The filing period began July 14, 2014, and ended August 8, 2014. To vote in the 2014 general election, voters had to register by October 20, 2014. Voters could request vote-by-mail ballots from October 6, 2014, through October 28, 2014.[12]

Elections

2014

Candidates

Trustee Area 1

Trustee Area 2

Trustee Area 3

Trustee Area 4

Trustee Area 5

Election results

Trustee Area 1
Sweetwater Union High School District,
Trustee Area 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngArturo Solis 46.6% 4,274
     Nonpartisan Burt Grossman 37.9% 3,471
     Nonpartisan Jerome Orlando Torres 15.5% 1,423
Total Votes 9,168
Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Gubernatorial General Election Tuesday, November 4, 2014," accessed January 2, 2015
Trustee Area 2
Sweetwater Union High School District,
Trustee Area 2 General Election, 2-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngKevin Pike 26.5% 4,613
     Nonpartisan Adrian Arancibia 25% 4,345
     Nonpartisan Kevin O'Neill 16% 2,776
     Nonpartisan Dana Toogood 16% 2,788
     Nonpartisan Bertha J. Lopez 16.5% 2,878
Total Votes 17,400
Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Gubernatorial General Election Tuesday, November 4, 2014," accessed January 2, 2015
Trustee Area 3
Sweetwater Union High School District,
Trustee Area 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngFrank A. Tarantino 35.7% 4,560
     Nonpartisan Richard F. Arroyo 23.1% 2,948
     Nonpartisan Jim Cartmill 20.6% 2,638
     Nonpartisan Chris Shilling 20.6% 2,631
Total Votes 12,777
Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Gubernatorial General Election Tuesday, November 4, 2014," accessed January 2, 2015
Trustee Area 4
Sweetwater Union High School District,
Trustee Area 4 General Election, 2-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngNicholas Segura 37.3% 3,235
     Nonpartisan Derrick W. Roach 25.1% 2,174
     Nonpartisan Felipe Nuno 20.1% 1,742
     Nonpartisan Tino Martinez 12.2% 1,061
     Nonpartisan Valley P. Coleman 5.3% 461
Total Votes 8,673
Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Gubernatorial General Election Tuesday, November 4, 2014," accessed January 2, 2015
Trustee Area 5
Sweetwater Union High School District,
Trustee Area 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngPaula Hall 41.2% 4,624
     Nonpartisan William "Bud" McLeroy 24.7% 2,771
     Nonpartisan Marcelino J. Martinez 20.3% 2,274
     Nonpartisan Thomas "Tom" Schaaf 13.9% 1,557
Total Votes 11,226
Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Gubernatorial General Election Tuesday, November 4, 2014," accessed January 2, 2015

Endorsements

The Republican Party of San Diego County endorsed Burt Grossman (Area 1), Kevin J. Pike (Area 2), Richard F. Arroyo (Area 3), Derrick W. Roach (Area 4) and William "Bud" McLeroy (Area 5).[13]

The Democratic Party of San Diego County endorsed Arturo Solis (Area 1), Adrian Arancibia (Area 2), Frank A. Tarantino (Area 3), Nicholas Segura (Area 4) and Paula Hall (Area 5).[14]

Campaign finance

Candidates had to file contribution reports within 24 hours of receiving an aggregate total of $1,000 or more from a single source. The first scheduled pre-election report filing deadline was October 6, 2014. If candidates raised or spent less than $1,000 during the 2013 and 2014 calendar years, they had to file Form 470 at that time. If candidates raised or spent more during that time, they had to file Form 460 by the pre-election report filing deadline.[15]

Candidates required to file Form 460 also had to file a second pre-election report on October 23, 2014, and they had to file termination reports by December 31, 2014. If a termination report was not filed, candidates had to file a semi-annual report by February 2, 2015.[15]

Reports

According to the first pre-election reports submitted to the San Diego County Registrar of Voters, candidates for Trustee Area 1 reported a total of $1,906.36 in contributions and $1,201.36 in expenditures as of September 30, 2014. Only one candidate, Jerome Orlando Torres, filed Form 470 to indicate he would not be spending or receiving more than $1,000 in this election. Because of that, Torres did not have to file any additional campaign finance reports.[16][17][18]

Candidate Existing balance Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
Burt Grossman $0.00 $1,201.36 $1,201.36 $0.00
Arturo Solis $0.00 $705.00 $0.00 $705.00
Jerome Orlando Torres N/A $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

According to the first pre-election reports submitted to the San Diego County Registrar of Voters, candidates for Trustee Area 2 reported a total of $21,916.00 in contributions and $32,833.25 in expenditures as of September 30, 2014.[19][20][21][22][23]

Candidate Existing balance Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
Adrian Arancibia $0.00 $3,951.00 $3,114.72 $836.28
Bertha J. Lopez $2,201.13 $149.00 $15,923.53 $820.10
Kevin O'Neill $0.00 $8,752.00 $3,855.00 $4,897.00
Kevin J. Pike $0.00 $2,000.00 $1,921.00 $79.00
Dana Toogood $0.00 $7,064.00 $8,019.00 $1,045.00

According to the first pre-election reports submitted to the San Diego County Registrar of Voters, candidates for Trustee Area 3 reported a total of $18,419.00 in contributions and $11,682.04 in expenditures as of September 30, 2014.[24][25][26][27]

Candidate Existing balance Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
Richard F. Arroyo $0.00 $5,177.00 $2,025.00 $3,152.00
Jim Cartmill $20.82 $6,242.00 $5,834.35 $658.47
Chris Shilling $0.00 $325.00 $246.07 $78.93
Frank A. Tarantino $0.00 $6,675.00 $3,576.62 $3,098.38

Only one candidate for Trustee Area 4, Nicholas Segura, indicated that he would be spending or receiving more than $1,000 in this election. According to the first pre-election reports submitted to the San Diego County Registrar of Voters, Segura reported a total of $4,192.00 in contributions and $1,703.98 in expenditures as of September 30, 2014. The other four candidates, Tino Martinez, Derrick W. Roach, Valley P. Coleman and Felipe Nuno filed Form 470 to indicate they would not be spending or receiving more than $1,000 in this election. Because of that, they did not have to file any additional campaign finance reports.[28][29][30][31][32]

Candidate Existing balance Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
Nicholas Segura $0.00 $4,192.00 $1,703.98 $2,488.02
Valley P. Coleman N/A $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Tino Martinez N/A $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Felipe Nuno N/A $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Derrick W. Roach N/A $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

Only one candidate for Trustee Area 5, Paula Hall, indicated that she would be spending or receiving more than $1,000 in this election. According to the first pre-election reports submitted to the San Diego County Registrar of Voters, Hall reported a total of $2,482.12 in contributions and $1,994.18 in expenditures as of September 30, 2014. The other three candidates, Marcelino J. Martinez, William "Bud" McLeroy and Thomas "Tom" Schaaf filed Form 470 to indicate they would not be spending or receiving more than $1,000 in this election. Because of that, they did not have to file any additional campaign finance reports.[33][34][35][36]

Candidate Existing balance Contributions Expenditures Cash on hand
Paula Hall $0.00 $2,482.12 $1,994.18 $487.94
Marcelino J. Martinez N/A $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
William "Bud" McLeroy N/A $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Thomas "Tom" Schaaf N/A $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

Past elections

What was at stake?

2014

Issues in the election

Former members, ousted after misdemeanor convictions, run to reclaim seats

Bertha J. Lopez and Jim Cartmill pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor each in April 2014, after accepting gifts above the state limit while serving on the Sweetwater Union Board of Education. After being sentenced in June to three years’ probation, 40 hours of community service and a $4,589 fine, a San Diego Superior Court judge ruled that both of their seats had become vacant. The ruling was based on Government Code 1770, which states that any conviction involving an offense that violated official duties of an elected office creates an immediate vacancy in that office. The code did not stop Lopez and Cartmill from running for office again. Both former members filed to reclaim their seats in the general election on November 4, 2014.[3] They were both defeated by newcomers to the board.[2]

Two other members of the Sweetwater Union Board of Education were involved in a sweep of convictions in southern California school districts in the spring of 2014, leaving only one board member left for the district, former board president John McCann. The San Diego County Board of Education stepped in to fill the vacancies created by the convictions until the election determined the new members. McCann did not file for re-election.[3]

Issues in the district

Title IX class action lawsuit upheld

The Sweetwater Union High School District was in violation of Title IX, the federal law that prohibits gender discrimination in education and public school athletic programs, ruled the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on September 19, 2014. The district was also charged to have engaged in unlawful retaliation under Title IX. The ruling upheld a lower court ruling in favor of a lawsuit filed in 2007 on behalf of female students in the district.[37]

In 2012, U.S. District Court Judge M. James Lorenz ruled that female student athletes at Castle Park High School been denied the equal opportunity to play high school sports as they had inferior facilities and less opportunities to play compared to male student athletes. Lorenz also ruled that the district was in violation of Title IX in many other aspects, including coaching benefits and publicity.[38]

The unlawful retaliation charge came from the district's firing of softball coach Chris Martinez after he had complained to Castle Park High School's administrators about the girls' facilities. The court ruled that the school's female softball team had been stronger with Martinez as a coach.[37]

The district paid almost $500,000 in legal fees during the first round of court proceedings and a further $100,000 to appeal the decision. Since the lawsuit was filed, the district has spent $1.6 million to improve its softball fields.[38]

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Sweetwater Union High School District election in 2014:[15][39]

Deadline Event
July 14, 2014 First day for candidates to file nomination documents
August 8, 2014 Last day for candidates to file nomination documents
October 6, 2014 First day to request vote-by-mail ballot
October 6, 2014 First pre-election report due
October 20, 2014 Last day to register to vote
October 23, 2014 Second pre-election report due
October 28, 2014 Last day to request vote-by-mail ballot
November 4, 2014 Election Day
December 31, 2014 Termination report due
February 2, 2015 Semi-annual report due

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: California elections, 2014

This election shared the ballot with general elections for several state executive offices, five U.S. House seats, three state Senate seats and six state Assembly seats.[40]

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Sweetwater + Union + High + School + District + California"

Sweetwater Union High School District News Feed

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Candidate Filing Guide General Election November 4, 2014," accessed August 6, 2014
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Contra Costa County Registrar of Voters, "Gubernatorial General Election Tuesday, November 4, 2014," accessed November 5, 2014
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 UT San Diego, "Judge rules Sweetwater seats up for grabs," August 27, 2014 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "UTSanDiego" defined multiple times with different content
  4. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Gubernatorial General Election Candidate List," accessed August 19, 2014
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 United States Census Bureau, "San Diego County, California," accessed July 14, 2014
  6. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed April 22, 2014
  7. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Presidential General Election November 6, 2012, Official Results," accessed July 14, 2014
  8. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Presidential General Election November 4, 2008, Official Results," accessed July 14, 2014
  9. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "General Election November 2, 2004, Final Official Results," accessed July 14, 2014
  10. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "General Election November 7, 2000," accessed July 14, 2014
  11. ↑ Sweetwater Union High School District, "Board Member Profiles," accessed August 6, 2014
  12. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Summary of November 4, 2014, General Election Calendar," accessed July 14, 2014
  13. ↑ San Diego Republicans, "2014 General Election Voter Guide," accessed October 15, 2014
  14. ↑ San Diego Democratic Party, "Endorsed Democratic Candidates," accessed October 15, 2014
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 4, 2014," accessed August 19, 2014
  16. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "GROSSMAN SWEETWATER SCHOOL 2014-460 Recipient Committee Campaign Statement," October 6, 2014
  17. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "SOLIS FOR SWEETWATER BOARD 2014-460 Recipient Committee Campaign Statement," October 14, 2014
  18. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "JEROME O TORRES-470 Officeholder and Candidate Campaign Statement," October 6, 2014
  19. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "ARANCIBIA FOR SWEETWATER UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 2014-460 Recipient Committee Campaign Statement," October 7, 2014
  20. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "LOPEZ FOR SWEETWATER TRUSTEE 2014-460 Recipient Committee Campaign Statement," October 6, 2014
  21. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "PIKE SWEETWATER SCHOOL BOARD 2014-460 Recipient Committee Campaign Statement," October 6, 2014
  22. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "COMMITTEE TO ELECT DANA TOOGOOD TRUSTEE 2014-460 Recipient Committee Campaign Statement," October 6, 2014
  23. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "O NEILL FOR SWEETWATER SCHOOL BOARD AREA 2 2014-460 Recipient Committee Campaign Statement," October 6, 2014
  24. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "ARROYO FOR SWEETWATER BOARD #3 2014-460 Recipient Committee Campaign Statement," October 6, 2014
  25. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "FRIENDS OF JIM CARTMILL SWEETWATER UNION HIGH DISTRICT AREA 3 2014-460 Recipient Committee Campaign Statement," October 6, 2014
  26. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "SHILLING FOR SCHOOL BOARD 2014-460 Recipient Committee Campaign Statement," October 20, 2014
  27. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "TARANTINO 2014 SWEETWATER SCHOOL BOARD-460 Recipient Committee Campaign Statement," October 6, 2014
  28. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "JUSTINO I MARTINEZ -470 Officeholder and Candidate Campaign Statement," October 7, 2014
  29. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "DERRICK W ROACH -470 Officeholder and Candidate Campaign Statement," October 23, 2014
  30. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "NICHOLAS SEGURA SWEETWATER HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT TRUSTEE NO 4 2014-460 Recipient Committee Campaign Statement," October 6, 2014
  31. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "VALLEY P COLEMAN-470 Officeholder and Candidate Campaign Statement," August 5, 2014
  32. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "FELIPE NUNO-470 Officeholder and Candidate Campaign Statement," September 30, 2014
  33. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "HALL SCHOOL BOARD 2014-460 Recipient Committee Campaign Statement," October 6, 2014
  34. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "WILLIAM D MC LEROY-470 Officeholder and Candidate Campaign Statement," July 30, 2014
  35. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "THOMAS K SCHAAF-470 Officeholder and Candidate Campaign Statement," July 29, 2014
  36. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "MARCELINO JIMENEZ MARTINEZ-460 Recipient Committee Campaign Statement," July 18, 2014
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 Business Insurance, "Title IX class action lawsuit ruling against California school district upheld on appeal," September 19, 2014
  38. ↑ 38.0 38.1 UT San Diego, "Appeals court upholds Title IX ruling against Sweetwater," September 22, 2014
  39. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Candidate Schedule November 4, 2014," accessed July 16, 2014
  40. ↑ San Diego Registrar of Voters, "Gubernatorial Primary Election Tuesday, June 3, 2014," accessed July 14, 2014
2014 Sweetwater Union High School District Elections
San Diego County, California
Election date:November 4, 2014
Candidates:Trustee Area 1: • Burt Grossman • Arturo Solis • Jerome Orlando Torres
Trustee Area 2: • Adrian Arancibia • Bertha J. Lopez • Kevin O'Neill • Kevin J. Pike • Dana Toogood
Trustee Area 3: • Richard F. Arroyo • Jim Cartmill • Chris Shilling • Frank A. Tarantino
Trustee Area 4: • Valley P. Coleman • Tino Martinez • Felipe Nuno • Derrick W. Roach • Nicholas Segura
Trustee Area 5: • Paula Hall • Marcelino J. Martinez • William "Bud" McLeroy • Thomas "Tom" Schaaf
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