Veronica Williams
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Veronica Williams is an at-large member of the Carlsbad Unified School District Board of Trustees in California. She was first elected to the board on November 2, 2010.[1]
Williams faced one fellow incumbent and four challengers in her bid for re-election to one of three at-large seats on November 4, 2014.[2] Veronica Williams won the general election on November 4, 2014.
Biography
On top of owning a technology consulting business, Williams works as a chief technology officer for BW Research. She has a bachelor's degree in mathematics and a master's in governance certificate from the California School Boards Association. Williams was born in San Diego but has lived in Carlsbad since 2000. She and her husband have two children, both of whom attend school in the Carlsbad Unified School District.[1][3][4]
Elections
2014
Four seats were up for general election on the Carlsbad Unified School District Board of Trustees on November 4, 2014. Three at-large seats were up for election to four-year terms, and one at-large seat was up for election to a two-year term. Incumbents Claudine Jones and Veronica Williams ran against challengers Maria Rosino Miracco, Gil Soto, Kathy Rallings and Sage Naumann for the four-year term seats, and candidates Ray Pearson and Jenae Torgersen ran for election to the open two-year term seat.
Jones and Williams won their bids for re-election for another four years. Rallings also won election to a four-year term on the board. Pearson defeated Torgersen to win a two-year term on the board.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan |  Claudine Jones Incumbent |
21.1% | 7,910 | |
| Nonpartisan | Kathy Rallings |
19.4% | 7,280 | |
| Nonpartisan | Veronica Williams Incumbent |
18.2% | 6,832 | |
| Nonpartisan | Sage Naumann | 17.2% | 6,460 | |
| Nonpartisan | Gil Soto | 12% | 4,523 | |
| Nonpartisan | Maria Rosino Miracco | 12.1% | 4,564 | |
| Total Votes | 37,569 | |||
| Source: San Diego County Election Department, "General Election Results," accessed December 22, 2014 | ||||
Funding
Williams reported $6,225.00 in total contributions and $5,990.58 in total expenditures to the San Diego County Registrar of Voters, leaving $234.42 cash on hand as of October 18, 2014.[5]
Endorsements
Williams received endorsements from a number of community members. A full list of her supporters can be found here.
2010
| Carlsbad Unified School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Ann E. Tanner |
27.4% | 11,266 | |
| Nonpartisan | Veronica Williams |
24.8% | 10,210 | |
| Nonpartisan | Lisa Rodman Incumbent |
24.4% | 10,030 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ray Pearson | 23.5% | 9,681 | |
| Total Votes | 41,187 | |||
| Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Gubernatorial General Election Tuesday, November 2, 2010, Official Results," accessed September 17, 2014 | ||||
Campaign themes
2014
Williams highlighted the following platform on her campaign website:
| “ | Carlsbad Schools consistently rate at the top of the class, whether you are comparing their high API scores or evaluating the alumni that have gone and succeeded at the highest levels of academia and industry. This does not mean that as parents and residents of the Carlsbad community we should be content with the status quo and stop working to improve our schools and continue to invest in their success. As a school board trustee, I have worked hard the last four years to ensure that Carlsbad Schools are committed to the highest student achievement, by raising academic expectations, ensuring all students have access to right sized classes and right-sized schools and being fiscally responsible. As part of my re-election campaign, I want to talk about the issues and priorities I have for the Carlsbad schools, and start a community-wide discussion on how we can continue to improve and invest in our schools.
Right Sized Classes & Right Sized Schools Putting every Carlsbad student in the optimal learning environment, begins in the classroom, with a teacher and the right number of students. Research on the ideal student to teacher ratio is not a simple or clear-cut equation, but factors such as the grade level and the specific needs of the student should be considered. As a general guideline, kindergarten through 3rd grade should strive to have classes of 25 or less students for every teacher, while classes between 4th and 8th grade should strive to have classes of 30 or less students for every teacher. The research findings for optimal class sizes at the high school level provides less direction, but as a District I think high school classes should strive to have 32 or less students for all classes, except for those like Physical Education, where we can safely and effectively have somewhat higher ratios. It is important to recognize that right size classes are only one part of our commitment to better Carlsbad schools. Veronica Williams made class size reduction her top priority by lowering class sizes immediately as the resources became available in the 2013-2014 school year. Another critical element to higher student achievement is right sized schools. In Carlsbad, we have nine elementary schools and three middle schools enough to ensure right sized schools for grades K-8. However, until last year, CUSD had only one comprehensive high school with over 3,200 students. While, Carlsbad High is and will continue to be a remarkable school, it will be able to do more for its students, if it served 2,000 students rather than 3,200 students. Research on the optimal high school sizes indicates that larger high schools, particularly those over 2,100 students tend to have lower student achievement, even when variables such as socio-economic status are held constant. A researcher of a study on ideal high school sizes stated that; “in large high schools, especially those enrolling over 2,100 students, they learn considerably less."[1] There is also research that indicates high schools with less than 2,100 students, offer students more opportunity to participate in extra-curricular activities and are more likely to reduce the achievement gap. Carlsbad voters agreed with this assessment and overwhelmingly supported the District to fund a new comprehensive high school[2], Sage Creek High School, which opened last year was built on-time and under budget. Veronica is committed to keeping the promise we made to Carlsbad voters to build and operate a second comprehensive high school in the District and ensuring our high school students can thrive in a right-sized school Commitment to Fiscal Sustainability
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| —Veronica Williams' campaign website (2014)[7] | ||
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Veronica + Williams + Carlsbad + Unified + School + District"
See also
External links
- Carlsbad Unified School District
- Office website
- Campaign website
- LinkedIn page
- 2014 Smart Voter profile
- 2010 Smart Voter profile
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Carlsbad Unified School District, "Board Member," accessed October 21, 2014
- ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Gubernatorial General Election Candidate List," accessed August 19, 2014
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Veronica Williams," accessed October 21, 2014
- ↑ Voter's Edge, "Board Member - Carlsbad Unified School District, Full Term: Veronica Williams," accessed October 21, 2014
- ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Campaign Disclosure Statement for Veronica Williams for Carlsbad School Board 2014," accessed October 24, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Re-elect Veronica Williams Carlsbad School Board, "Platform," accessed September 17, 2014
