Arturo Frazier
Arturo Frazier was a candidate for at-large representative on the Compton Unified Board of Education in California. The general election was held on November 3, 2015.[1] He lost the election.[2]
Frazier participated in Ballotpedia's 2015 survey of school board candidates. To read his responses, check out his 2015 campaign themes.
There were several calls for board member resignations in 2015. Incumbent Skyy Fisher was on trial for a felony charge involving a sex act at the time of the election. Parents, community members and community organizations called for his resignation, but Fisher did not step down from his position on the board. He lost his bid for re-election.[2][3][4] There were also calls for the resignation of all district board members as well as Superintendent Darin Brawley following 80 teacher layoffs after the 2014-2015 school year.[5]
Biography
Frazier was born and raised in Compton, and he graduated from the Compton Unified School District in 1996. He earned a bachelor's degree in business marketing from Southern University in 2002. After earning his undergraduate degree, Frazier returned to Compton and started working as a city council liaison for then-Councilman Isadore Hall, III. Since then, Frazier has worked as a project manager for strategic initiatives for the Los Angeles Urban League, as a congressional field representative and case worker for the U.S. House of Representatives and as a case worker, project manager and field representative for District 62 of the California State Assembly.[6]
Frazier is an ordained minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He has served as a youth pastor in Los Angeles for the past 12 years. He is also a stylist and fashion consultant.[6]
Elections
2015
Three of the seven seats on the Compton Unified School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 3, 2015.[7] 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.[1][8] Arevalo and Orozco ran together as a slate.[9]
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.[2][10]
Marketta Martin initially filed as a candidate, but she withdrew from the election.[11]
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.[12][13][14]
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.[15]
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
Frazier was endorsed by the community organization Evolve.[16]
Campaign themes
2015
Ballotpedia survey responses
Frazier participated in Ballotpedia's 2015 survey of school board candidates. The following sections display his responses to the survey questions. When asked what his top priority would be if elected, the candidate made the following statement:
| “ | Better teacher pay District-wide Facility Repairs and upgrade |
” |
| —Arturo Frazier (2015)[18] | ||
Ranking the issues
Frazier 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 this candidate's 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 | |
| Improving college readiness | |
| Expanding career-technical education | |
| Balancing or maintaining the district's budget | |
| Improving education for special needs students | |
| Expanding arts education | |
| Expanding school choice options | |
Positions on the issues
Frazier 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" | |
| "No" | |
| "The district can ensure equal opportunities for high and low achieving students by supplying available support staff and volunteers to help with tutoring in core subjects that equips students for collegiate and/or career aspirations." | |
| "Expulsion should be used for serious offenses to ensure the safety of other students as well as the integrity of education at district schools." | |
| "Use the S.W.O.T. business analysis to evaluate what needs to cut that contributed to an atmosphere where students are not learning and have constant interference and/or distraction." | |
| "No" | |
| "Offer additional training options." | |
| "I would improve communiy-school board relation through more fellowships and purpose driven partnerships." |
Candidate website
Frazier highlighted the following issues on his campaign website:
| “ | Academic Performance
Arturo Frazier believes that every student of the Compton Unified School District deserves a fair chance with equal rights and resources that provide an uninterrupted quality education. Arturo Frazier believes that the academic performance our students can improve significantly with adequately resourced teaching facilities, a safe and secure learning environment and strong productive trustworthy relationships between students, teachers and administrators. Arturo Frazier believes that accountability from all participants in the academic process (students, staff, administrators and policy makers) will ensure consistent improvements in student achievement. "We cannot demand achievement from our children and not place them in an environment that does not command achievement." - ADF I strongly believe that testing scores do not accurately measure and represent our children's ability to learn and comprehend a certain subject taught in our public schools. Often times students that test well aren't necessarily comprehending each subject matter. I believe our testing should be used as a gauge to prepare and strengthen our students in areas that challenge their ability to learn and ultimately display academic achievement. Latino Community (Reference http://ballotpedia.org/Compton_Unified_School_District,_California) Issues: Latino Lack of Representation Arturo Frazier has been a life long resident of the great city of Compton, which has been diverse with a non-white population since the mid-1960s. Throughout his entire academic succession, Arturo has integrated very well with students and neighbors of the Latino community. Arturo Frazier believes that the only difference between the Latino community, the African American community is their language barrier. "All of our needs are the same. We all desire the same things out of life such as equal opportunities and the right to prosperity for ourselves and our families." Arturo Frazier supports academic training for the Latino community to become very affluent in the English language as this is very critical for all non-English speaking residence of the city of Compton. He is already at work with the Our Lady of Victory Church, Victory Outreach Ministries and other Latino organizations to assist in making sure that opportunities for the 78% Latino student population of the Compton Unified School District are connected to resources that help them excel at the same pace as every other ethnicity represented in our school district. "With a name like Arturo, you can't help but love, respect and represent for your Latino brothers and sisters." Safety Marijuana Dispensaries Budget and Funding Unions |
” |
| —Arturo Frazier (2015)[19] | ||
Recent news
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See also
- Compton Unified School District, California
- Compton 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
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Los Angeles County, California, "Candidate List," accessed August 11, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "NOVEMBER 03, 2015 - LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS: Semi-Final Official Election Returns," accessed November 4, 2015
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- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, “2015 Scheduled Elections,” accessed January 27, 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Evolve, "2015 Endorsements: November 03, 2015 Election," accessed October 16, 2015
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Ballotpedia School Board Candidate Survey, 2015, "Arturo Frazier responses," October 19, 2015
- ↑ Arturo Frazier for Compton Unified School Board 2015, "Issues," accessed September 2, 2015
| 2015 Compton Unified School District Elections | |
| Los Angeles County, California | |
| Election date: | November 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Micah Ali • Incumbent, Skyy Fisher • 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 • Omar Spry |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
