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Bob Vu
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Education

Bachelor's

California State University, Fullerton

Graduate

Chapman University

Personal
Profession
Scientist/Educator/Entrepreneur
Contact

Personal website

Bob Vu was a candidate seeking an at-large seat on the Irvine Unified School District Board of Education in California. He ran against two incumbents in the general election on November 4, 2014.[1] Bob Vu lost the general election on November 4, 2014.

The 2014 general election was the third time Vu ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the board. He was defeated in the 2012 general election and the 2014 special election.

Elections

2014

General election

See also: Irvine Unified School District elections (2014)Two at-large seats on the Irvine Unified School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 4, 2014. Incumbents Sharon Wallin and Ira Glasky ran against one challenger, Bob Vu. Both Wallin and Glasky won re-election to their seats.
Results
Irvine Unified School District,
At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngSharon Wallin Incumbent 39.2% 20,969
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngIra Glasky Incumbent 37.3% 19,964
     Nonpartisan Bob Vu 23.5% 12,563
Total Votes 53,496
Source: Orange County, "General Election Official Results," accessed December 22, 2014

Funding

The Orange County Registrar of Voters does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports that were filed by paper in their office. Ballotpedia staffers directly requested this information, but the municipal office refused those requests to make that information public.

Special election

Irvine Unified School District, At-Large Special Election, 2-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngIra Glasky Incumbent 43.1% 7,965
     Nonpartisan Carolyn Inmon 35.6% 6,582
     Nonpartisan Bob Vu 21.3% 3,934
Total Votes 18,481
Source: Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Election Results Archives: 2014 Primary Election," accessed October 6, 2014

2012

Irvine Unified School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Parham Incumbent 15.9% 22,208
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngLauren Brooks 14.9% 20,813
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngPaul Bokota 13.5% 18,823
     Nonpartisan Carolyn Inmon 13% 18,117
     Nonpartisan Bob Vu 10.5% 14,673
     Nonpartisan Cyril Yu 9.7% 13,474
     Nonpartisan Omar Ezzeldine 8.3% 11,612
     Nonpartisan Margaret Brown 7.1% 9,856
     Nonpartisan Michelle Ollada Alipio 7% 9,827
Total Votes 139,403
Source: Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Election Results Archives: 2012 General Election," accessed July 22, 2014

Campaign themes

2014

Vu highlighted the following issues on his campaign website:

“ I believe an education that fosters innovation and creates global leaders can start right here at home in the Irvine Unified School District. To accomplish this we must concentrate on five goals for motivating and assisting students to higher levels of achievement.
  1. First, we need to ensure that every student receives a "Maximum Impact Education." This means the best teachers, the best use of resources in both the schools and our city, and the best technology. I want the best ideas to prepare our children for the future. My slogan is "Innovation in Education."
  2. Second, as a rocket scientist, I live innovation every day and I want to bring this approach to transform our students' education. Our children need an education that combines logic with creativity. Let's go beyond STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) and move toward STEAM by integrating the "A" of Art into our curriculum.
  3. Third, our teachers must have a high quality program of sustained staff development in order to have the skills necessary to educate the global leaders of tomorrow. These intensive training sessions must be designed with specific goals and outcomes for improving classroom performance.
  4. Fourth, we need greater fiscal accountability that ensures every taxpayer's dollar makes a maximum impact on the classroom for teaching and learning. And we need a higher degree of transparency in all of the school board's financial decisions.
  5. Fifth, our school board requires greater representation from the many diverse populations that make up our Irvine community. America works best when all of its many voices are heard. Our school board must make a greater effort to be sensitive to the community that is the host for the Irvine School District.

With these five goals I will seek to build stronger partnerships with our business community to gain the maximum impact of our school district's resources. As a leader who will innovate, I will also collaborate to leverage better learning experiences for students. With this plan, I will bring people together from our many separate communities to gain a consensus that will give every student in the Irvine school district a "Maximum Impact Education."[2]

”
—Bob Vu's campaign website (2014)[3]

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Bob + Vu + Irvine + Unified + School + District"

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See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Contest/Candidate Proof List General Election 2014," accessed August 18, 2014
  2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  3. ↑ Bob Vu for Irvine School Board 2014, "Action Plan," accessed October 6, 2014
2014 Irvine Unified School District Elections
Orange County, California
Election date:November 4, 2014
Candidates:At-large: • Incumbent, Ira Glasky • Incumbent, Sharon Wallin • Bob Vu
Important information:Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot
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