Stanley Rodkin
Stanley Rodkin ran for election to the Poway Unified Board of Education to represent Trustee Area D in California. Rodkin lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Rodkin completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2018. Click here to read the survey answers.
Rodkin was a candidate for an at-large seat on the Poway Unified School District school board in California. Rodkin was defeated in the at-large general election on November 8, 2016.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Poway Unified Board of Education Trustee Area D
Incumbent Michelle O'Connor-Ratcliff defeated Stanley Rodkin in the general election for Poway Unified Board of Education Trustee Area D on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Michelle O'Connor-Ratcliff (Nonpartisan) | 65.5 | 7,866 |
Stanley Rodkin (Nonpartisan)  | 34.5 | 4,143 | ||
| Total votes: 12,009 | |||
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2016
Two of the five seats on the Poway Unified School District Board of Education were up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. In her bid for re-election, incumbent Kimberley Beatty ran against challengers Nick Anastasopoulos, Debra Cooper, Jimmy Karam, John Moriarty, Terry Norwood, Darshana Patel, Stanley Rodkin, and Carol Ware.[2] Beatty won re-election, and Patel won the other seat on the ballot.[3]
Results
| Poway Unified School District, At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Darshana Patel |
20.79% | 26,713 |
| Kimberley Beatty Incumbent |
19.21% | 24,681 |
| Debra Cooper | 16.68% | 21,436 |
| Carol Ware | 10.66% | 13,694 |
| Jimmy Karam | 9.73% | 12,504 |
| John Moriarty | 6.03% | 7,747 |
| Terry Norwood | 5.67% | 7,289 |
| Nick Anastasopoulos | 5.63% | 7,235 |
| Stanley Rodkin | 5.61% | 7,213 |
| Total Votes | 128,512 | |
| Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Presidential General Election - Tuesday, November 8, 2016," accessed December 9, 2016 | ||
Funding
Rodkin filed an exemption form detailing he would not spend or receive more than $2,000 for this campaign. Because of this, he did not have to file additional campaign finance reports.[4][5]
Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Stanley Rodkin completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Rodkin's responses.
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
end bloated management Prioritize student safety Stop wasting of taxpayer money
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?
Safety and good education for all students
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?
Retired Naval aviators
Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?
no
What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?
The genuine belief that one is there to serve and not for personal aggrandizement
What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?
Honesty, transparency, genuine altruism
What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?
Prudent stewardship of the taxpayers' dollars
What legacy would you like to leave?
He was a respected Board member
What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?
Moon landing
What was your very first job? How long did you have it?
consultant to the US Navy
What happened on your most awkward date?
Car broke down
What is your favorite holiday? Why?
July 4th
What is your favorite book? Why?
none
If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?
superman
What is your favorite thing in your home or apartment? Why?
My computer
What was the last song that got stuck in your head?
Give my regards to Broadway
What is something that has been a struggle in your life?
Allergies
What is the primary job of a school board member in your view?
To hire, fire and evaluate the superintendent
Who are your constituents?
Students, parents and taxpayers
How would you support the diverse needs of your district’s students, faculty, staff, and community?
Weigh all financial requests and ensure that all funds are used to maximize benefits.
How will you build relationships with members of the broader community? Which groups, organizations, stakeholders will you specifically target?
By making myself widely available
What will you do to build a better relationship with parents in the district? What plans do you have to be inclusive of parental involvement?
Act with integrity and decorum at all times and listen to all sides of every issue before making the decision.
Do you believe it is important to intentionally recruit with the aim of diversifying the district’s faculty, staff, and administration? If so, what would be your policy to achieve this?
Yes. It is important. I would seek a majority vote to direct the superintendent to do.
What issues get in the way of quality education? How would you address these obstacles?
Special interest groups and grandstanding by board members
What constitutes good teaching? How will you measure this? How will you support advanced teaching approaches?
The achievements fd the students
What type of skills should students be learning for success in the 21st century?
A broad range from IT to manual arts
How might you improve the value of a high school diploma? What should a 21st century diploma reflect?
Ensure that all students have the tools for success
In what areas would you like to expand curriculum? For example, do you see a need for advanced technical training or apprenticeships? What sort of innovative programming would you advance if given the opportunity?
ll forms of the manual arts are important along with advanced computer skills
What strategies or plans would you advance to ensure the schools are properly funded?
INtensify lobbying at the state capitol for more funds
What principles drive your policies for safety in schools?
The horrors of the past few years
How might you support the mental health needs of students/faculty/staff?
Programs to prevent bullying and funding for counselors.
What role do you imagine technology playing in (and outside) the classroom in the future? How would you prepare the district for this?
An ever greater role. Training to ensure that IT is properly used to maxize student learning
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2016
Ballotpedia survey responses
Stan Rodkin participated in Ballotpedia's 2016 survey of school board candidates. In response to the question "What do you hope to achieve if elected to the school board?" the candidate stated on September 21, 2016:
| “ | I want to end the corruption and mismanagement that has been highlighted so often in the local papers and return the focus to students and education[6][7] | ” |
Ranking the issues
The candidate was asked to rank the following issues based on how they should be prioritized by the school board, with 1 being the most important and 7 being the least important. Each ranking could only be used once.
| Education policy |
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| Education on the ballot |
| Issue importance ranking | |
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| Candidate's ranking | Issue |
| Balancing or maintaining the district's budget | |
| Improving education for special needs students | |
| Improving post-secondary readiness | |
| Improving relations with teachers | |
| Closing the achievement gap | |
| Expanding arts education | |
| Expanding school choice options | |
| “ | I do nit believe there is a large achievement gap in the PUSD[7] | ” |
| —stan rodkin (September 21, 2016) | ||
Positions on the issues
The candidate was asked to answer nine questions from Ballotpedia regarding significant issues in education and the school district. The questions are highlighted in blue and followed by the candidate's responses. Some questions provided multiple choices, which are noted after those questions. The candidate was also provided space to elaborate on their answers to the multiple choice questions.
| Should new charter schools be approved in your district? (Not all school boards are empowered to approve charter schools. In those cases, the candidate was directed to answer the question as if the school board were able to do so.) |
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| Yes. Yes provided there is a mechanism in place to ensure that the school meets the same standards as the public school |
| Which statement best describes the ideal relationship between the state government and the school board? The state should always defer to school board decisions, defer to school board decisions in most cases, be involved in the district routinely or only intervene in severe cases of misconduct or mismanagement. |
| The state should only intervene in severe cases of misconduct or mismanagement. |
| Are standardized tests an accurate metric of student achievement? |
| No. I believe there is too much teaching to the test as a metric of how schools are doing. |
| What is your stance on the Common Core State Standards Initiative? |
| good for some families |
| How should the district handle underperforming teachers? Terminate their contract before any damage is done to students, offer additional training options, put them on a probationary period while they seek to improve or set up a mentorship program for the underperforming teacher with a more experienced teacher in the district? |
| Put them on a probationary period while they seek to improve. Some people are not cut out to be teachers and these people should be given the chance to join a different profession early on.Teaching is a difficult profession and one should not spend his or her life trying to measure up when a different profession might be a better choice . |
| Should teachers receive merit pay? |
| Yes. A difficult question. Good teachers should be rewarded over and above step and class, but that is a difficult thing to administer fairly and evenly |
| Should the state give money to private schools through a voucher system or scholarship program? |
| No. It is the responsibility of the state to provide for the education of all students in the public schools.State money to voucher schools could deplete the funds available to the public schools,. and furthermore every splinter group could set up a charter school and teach whatever they wanted to. |
| How should expulsion be used in the district? |
| It should be used only if all other methods including continuation schools have failed the student. |
| What's the most important factor for success in the classroom: student-teacher ratio, the curriculum, teachers, parent involvement or school administration? |
| Teachers Parent involvement is important as well but the teacher must rank first in importance. |
See also
- Poway Unified School District, California
- Poway Unified School District elections (2016)
- Poway Unified School District elections (2018)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ County of San Diego Registrar of Voters, "Candidate List," accessed September 27, 2018
- ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Candidate List: 2016 General Election," accessed August 29, 2016
- ↑ San Diego County, "Presidential General Election Tuesday, November 8, 2016," accessed November 9, 2016
- ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "CampaignDocs eRetrieval: Search by Candidate's Last Name," accessed October 5, 2016
- ↑ California Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 8, 2016," accessed September 30, 2016
- ↑ Ballotpedia School Board Candidate Survey, 2016, "Stan Rodkin's responses," September 21, 2016
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
| Poway Unified School District elections in 2018 | |
| San Diego County, California | |
| Election date: | November 6, 2018 |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
| 2016 Poway Unified School District Elections | |
| San Diego County, California | |
| Election date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Kimberley Beatty • Nick Anastasopoulos • Debra Cooper • Jimmy Karam • John Moriarty • Terry Norwood • Darshana Patel • Stanley Rodkin • Carol Ware |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
