Arlene Perez
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2024
Arlene Perez was a candidate for at-large representative on the El Rancho Unified Board of Education in California. The general election was held on November 3, 2015.[1] She lost the election.[2]
Elections
2015
Opposition
Two of the five seats on the El Rancho Unified School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 3, 2015. The election was held at large.[3][4] The seats held by incumbents Delia Alvidrez and Alfred Renteria were on the ballot.[5]
Alvidrez did not file to run for re-election, ensuring at least one newcomer would join the board. Renteria ran against five challengers: Raul Elias, Victor "Coach" Gonzalez, Teresa Lugo Merino, Gabriel Orosco and Arlene Perez.[1] Renteria lost his bid for re-election, and Merino and Orosco won the two board seats.[2]
Results
| El Rancho Unified School District, At-large, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Teresa Lugo Merino |
26.9% | 1,706 |
| Gabriel Orosco |
20.9% | 1,328 |
| Alfred Renteria Incumbent | 19.8% | 1,254 |
| Arlene Perez | 13.1% | 834 |
| Raul Elias | 12.9% | 818 |
| Victor "Coach" Gonzalez | 6.4% | 407 |
| Total Votes | 6,347 | |
| Source: Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "NOVEMBER 03, 2015 - LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS: Final Official Election Returns," accessed November 24, 2015 | ||
Finanzierung
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.[6][7][8]
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.[9]
If you have any information regarding the campaign finance disclosures in this race, please contact the school board elections team at [email protected].
Endorsements
Perez received no official endorsements in this election.
Campaign themes
2015
Perez highlighted the following statement on her campaign website:
| " | Growing up as a 1st generation ELL student in Pico Rivera, my father and mother always instilled two things in me: the value of la familia and that college was not a goal but an expectation. Even though I came into Rio Vista Elementary speaking no English, the expectation from my parents was that I would one day graduate from El Rancho High School with Honors and be on my way to a university. This was possible because of the services I was provided as an ELL student and more importantly, the advocacy of my 5th grade teacher Mrs. Lomeli and my 9th grade English teacher Ms. Chavez to make sure I was on a college track.
However, the journey through our school district was not a simple one. I had been placed in an all-English classroom where even my teacher did not speak Spanish and, therefore, I was unable to learn due to my limited English achievement. I remember how frustrated and unmotivated I felt because I could not understand what was taught in class. It was not until I was moved to a bilingual classroom where I was provided additional resources that I felt more comfortable and grew drastically. It changed my perception of myself and helped me gain confidence once again. I do not know if I would have gone to college without these resources, and I know that my story resonates with many kids in our district today. We need to continue these stories such as mine and make sure that all students are college and career ready. I was born and raised in Pico Rivera my whole life. I have gone through the entire ERUSD k-12 public school system and because of it, I was able to attend the University of California, Santa Barbara. I’ve been working as a middle school math teacher for four years and have seen what other districts have accomplished. I hope to bring that experience and passion as a school board leader because Pico is not simply a city, it is my home and it is my family’s home.[10] |
” |
| —Arlene Perez, (2015)[11] | ||
Recent news
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See also
- El Rancho Unified School District, California
- El Rancho 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 Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Candidate List: Local And Municipal Consolidated Elections - 11/3/2015," accessed August 11, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "NOVEMBER 03, 2015 - LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS: Semi-Final Official Election Returns," accessed November 4, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, “2015 Scheduled Elections,” accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, “Running for Office,” accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ El Rancho Unified School District, "Board of Education," accessed January 27, 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
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Arlene Perez for El Rancho School Board, "About," accessed October 28, 2015
| 2015 El Rancho Unified School District Elections | |
| Los Angeles County, California | |
| Election date: | November 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Alfred Renteria • Raul Elias • Victor "Coach" Gonzalez • Teresa Lugo Merino • Gabriel Orosco • Arlene Perez |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
