Shouting and finger pointing colored a brief but contentious special school board meeting Wednesday in Los Banos Two new trustees were sworn in to the Los Banos Unified School District … Click to Continue »
Read More »Falasco loses Los Banos school board seat to Munoz by 3 votes
Dominic Falasco already attended his last meeting as a Los Banos Unified School District trustee in November after he lost his re-election bid by three votes. Updated election results have … Click to Continue »
Read More »Several school board races may depend on votes not yet counted
With nearly 20 school board seats up across Merced County, only a handful of votes separated opponents in multiple races after results for all precincts were recorded late Tuesday night. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Early results show mixed bag in school board races
Races for Merced school board seats remained too close to call Tuesday night, with incumbents fighting to keep their seats on boards for Merced College, Merced City schools and Merced … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced College board of trustees candidates
Area 2 Gary Arzamendi, 54, teacher, incumbent What differentiates you from your opponent? Education is my life’s work and an investment in our future. I have earned degrees and credentials … Click to Continue »
Read More »Candidate profiles for Los Banos school board Area 6
Incumbent Los Banos school district Trustee Carole Duffy is being challenged in her re-election bid by local realtor Marg Benton, for the district’s Area 6 school board seat. Benton and … Click to Continue »
Read More »Candidate profiles for Los Banos school board Area 2
A tense election season in Los Banos is pitting incumbent school district Trustee Tommy Jones against a former city and police department employee, Megan Goin-Soares, for the district’s Area 2 … Click to Continue »
Read More »Los Banos school board candidate’s son confesses to vandalizing opponent’s signs
The 38-year-old son of Los Banos school district candidate Gary Munoz confessed to vandalizing the campaign signs of Munoz’s opponent, incumbent Dominic Falasco, over the weekend, police said. Cmdr. Ray … Click to Continue »
Read More »Shedding some light on candidates for MUHSD board seats
Area 3 Phillip Schiber, 66, Livingston, incumbent What differentiates you from your opponents? Thirty-one years of educational experience in the Merced Union High School District allows me to help the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Q&A: School board candidates for Merced City School District
Area 1 Michael Crass, 71, retired educator/consultant, appointee What differentiates you from your opponents? I have worked in education for 48 years as a teacher, principal, central office administrator and … Click to Continue »
Read More »Los Banos school board approves placing censure vote of Jones on next meeting
The Los Banos Unified School District Board on Thursday voted to place the proposed censure of Trustee Tommy Jones on the agenda for the next board meeting. Trustees Anthony Parreira, … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced College board trustees draw challengers
After a tumultuous year that saw controversy at Merced College, two board of trustee incumbents have drawn competitors looking to unseat them. Areas 2, 3 and 6 are up for … Click to Continue »
Read More »Special Los Banos school board meeting draws residents’ ire over lack of quorum
Residents were fuming Thursday evening after Trustee Dennis Areias said a lack of quorum of the Los Banos Unified School District Board meant a special meeting to discuss a possible … Click to Continue »
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