There will be no vote this fall in the Newark Unified School District Board of Education election.
That's because only three candidates filed for the three seats up for grabs on the Newark Unified School District race that was scheduled to appear on the Nov. 6 ballot.
And of those three individuals, parent and volunteer Gary Stadler is the only one who is not an incumbent.
Board President Ray Rodriguez and Board Vice President Jan Crocker, whose seats were set to expire in December, are the incumbents who filed for re-election. Incumbent Janice Schaefer, who is said to be school board’s longest standing member, did not file to run for re-election.
While there will be no election and Stadler's seat won't be official until he is sworn in, Stadler said enthusiastically Wednesday evening that he's excited.
“It’s an honor,” Stadler said. “I think we’re really, honestly, going to have a strong board now and a board that will take the district into the direction that it needs to go.”
Stadler – who was 747 votes shy of landing a seat on the school board in the 2010 elections – is no stranger to Newark Unified School District.
The 57-year-old has served Newark students in various capacities, including subbing as a school monitor at the high school and a yard duty at numerous elementary schools over the past several years.
He also played a key role in campaigning for – a $63 million bond passed by voters in November 2011 that will help pay for facilities upgrades in Newark Unified.
Stadler is also known around the district for his willingness to volunteer. This eagerness resulted in him being named 2007 School District Volunteer of the Year, according to Smartvoter.org.
And five years later, Stadler is still volunteering. He, along with other parents and Newark Memorial High School students, has devoted his summer vacation to inside of the high school’s Marine and Science Technology (MaST) Institute Center .
Although he only has one child in the school district, Stadler said he considers all of the students he assists his and that he is thrilled to serve their parents and the entire district as a school board member come January.
The official swear-in for Stadler will be held in early December. For more information about Newark Unified and its governing board, visit http://www.nusd.ca.schoolloop.com.
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You will see who he is soon enough. The man is worst then a group of gossiping women~ mark my words. Charlie Mensinger shame on you- you did nothing but talk bad about Gary when he ran against you. Now you change your tune, figures.
Who the hell would walk around Newark and Brag about anything, seriously. As for this Douche Bag you speak of just do what I do when I disapprove of someone and Flip him off! It wouldn't be very American if you didn't show your contempt for an Official. When you do it, display some Animation!
I'd really like to see some serious work done at improving K-8 and vocational education, instead of demanding students meet the A-G standards when the district does not prepare them adequately for a high school general curriculum, let alone a college prep program.
I hope that some of the following will come to pass in the Newark district: - Better academic and disciplinary standards - can we quit treating those who punch a bully back as if they were the problem? - A year of English immersion for students who are not fluent in English. Better to spend a year learning English and graduate a year late than to not graduate at all. - Vocational education for those who are not interested in a four year university. - Recruiting parent volunteers to clean up the garbage strewn around the campuses; for years my husband and I made a point of cleaning up the used c*ndoms,, human feces, and broken bottles that accumulated in the Graham yard because how can children be expected to think education is important when their schoolyard is trashed and full of discarded party garbage and human feces? For years the playfield immediately behind our house was the site of drinking and other activities in the wee hours of the morning on warm weekends. From time to time gangsters sailed across our backyard evading each other; finally the school district decided to lock the gates at night - something they should have been doing before.