John Briscoe: Books are needed districtwide

RACE FOR OCEAN VIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT

Name: John Briscoe

Age: 49

Occupation: Businessman

Family: Wife of 27 years, Debbie; son Tyler, 12.

Community activities: Boy Scouts of America, Pacifica District

Eagle Scout project chair; PTA School and Community volunteer; Rotary

LA5 Chapter; Grace Lutheran Church; civic and City Hall activist.

Education: Bachelor’s degrees in psychology and speech

communication from Cal State Long Beach; master’s in public

administration from Cal State Long Beach; master’s in business

administration from Claremont Graduate University, Peter Drucker

School of Management; licensed California state real estate broker.

Favorite leader: Thomas Jefferson.

Contact infor-

mation: 812 Glen Drive, Huntington Beach, CA 92647; (714)

903-8774; fax (714) 901-8422; e-mail: John@

Crestwave.org.

BRISCOE ON:

* STUDENT SAFETY:

Find and remove persons that failed to report under California

state law. Our children must be allowed to attend class without fear.

* RAISING STUDENT TEST SCORES:

Many of our students do not have textbooks or have received books

late due to poor administration and management. I will immediately

implement a textbook repository where all surplus textbooks from all

schools will be kept. Teachers will be promised a one-day turnaround

supply of required textbooks when requested.

* FISCAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE DISTRICT:

I will work to secure every possible dollar of state and federal

grant and matching money to run our district. I pledge no new taxes

and promise to work within the limits of existing revenue streams,

while working to add new funding from sources other than taxes.

* BIGGEST ISSUE FACING THE DISTRICT:

Impending budget shortfalls, textbook administration failures

leading to students without books and school lunch feeding that sees

students eating junk food and soda pop when milk would be best.