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For years Shelly Leachman's mom encouraged her to go into education; she chose to write about it instead. Since 2006 Shelly has been juggling coverage of 10 school districts and two colleges for the Daily Breeze, where she is the resident office apple addict. Contact her at: dailybreeze.com

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Toni Sciacqua is the managing editor at the Daily Breeze, where she has worked since 1998. Among other things, she's in charge of nagging reporters to update their blogs, but she helps them out by posting random tidbits from outside sources. She has two small children who will one day attend North Torrance schools.


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Breeze endorsements for MBUSD board

The Breeze editorial page editor makes his choice for the Manhattan Beach school board.

In this race, we would hope that no matter who wins, all the candidates will remain active in the district. Our view is that Howorth merits re-election. She says the district must continue to demonstrate fiscal stability to voters before any future school bond measure could be placed on the ballot. Howorth also holds open the possibility of a parcel tax, which other top-performing districts in California depend upon.

For the second seat, we feel that Fournell would be a good fit given his service on the 7-11 panel and the need for the district to better use its properties to increase operating revenues.

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