Candidates vying for a seat on the Centinela Valley Union High School Board of Trustees will take center stage this evening at 6:30 p.m. in the cafeteria at Lawndale's Will Rogers Middle School. The event is sponsored by the Lawndale Elementary School District PTA and, from what I've heard, all seven candidates plan on attending. There are three open seats on the Centinela Board.
In Area One, recent University of California, Santa Barbara grad Maritza Molina will be facing current incumbent Francisco Talavera. In Area two, incumbent Rudy Salas will be running against Hugo Rojas, a current member of the Hawthorne school board. In Area five, incumbent Rocio Pizano will be running against Susie Diaz and Jessica Felix.
The Centinela Valley Secondary Teacher's Association is endorsing Salas, Talavera and Felix. Elections will be held November 3. Rogers Middle School is located at 4110 W. 154th Street in Lawndale.
I hope whoever decides to vote for these candidates have been to the board meetings to see how valuable they really are & how much the board needs them. It's time we get someone who really cares about centinela valley & is there for its members. Every time I go to one of these meetings one is either late or waits til the last minute to come up with some lame excuse as to why they are late. Voting for these three would be putting this district into a worse condition it already is in as far as its employees are concerned. Please think twice about putting these three people back in to just kick back & not take an active part in the decisions for the district.