Culver City School Board Election Draws Near

are complete, victory parties are being planned—and five candidates are anxiously waiting for the chance to fill two seats on the Culver City Unified School District Board of Education. The election takes place Tuesday, Nov. 8.

New school board members will be asked to grapple with a variety of issues. The state budget continues to be a problem, creating shortages in the school district budget that have so far been dealt with by adding to the school year. However, as it has for the past two years, the board will again have to consider laying off teachers this spring.

Capital improvements spending remains a big issue, including , improvements to the and the Robert Frost Auditorium, and the addition of elevators to the middle and high schools to bring them into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Neighbors of the high school have complained recently that the board has not taken their concerns about noise and traffic into consideration as part of the athletic field improvements, while other community members fear that those improvements will come at the cost of much-needed repairs to the auditorium. Board members have striven to reassure community members that no one set of improvements will take precedence over the others.

Each of the five candidates—, , , , and incumbent —have addressed these and other issues in various forums, including here on Patch (Click on the links above to learn about each candidate's platform, as well as the other links to read more in Culver City).

There will be polling places all over the city, but to be sure you vote in the right precinct, please go to the Los Angeles County Registrar/Recorder's website, www.lavote.net and check out their precinct locator. You can also download a sample ballot there. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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