While it's good to see some one from Mountain View one running, I'm genuinely concerned about the authenticity of Raschke's statements, given her Bullis background and her claim to want to represent all the communities that make up the district, particularly those NOT from Bullis, those children with special needs, minorities or those that aren't part of the 88% of students meeting or exceeding standards.

I also question Raschke’s judgment and commitment to the democratic process and the equal rights of all students in her run for a public office.

She states on her campaign website that she most recently served as the appointed Greater San Antonio Community Association representative alongside a diverse group of school and community volunteers on the LASD Facilities Master Plan Committee. Interesting considering this neighborhood association has not had a meeting open to residents in the neighborhood in more than three years! In fact I don’t believe they’ve ever held any membership meetings except for a few ice cream socials. It appears to be a closed group of a few neighbors (with more than one Bullis parent on the board) pushing their exclusive political agenda or perhaps to pad a resume for public office. This is not fair considering many, if not the majority of children, in the Crossings attend Covington Elementary.

Within the Crossings neighborhood Raschke has also been very vocal against the rights of disabled persons. She has argued on online forums that portable basketball hoops should be allowed to be placed in sidewalk handicap access ramps since people in wheelchairs should be able to use driveways instead to access sidewalks. She has even pointed out that one member's request for reasonable accommodation under fair housing laws for ADA compliant mailboxes would come at an added expense of all members! Very impractical and insensitive.

I'll echo the reporter here when he says, regarding Raschke, that it "sounds a little jarring to hear" some of the things she says. Raschke needs to explain such comments before getting my vote. Others voting should demand the same.

The only educated and humanitarian vote is for Bryan Johnson. Please, for the sake of the children, vote for Bryan Johnson.

Tanya and her record are all the evidence one needs to know or understand. LASD is too smart for her. Her motives are obvious to all who know of her; she will lose by a landslide. Bryan Johnson is a stand up guy with positive intentions for ALL students and will have no trouble against this opponent.

It's about time Mountain View had representation on the School Board. It's about time that new voices were heard for the benefit of all public school children.

Tanya has experience bring communities together, even in the Crossings. Tanya is willing to listen to the community and seek the best solution.

Look at each candidates endorsements, Tanya has diverse support from community and school leaders in all three geographies: Mountain View, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills. Her opponent has support from a concentrated minority with the sole goal of trying to preserve the status quo to the detriment of all public school children and the entire community.

It's time for fresh ideas, change and challenging the status quo. I'm going to vote for Tanya. It's time we put our all our children and community first.

Bryan blocked the expansion of the senior living establishment now known as the Terraces. He organized the neighbors to prevent the necessary expansion and housing for seniors in our community.

Look at the public documents. He does not support our seniors. He does not want them living in our community. He does not represent or care about all members of our community. I will not elect him since he does not care about one of the most important groups in our community, our seniors. He supports increasing taxes, and wants seniors to pay for it, but doesn't support seniors or their needs.

Pitting one school against another is so last year. Don't be fooled by the trolls. Check out Tanya's resume and her creds on her website. www.tanyaforlasd2016.com. Voters are going to love Tanya who will actually take a genuine interest in all the kids and issues in the District. Go Tanya!

I am a senior and I support Bryan Johnson for LASD school board, based on his strong record of support of the local elementary schools.

Bryan did not block the expansion of the Terraces of Los Altos as anyone driving by that facility on Pine Lane can verify. The expansion is almost done and looks wonderful. He did lead a neighborhood group that negotiated with the management of the Terraces to address the impact of the construction on the adjacent Santa Rita School, as well as on the immediate neighbors, by providing crossing guards for the children and better visual screening of the taller buildings.

In fact, Bryan has been endorsed by Frank Verlot, a former mayor of Los Altos and then Chairman of the Terraces advisory board, due in no small part to his experience working with Bryan during this process, which is a testament to his ability to work with disparated groups in good faith to find mutually beneficial solutions.

Totally agree with Marie22. I live on Pine Lane where the Terraces are located and Brian did an excellent job of compromising with them to find a solution that worked for the neighborhood and elders. He will similarly do a great job supporting small public neighborhood schools - the bedrock of our great community -- and collaborating with Bullis Charter School to find a solution for all.

Currently the school board was too diverse. There were 2 members of Covington PTA, one from Gardner Bullis nearby, and one each from Loyola and Oak. But they didn't all support the idea that Covington needs to be treated the best in the district.

So now 2 resigned or didn't run for reelection, leaving just 2 members from Covington and one from Gardner B. So then they all got together and decided the 2 new members would be Jessica Speiser from Covington and Bryan Johnson from Santa Rita, because he agreed to respect the special treatment for Covington. So no one rang against Jessica and she is a defacto winner, so we have 3 members from Covington for sure, plus one from Gardner and one from Santa Rita, who both agree to support the special status of Covington.

That only leaves Bryan Johnson running against Tanya Raschke.

Well I can tell you, I'm voting for Tanya Rashke because these things should not be hashed out in private sessions. We need someone to represent the ENTIRE district including the taxpayers who have to pay for this whole thing. Favoring one school to the point that they have 3 of the 5 board members is highly questionable.

Oh, and note that with 3 of 5 from Covington they can do whatever they want anyway since that's a majority. We just need someone without Covington as the #1 Priority who will provide the board a voice for some other areas of the district, and for the taxpayers. Plus it's a 2 year remainder term. So we really need to see Tanya on the board, because otherwise when the board favors Covington, it will seem like other voices were not even heard in their reasoning.