On Saturday, July 23, Mike (Mr. Culver City) Cohen will be hosting the Campaign Kickoff Party for the Re-Elect Scott Zeidman to the Culver City School Board campaign.
The two-hour celebration begins at 11 a.m. at the Cohen family home, 4378 Jasmine Ave., in the Carlson Park area.
Despite significant budget cuts over the past few years, Culver City schools are thriving, Mr. Zeidman says.
Supporters say that during his 3½ years on the Board, Mr. Zeidman has been instrumental in:
• Passing Measure EE, the parcel tax, raising $6 million for schools,
• Implementing one of California’s first Anti-Bullying Task Forces,
• Placing a cap on the size of the middle and high schools, (thereby limiting the number of out-of-district permits with the intent of maintaining better control of enrollment and finances),
• Introducing higher academic requirements for inter-district permit students,
• Saving counselors and classroom aides,
• Successfully forming the Environmental Sustainability Committee and the Citizens’ Oversight Committee while reforming a functional Community Budget Advisory Committee,and
• All the while maintaining an open and transparent budget process with increased community involvement.
Mr. Zeidman and his wife Aileen have two boys in the Culver City Unified School District.
The President of the School Board is endorsed by all five members of the City Council, as well as six former Mayors, current Board members Steven Gourley, Kathy Paspalis and Patricia Siever, as well as five former Board Presidents, over 30 current and former appointed officials, and more than 400 others.
Mr. Zeidman can be reached at Scott.Zeidman@laslots.com, or via telephone at 310.925.8207.
