OCT 18 – Mikki Cichocki – Incumbent Candidate for San Bernardino City School Board
Mikki Cichocki was raised in San Bernardino and attended San Bernardino schools. Her parents also taught in the District. Mikki was attending Parkside Elementary School when the District began implementing its desegregation plan. She was also in the first class to move to high school as a ninth grader where she attended San Bernardino High School and where her mother taught. Being a typical teenager, Cardinal City was not big enough for the both of them and she graduated from Aquinas High School.
A graduate of Cal Poly, Pomona focusing on business and human resources, Mikki went to work for Xerox. While office equipment is important, she knew she needed more and in 1988 she began her career with SBCUSD. She taught elementary and middle school and later worked in Youth Services on the Administrative Hearing Panel conducting expulsion hearings and handling discipline, transfers and attendance issues. She also worked as a Program Specialist in Youth Services where she implemented the San Bernardino Restorative Youth Court. Mikki recently retired from the San Bernardino City Unified School District after more than 30 years.
Mikki currently serves on the board of the California Association of Youth Courts and the advisory board for the Reach Out Youth Courts. As a parent and educator, she has served on PTAs, school site councils and numerous other committees in several school districts. She is a strong champion for students and is dedicated to ensuring all students have the support they need to succeed. Mikki is known for her ability to bring diverse groups to the table, and for her support of union values and workers’ rights. She is passionate in striving for fairness and collaboration in achieving what is best for the students in our schools.
OCT 25 – Lupe Camacho – Candidate for Rialto City Council
Rialto has been mine and my family’s home for over two decades. I am proud to call this city home. As a life long Civil Servant Engineer and Manager, I am a proven problem-solver, not a career politician.
NOV 1 – Mirna Ruiz – Candidate for Rialto School Board
Long-time Rialto resident Ruiz has been an involved parent for many years and an advocate for her children and for many others throughout the district. She has served as the Rialto Council Parent Teacher Association(PTA) president, represented all the PTA schools in the district, and is now the PTA Treasurer.
Her school board experience includes being the former President of the 5th District PTA and now holds the Treasurer post for the Rancho Cucamonga Council PTA.
Ruiz has been involved in numerous decision-making committees in the district for many years. She is well aware of the issues and experiences families are facing. “I am running because I believe every child has the right to high quality education and has the right to opportunities to help them achieve their goals and dreams,” says Ruiz.
Mirna wants to address the school-to-prison pipeline by seeing that students receive counseling and other programs that will support their needs and mental wellness instead of resorting to punitive alternatives that lead to criminalizing children who deserve love and understanding, not a criminal record that can taint their lives.
NOV 8 – Discussion of the Election Results