LAUREN GILL ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR CONEJO VALLEY USD BOARD OF TRUSTEES

I’m writing to announce my candidacy for Conejo Valley Unified School District board of education in trustee area 5 (Newbury Park).

I’m running because I believe in our children, I believe in public education, and I believe I will be a more caring, more responsible, more informed and more effective advocate for our students than the incumbent.

A Boston native, I’m proud to call Newbury Park my home. I treasure the open space and biodiversity of the Conejo. I volunteer regularly with organizations working to ensure that our wildlife and open space are protected and sustained for future generations.

I’ve worked in technology, started and run a successful business, and spent the majority of my career in educational publishing. Currently I work for a large education company where I manage a portfolio of services that help students navigate college and help colleges achieve their missions around equity and completion.

I’m the proud product of public schools. My children are thriving because of their education at Banyan Elementary, Sequoia Middle and Newbury Park High schools.

I want every child to have a high-quality education like the one that made me.

Our overall results on the California Dashboard show a high-performing district. But when you disaggregate the data, you see too many students and their families struggling: students with disabilities, emerging bilingual learners, students of color, foster and homeless youths.

The current board majority and district leadership have made progress to restore community bonds, refocus attention and resources on students, and rebuild the CVUSD into an exemplary district. There is more good work to do.

Newbury Park deserves a trustee who will put students first, uphold good governance, build trust and support excellence.

I’ve spent nearly my entire career in education. My experience and my respect for the transformative power of education are important qualifiers for the role of trustee.

Perhaps equally important are the character traits I bring to the role: I am deeply curious, I listen, I show up for the work, and I care like crazy about our students and about public education.

-Lauren