Salem-Keizer School District 24J
Director, Zone 3

LARRY TROTT

OCCUPATION:

Oregon Lottery Policy Analyst

Committee Chair - Marion Polk Food Share

OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND:

Attorney

Deputy District Attorney

Teacher

Naval Officer - United States Navy

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

University of California, Davis - BA, History, JD Law

PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE: None

Do any of the following concerning the Salem-Keizer School Board and District sound familiar?

- A District official using a District credit card to purchase a $600 coat and then forgetting about it.

- Questionable purchasing and contracting practices.

- A controversial 8% pay raise for District officials.

- Boosting the Superintendents bonus then eliminating performance measures used to justify it.

- Contentious and poorly handled contract negotiations with the Districts teachers.

- Using taxpayer dollars to take out newspaper ads to defend their handling of the negotiations.

- The mishandling of the Billera sexual abuse investigation.

- The least transparent school budget in the state.

Voters in the Salem/Keizer area should expect and demand more. The School Board should be scrutinizing the activities of the District, not conspiring with them. The District should be supporting our teachers, not treating them like adversaries. And both of them, along with our teachers, should be modeling the kind of qualities we want to instill in our kids, like fairness, honesty and integrity.

As a candidate for School Board, I pledge to work to:

- Improve the Boards oversight function.

- Improve community and teacher relations.

- Pursue innovative approaches to education.

- Advocate for more transparency regarding District activities.

- Embrace outside audits when necessary, not run from them.

- Ensure thorough investigations of complaints.

- Scrutinize District spending and contracting processes.

- Find a new superintendent more in tune with the needs of our community.

As a former teacher and Food Share volunteer, I understand the educational and nutritional challenges our children face. As a former Deputy D.A and Naval Officer, I bring essential legal, investigative, and leadership skills and a willingness to fight for what I think is right. If you think I am the right person for this job, I would appreciate your vote.

(This information furnished by Larry Trott

and is printed exactly as submitted.)