A registered nurse and now stay-at-home mother, and a former
Morgan Hill Unified Teacher of the Year have added their names to
the list of now six newcomers who could secure a position on the
seven-member Morgan Hill Unified Board of Trustees.
A registered nurse and now stay-at-home mother, and a former Morgan Hill Unified Teacher of the Year have added their names to the list of now five newcomers who could secure a position on the seven-member Morgan Hill Unified Board of Trustees.
Claudia Rossi is a mother of two and has been a dedicated volunteer at Nordstrom Elementary for several years. After her son was diagnosed with high-functioning autism, Rossi took a hiatus from being a nurse to care for her son and eventually she noticed she was spending every day at Nordstrom.
“The decisions on the board would literally affect my children. I would see it in their school,” Rossi said.
Ron Woolf is no stranger to the ins and outs of MHUSD. He taught in the district for almost 24 years, most of which were at Britton teaching pre-algebra and leadership classes. He was also the principal at the Morgan Hill Adult School in the 1990s.
Woolf and Rossi made appearances at the informational candidate forum at the Morgan Hill Library last week. Their names, if they file papers with the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters by the Aug. 6 deadline, will go alongside incumbents Bart Fisher, Shelle Thomas and Don Moody. Trustee Mike Hickey has decided not to run.
As of Monday afternoon, only Fisher had pulled papers. If an incumbent isn’t what you’re looking for, Brenda Cayme, Kirsten Francis Carr and Armando Benavides could join Rossi and Woolf as potential candidates.
At City Hall, Mayor Steve Tate and councilwoman Marby Lee have so far pulled papers to run for mayor in the Nov. 2 election.
Tate qualified to run for his seat as mayor after he turned in the required 20 signatures, which were verified by the city clerk last week.
Since Friday, Richard Constantine and Joseph Carrillo picked up the city council packet from the clerk’s office to review the position of city council member. Because Lee is running for mayor and councilman Greg Sellers is not running, two seats are open. Ricatoni’s Delicatessen owner Rick Moreno is considering a bid as is Michael Castelan, the owner of Poppy’s Fish and Poultry before he closed shop in June. Resident Kenneth Wayne Galloway also pulled papers last week.
Current South County at-large director Cy Mann will run for the District 1, as will Don Gage who will leave the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors due to term limits. Roberto Sepulveda, who lists his occupation as a dentist, has also pulled papers.
