Area 5
Megan Casebeer-Soleno
Casebeer-Soleno wants to make Visalia's school's stronger and more equitable. “I am running for a seat on the school board because I want to make Visalia's schools better. I want to be a part of changing our community and making our schools stronger and more equitable.”(Click here to continue reading.)
Neissen Foster
Foster is the son of a neurosurgeon and an art historian with a family of his own and grandchildren who attend schools within VUSD. He has been on Conyer, Divisadero, and Mount Whitney's school site councils as well as a part of numerous district committees to help with boundaries changes.(Click here to continue reading.)
Area 6
Christopher Pope
Christopher Pope was raised in the valley. He completed all of his schooling, kindergarten through high school, in Orosi. Pope is married and is “blessed with four wonderful children”. He retired in August after teaching for twenty-two years. (Continue reading here.)
Lucia Vazquez
Dr. Lucia Vázquez has held her District 6 position for a few years and still has changes in mind that she wants to bring up to other board members in order to help VUSD be the best school district it can be. (Click here to continue reading.)
Area 7
Nora Allstedt
Nora Allstedt is in her 30th year of teaching students K-12 in Tulare County, but her experience teaching varies across 3 different states. Allstedt also continues to contribute to our community by volunteering in VUSD schools. (Click here to continue reading.)
Randy Evans
Randy Evans has lived in the Crestwood area for nearly 30 years. He has been married to his wife, Diane Evans, for 36 years. Together they have " one adult son who is a high school teacher in the District". Evans has served on the "Citizen’s Advisory Committee to the City Council and belongs to several service groups in the area".(Click here to continue reading.)
Jacqueline Gaebe
Jacqueline Gaebe has been an educator for 23 years and has strong roots in the VUSD district. She graduated as a Blazer from Golden West High School and went to college at UC Irvine. She "returned and began teaching as a middle school teacher," she says. (Click here to continue reading.)
Colijia Feliz
Feliz is running for the school board because "I work in the school settings and hear the complaints from teachers, parents, and students. I see the disappointment and also see how there are decisions being made based on personal bias and not what is in the best interest of the students".(Click here to continue reading.)
