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As a public high school English and history teacher for 40 years (29 at San Luis Obispo High School) and product of a California public education from kindergarten through college, I recognize the crucial necessity of electing a trustee who understands the challenges students and their teachers face daily and who possesses the intellect, experience, and determination to think innovatively, to build community, and to work diligently to find ways to help all of our children. That is why I am enthusiastically endorsing Erica Flores Baltodano for San Luis Obispo Unified School District School Board.
— Ivan Simon
I am an elementary school teacher with over two decades of experience teaching in San Luis Coastal schools. Erica has volunteered in my fifth grade classroom to help students learn the intricacies of persuasive writing and has led students on annual field trips to see our government in action and meet with elected leaders and judges for years. She has been generous with her time, engaging a diversity of students at City Hall, the County Government building, and SLO County Superior Court to help them appreciate the importance of thinking critically, speaking clearly, and writing persuasively. She is humble, strong, educated, balanced, committed, thoughtful, trustworthy, dedicated, personable, polished, compassionate, and a genuinely good human being. Her legal background would be an asset to our Board of Trustees. I wholeheartedly endorse Erica Flores Baltodano for San Luis Coastal Unified School District School Board, Trustee Area 6.
— Erich Marthaler
I am a licensed California attorney with fourteen years of law enforcement experience at municipal and educational institutions. I had the privilege of being a student when Erica Flores Baltodano taught her very first constitutional law class. Professor Baltodano delivered articulate lectures and engaged in thoughtful discussions, maintaining high expectations for herself and our class. She is a guileless leader who approaches challenges with a thirst for understanding and collaboration, organization, and panache. She is also deeply committed to school safety, which in my experience is intricately tied to student belonging and wellbeing. It is an honor to support my former professor and current mentor and colleague, Erica Flores Baltodano for School Board.
— Alison Herson
I appreciate that [Mrs. Baltodano] taught us how [to be] persuasive. Thank you for inspiring me to become a lawyer to use persuasive writing in my job. I’m grateful that you came to tell us all about the story of the parks in Los Angeles [you helped create].
— W.B., Third Grade Student
Gracias por organizar nuestra excursión al centro de San Luis Obispo. Yo aprendí donde se sentaba [la alcaldesa]. . . . Mi favorita parte fue cuando fuimos al sala de justicia.
— A.M., Third Grade Student
Donate & SupportThank you for teaching me about persua[sive] skills. I learned that you have to dress nice, stand tall, and be serious if you do a presentation to the public. I’m happy that you helped make a park for kids. I’m going to persuade people to protect the environment.
— C.S., Third Grade Student