Fountain Valley School District

Five people are vying for two seats on the board of the Fountain Valley School District. The deadline to register to vote is Oct. 5. To register, pick up a form at any post office, library or city hall. For more information, call the county registrar of voters at (714) 567-7600. Mark Goldhamer

Age: 38.

Occupation: Aerospace software manager.

Background: Fountain Valley resident and father of three; treasurer of Orange County Children’s Theatre and Huntington Beach YMCA Indian Princesses.

Priorities: To treat parents in the district as partners and to encourage industry partnerships; to use creative school financing without investing money from the sale of schools in the stock market; to concentrate spending priorities on teachers and not lawyers.

Reuben Goldsheft

Age: 42.

Occupation: Sales supervisor.

Background: Fountain Valley resident and father of two; board member of the Fountain Valley Educational Foundation; Parent-Teacher Assn. involvement; American Youth Soccer Organization coach and referee.

Priorities: To give administrators, teachers and parents more input into curriculum and activities; to ensure that district money is invested safely; maximize uses of existing surplus school sites; to lobby for a greater percentage of tax dollars for education.

Catherine K. Hacker

Age: 35.

Occupation: Pediatric registered nurse, incumbent.

Background: Appointed to the Board of Education in May, replacing Michael Novak who resigned; Huntington Beach resident and mother of three; past president of Huntington Union Council, a districtwide parent leadership committee.

Priorities: To look for alternative revenue sources for schools, such as businesses and educational foundations; to involve teachers, parents and administrators in problem-solving and important decisions; to create a strong core curriculum while offering a wide range of enrichment programs such as music and fine arts.

Julie Ann Hoxsie

Age: 35.

Occupation: Community volunteer.

Background: Fountain Valley resident and mother of three; American Red Cross volunteer; Fountain Valley Historical Society board member; past president of Gisler Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization.

Priorities: To maintain the current standards of education and avoid program cuts; to keep up with current technologies, such as computer literacy; to maintain school grounds to neighborhood standards.

Gaylyn Meyers

Age: 37.

Occupation: Chemical engineer.

Background: Huntington Beach resident and mother of two; involved in Engineers for Education, Junior Achievement and Huntington Beach Tomorrow.

Priorities: To support increased involvement in schools by parents, businesses and the community; to study the cost-saving potential of unifying school districts; to seek budget cuts that will affect the classroom least; to give teachers and principals authority to control their individual schools’ budgets.