Conservative school board president Sonja Shaw, a Trump-aligned Republican known for her role in the high-profile battle over transgender athletes in school sports, has advanced to the November run-off to serve as California’s next state superintendent of public instruction.
Shaw, president of the Chino Valley Unified School Board, will likely face Richard Barrera, the San Diego school board president, who garnered the largest portion of a splintered Democratic vote.
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“I feel honored and inspired,” Barrera told KQED Wednesday. “I’m energized, and I think we’re going to carry this coalition that has a positive unifying vision for what public schools can be in our state … to victory in November.”
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