Hatton owns a tutoring and mentoring firm that prepares children for college. She is a UCI graduate.
“President Reagan won his first presidential office by asking the electorate, ‘Are you better off today than you were four years ago?’ And I ask you a variant of that same question today,” Hatton said during her speech announcing her candidacy. “Is our District better and stronger than it was four years ago? Two years ago? My decision to run for the Board of Trustees is my answer to this question. When I visit other California school districts, I am reminded that our reputation is sorely tarnished. The Charter School Movement is growing here, class sizes are up, home values are down and many of our strongest employees have gone to work for other districts. Unfortunately, the focus of our current Trustees has been on their adult driven agenda instead of creating an environment of educational excellence for our children.”
She said she will focus on improving student admissions into college.
Children First is expected to announce two more candidates for the remaining trustee seats up for election in November. The group, separate from the entity leading the attempted recall of Trustees Mike Winsten and Ken Lopez Maddox., already announced John Alpay of San Clemente and Gary Pritchard of Aliso Viejo as candidates in the recall election.
To find out more, see www.hattonforcusd.com or the Beyond the Blackboard blog at www.danapointtimes.com
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