SDEA’s 2024 School Board Endorsements

SDEA is endorsing our educator and labor friendly incumbents for the 2024 School Board elections. The endorsed incumbents are:

• Sabrina Bazzo, current board President, representing sub-district A.
• Sharon Whitehurst-Payne, representing sub-district E.
• Richard Barrera, representing sub-district D.

Following our union’s democratic process, the three incumbent candidates all interviewed with members of the SDEA Political Involvement Committee (PIC) on June 1st. The PIC made the recommendation to the SDEA Board to move forward with early friendly incumbent endorsements. The SDEA Board of Directors approved the recommendation and the endorsements were put to the SDEA Representative Council at the August 14th Rep. Council meeting. The elected school site and program representatives approved the endorsement of Sabrina Bazzo, Sharon Whitehurst-Payne, and Richard Barrera for SDUSD Board of Education. 

SDEA recently won a historic contract for our educators and these three board members all voted to approve those wins! We need to maintain our pro-educator and pro-labor school board in San Diego Unified. We have seen what happens when school boards become hostile, as evident by actions against educators and students in other Southern California school districts. Members can support these candidates by spreading the word to friends, family members, and neighbors. SDEA members can also donate to our Political Action Committee (PAC) to help fund our political campaign. 

There is still time for people to come out against our endorsed candidates.The filing deadline for a candidate to run for school board is December 8, 2023.  The primary election is on March 5, 2024.  It’s imperative that we stay engaged and actively promote the SDEA endorsed candidates. The top two vote getters will move on to the general election on November 5, 2024. SDEA will keep members informed of any additional information regarding the campaign or possible opponents as we get closer to election day. Members will be encouraged to participate in campaign activities to ensure we are victorious.