School Trustee Lester Won’t Seek Reelection
Larry K. Lester, a member of the San Diego Unified School District Board of Education, announced Tuesday that he will not run for a second term.
In a prepared statement, Lester noted the “psychic rewards that serving in this capacity has provided me” and pledged to keep working for policies that “promote among our students the cultivation of those individual skills and habits of mind which characterize truly educated persons.”
Lester, a stockbroker who led an organization opposed to school busing before being elected to the five-member school board in 1981, will finish his term in December. He served as school board president, a post that rotates among board members yearly, in 1985.
Lester represents the board’s northeastern district, which includes San Carlos, Del Cerro, Tierrasanta, Mira Mesa and other communities..
Steve Vaus, a recording studio owner, said Tuesday that he will officially announce his candidacy for Lester’s seat Monday.
Board member Kay Davis, the only other school board member up for reelection this year, is seeking another term. Davis represents the southwestern section of the city. District primaries will be held June 3, and elections are Nov. 4.
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