Union Official Named to Board of Education
Gov. Gray Davis has appointed Joe Nunez, a longtime California educator and teachers union official, to the State Board of Education.
Nunez, 48, of Stockton taught at Ernest Righetti High School in Santa Maria from 1975 to 1994. He served as an advisor to the school’s Future Farmers of America chapter and, in 1987, received the California Agriculture Teachers Assn.’s teacher of excellence award.
Since 1995, he has worked as a legislative advocate and in various roles for the California Teachers Assn. Since last year, he has been an assistant executive director overseeing Region 2.
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