Tom Russell
Committee to Reform CUSD
“Restoring Honesty, Integrity and
Accountability to Public Education”
Since 2005, the Leaders of the Committee to Reform CUSD have worked tirelessly to implement positive change and significant reform to the Capistrano Unified School District, the 9th largest school district in California, and now the Leaders are working with state legislators, prosecutors and concerned citizens in other jurisdictions to implement similar reforms across California.
The Mission - Simple and Straightforward
The Leaders’ mission statement is simple and straightforward -- "a campaign dedicated to restoring honesty, integrity and accountability to public education” -- and they have achieved remarkable success. Their efforts have resulted in the adoption of processes for monitoring and improving the air quality inside hundreds of temporary portable classrooms, the creation of a comprehensive district-wide facility needs assessments, which confirmed the Leader’s contention that more than 75% of the public schools are not in compliance with State life/safety requirements, the adoption of strict anti-nepotism policies -- and the adoption of the first balanced budgets in years. The Leaders have received accolades and widespread coverage in local television, radio and newspaper media – and in 2009 were prominently featured in a motion picture documentary examining the status and quality of America’s public school system. Read More...
Tom Russell
Member & Spokesperson, Committee to Reform CUSD
Member, Citizens for a Safe Rancho Santa Margarita
Member, Rancho Santa Margarita Republican Assembly
Former Planning Commisser, City of Rancho Santa Margarita
Member, California Bar Association
Tom Russell is a founding member of the CUSD Recall Committee and the Committee to Reform Public Education. He has worked closely with other committee members and with numerous volunteers by coordinating research, investigations, campaigns, public relations, government relations, fund raising, development of programs and solutions and other essential committee activities.
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