{"id":19597,"date":"2019-10-21T12:07:37","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T19:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=19597"},"modified":"2019-10-21T12:07:37","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T19:07:37","slug":"thorburn-earns-support-from-quartet-of-education-groups-in-school-board-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=19597","title":{"rendered":"THORBURN EARNS SUPPORT FROM QUARTET OF EDUCATION GROUPS IN SCHOOL BOARD BID"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">Tustin Educators Association, Irvine Teachers Association,\u00a0Network for Public Education Action and Teachers for Local Control Support Andy\u00a0Thorburn\u00a0for District 3<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><strong>ORANGE COUNTY, CA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0<\/span>Further illustrating his vision to advance educational opportunities for Orange County students, today former classroom teacher Andy Thorburn garnered key endorsements from the following four organizations representing educators in his campaign for Orange County Board of Education District 3:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tustin Educators Association<\/li>\n<li>Irvine Teachers Association<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;\">Teachers for Local Control<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Network for Public Education Action<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The following unions released quotes in conjunction with the announced endorsements:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAndy Thorburn is an advocate for empowering our students and teachers. His experience as an educator taught him the importance of ensuring our children have access to both a quality STEM and arts education. Andy knows that to prepare our children for the future, we need to offer affordable, quality college and technical training. The Irvine Teachers\u2019 Association is thrilled to endorse Andy Thorburn for Orange County Board of Education.\u201d<br \/>\n<em><strong>-Irvine Educators Association<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a former teacher, Andy Thorburn understands what it means to advocate for equality, educators, and students. We know that he will fight to guarantee that our schools are a safe community for everyone. The Tustin Teachers\u2019 Association is proud to endorse Andy Thorburn for Orange County Board of Education.\u201d<br \/>\n<em><strong>-Tustin Educators Association<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Network for Public Education Action is proud to endorse Andy Thorburn for the District 3 seat on the Orange County Board of Education. He supports a moratorium on any new charter schools, and wants to bring existing charters under closer supervision and to hold them to the same standards as public schools. Andy has fought for our public schools his entire life. We hope you will help him take that fight to the Orange County Board of Education.\u201d<br \/>\n<em><strong>-Network for Public Education Action<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to endorse Andy Thorburn for Orange County Board of Education. Andy will fight for local control for our schools. As a former educator, Andy Thorburn understands that no one knows their classroom better than the teacher. He will make sure teachers\u2019 voices are heard and listen to local communities, a stark contrast to his opponent who has continually attacked local choice.\u201d<br \/>\n<em><strong>-Teachers for Local Control<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Recently, Thorburn released a new digital ad in his campaign, titled &#8220;Building Blocks of Change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>To view the ad,\u00a0click on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jacobsonzilber.us18.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=090f688bb56e19981ee7aa29c&amp;id=3db1dee893&amp;e=eeb0aebedc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/jacobsonzilber.us18.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D090f688bb56e19981ee7aa29c%26id%3D3db1dee893%26e%3Deeb0aebedc&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1571768964134000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGtzBwLkdQGAMBkygazoMncVm_ocg\">image below<\/a>:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jacobsonzilber.us18.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=090f688bb56e19981ee7aa29c&amp;id=4cf0e0d112&amp;e=eeb0aebedc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/jacobsonzilber.us18.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D090f688bb56e19981ee7aa29c%26id%3D4cf0e0d112%26e%3Deeb0aebedc&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1571768964134000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGaef-YXeve7hwDV0mJQC382R5tWg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/92CLZ69lWSHxo9TQ3QlFXAbtvFeuGfOWOcyv2x0dhNdZUvhrLF2HE_tQ_I48MwGfuU5whaGN7-1YC_pMhvkCa5TkanetXxVXz7hhLJC0tYCIK8RDkH02yFPS_mhB0TtoUukT_msSYH8PIlPLpoytz9qvjfGrqIPJ8aY=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/090f688bb56e19981ee7aa29c\/images\/3e58dc5f-c22b-4e48-bfd1-3715b1adb371.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tustin Educators Association, Irvine Teachers Association,\u00a0Network&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ca-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19598,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19597\/revisions\/19598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}