February 1, 2010 by Bill.

I wanted to thank my family and the friends, new and old who have supported me over the last few years as I have entered the political world. My time thus far serving the people of the Romoland School District has been humbling and very rewarding. In the fall of 2007 one of my dreams came true as I won a 2 year seat on the school board in a very close election. Since then I have worked to learn all there is to know, finishing my CSBA Masters in Governance in 2009 and attending study sessions and workshops at conferences. I was blessed to be re-appointed in-lieu of election in November of 2009 and began a new 4 year term in December 2009.

In 2010 we have hit the ground running and even with all of the education I have received on Education, there is a very daunting task ahead of us as a school board. Two words: Budget Cuts. They are coming to every district in the state, make no mistake. We are very blessed at the Romoland School District: we have positive growth, a superior staff and our CBO Hilda Swain is the best in the business. We WILL weather this storm and be a stronger, leaner, higher achieving district - however we need the entire board to work together with administration to do the best job possible!

It is for this exact reason, that despite the suggestions and support, I WILL NOT be running for the Democratic nomination in the upcoming special election for the 37th State Senate seat recently vacated by John Benoit. As much as I know that Sacramento is all messed up and as much as I would like to work to fix it, I feel it is best for me to focus on the school board and not be distracted with campaign related activities.

To my supporters, thank you. We know that California needs to cut wasteful spending, increase jobs, reduce bureaucracy and properly fund education so our future can remain bright and so our grandchildren can enjoy a stronger California. We need to make sure that Sacramento hears loud and clear that higher taxes wont fix a spending problem and it wont help small businesses to start hiring some of our unemployed or UNDER employed Californians. This may not be the exact right time for me to run for State Senate, however the importance of the message is no less. Call your State Assembly and Senate leaders and tell them, write them USPS letters and send emails. Make it known on blogs, facebook and YouTube how you feel. I will certainly be letting our local Reps know that cutting money from the classroom is not the answer. I will let them know that real leadership is what we need. For now, in 2010, this is the plan.

I look forward to working with parents, teachers, administration and the kids to make the Romoland School District the best K-8 district in the state!

Thank you,

Bill Gould

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June 24, 2009 by Bill.

Dear Readers,

I got an email from my dear friend Pat Comerchero who runs the Temecula Children’s Museum on Main Street in Old Town Temecula. Pat does great work there in helping to educate kids in a fun way and for that her facility was nominated for a 2009 Nickelodeon Parents Pick Award. I need your help to make sure the Temecula Children’s Museum wins! Please read on and make sure to vote every day, and spread the word to freinds and family!! The TCM is currently in first place with over 53% of the vote with 20 days to go, please help keep them in the lead!!

Please visit: http://gocitykids.parentsconnect.com/parents-picks/san-diego-ca-usa/best-san-diego-museum and vote for the Temecula Children’s Museum!!

Thanks,

Bill Gould

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GREAT NEWS!!! The Temecula Children’s Museum has been selected as a nominee for Nickelodeon’s 2009 Parents’ Pick Award!

This is the second year for this nationally recognized award and nominations are based on recommendations from Nickelodeon’s local city editors. We were notified today.

BAD NEWS!!!!  We are grouped under San Diego, which means that we are competing with their museums like the Space Theater, everything in Balboa Park, etc.

The winners of the award are based on how many on-line votes each nominee receives.

Parents are encouraged to go to http://www.parentsconnect.com/parentspicks! to vote for their favorite.

SO… We need everyone in Temecula to vote for the Temecula Children’s Museum - not once, but every day until July 15!

If you go to the website, you’ll see that we have 1% of the vote while the big S.D. museums have about 43%. But we can make a difference if lots and lots of Temecula residents vote every day until July 15. It seems like a really difficult task, doesn’t it? But knowing how Temeculans stick together, I think we can at least make a big effort!

Truthfully, I am so excited (please forgive if any of this note is a little incoherent!) that I seriously need help from everyone to plan a marketing campaign, since my head is spinning right now. Can any of you who specialize in that sort of thing please volunteer some of your expert help to get the word out and, more importantly, to get people to vote????

I pasted part of the email below - it has the link so you can vote for us. Choose San Diego as the city, click ‘museums’ and then the Temecula Children’s Museum.

Thank you - we really need your support right now to promote Temecula and our very special children’s museum.

Pat Comerchero and the Friends of the Temecula Children’s Museum

www.pennypickles.org

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March 19, 2009 by Bill.

Romoland School District - I was thrilled to find out that our planned middle school was featured on the front cover of CASH magazine. I truly believe that this will be a fabulous school for our community, its design is awesome, including the use of solar panels and maximizing the use of natural sunlight in the classrooms so we can spend less on electricity. The school, when built, will be located in the Heritage Lakes development.

I wanted to thank the Middle School Planning Committee for the dedication they put forth to make this great plan for the kids. The administration at the district office deserves a big thank you for planing the meetings and spending extra time off hours putting in work on this process. A big thank you goes to our architect, PJHM, they were great in listening to the desires of the community and the board.

Take a moment and enjoy the renderings of the school, and read this article. If you click the pictures they will blow up to a size you can read.

Thanks,

Bill

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