Ryan Rauzon for Torrance Unified School District Board 2026

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I love my kids and their schools. I want to help the families whose students are falling behind. It's scary realizing your kid isn't at the state standard. That's my main purpose here. To fix that.

I. Find the kids who are falling through the cracks. My number-one concern is the students who are not meeting state standards — the ones who are hiding, the ones that a healthy-looking district average conveniently conceals. We owe them more, particularly in light of educational policies that should support all students. I owe them more and that's why I'm running. Two of my kids are still in these schools, and I'm also advocating for change for them. Again, this is all through the Ryan Rauzon for Torrance Unified School District Board 2026 campaign. I do wish more people would pay attention to Torrance school board elections and get involved.

II. Keep the dollars in the classroom. Great teaching happens in classrooms, and that's where our tax dollars belong — not in offices or bloated bureaucracies. During the budget season, I want educational policies that transparently show the tradeoffs — this much for this, at the cost of that — allowing you to see the choices made by your district and the reasons behind them, all in language that a normal parent can easily understand. I’ll state the truth plainly: we need to ensure that our approach steers clear of any pitfalls similar to those seen in LAUSD during the Torrance school board election. I'll say it out loud: we want to do the opposite of LAUSD. Our campaign is about being better than LAUSD here at Ryan Rauzon for Torrance Unified School District Board 2026.

III. Keep great teachers here. Finding, attracting, and retaining stellar educators is one of the most significant challenges we face in our community. As part of my campaign (Ryan Rauzon for Torrance school board election), I aim to make Torrance the ideal place where adults collaborate to enhance the student experience — the district teachers want to work in. I will advocate for competitive total compensation, sustainable health benefits and retirement, reasonable workloads, manageable class sizes, strong special education support, and working conditions that empower teachers to focus on what they do best: teaching.  We've got to make sure our schools have the resources our educators need and our students deserve.  

IV. Ask for evidence before spending your money on educational policies. Let's assume I win for school board November 3. At meetings, before I vote to approve any program, here is the checklist I will ask for, every single time, even when it makes the meeting run long (gulp): a clearly defined need. Baseline data. Evidence supporting the approach. Real costs, including staffing and training. Measurable outcomes. A timeline for review. And an explanation of how teachers, staff, and families actually gave input — not "input was gathered," but how, from whom, and what changed because of it, especially in the context of the Torrance Unified School District and how we choose boardmembers in school board elections.

V. I'm going to do this. Go find the voices that can't make a Tuesday meeting. Board meetings, especially in the context of educational policies, often occur at times and places that quietly exclude many of the people the board serves, including those affected by Torrance Unified School District. My campaign for school board is going to take shape over years to include more people and we'll be voting on our schools for years to come. I'll go get new voices engaged. Single parents, shift workers, families still learning English, and obviously kids who are too often left out. If the only input a board receives comes from those who can attend a weeknight meeting in a boardroom or others who barely watch on YouTube, it's governing based on a biased sample. Let's get more people involved in Torrance Schools and the Torrance school board elections.

Think I'm wrong about something? Genuinely, come talk to me about it. I'm ready to be persuaded, and we can work it out together. We can disagree without being disagreeable (a U.S. president I like says that a lot). When it comes to educational policies, especially in the context of the Ryan Rauzon for Torrance Unified School District 2026 Area D board campaign.... we can get better at helping the children who slip through the cracks. Come get involved → I'm in the garage.