THE RACE FOR HUNTINGTON BEACH UNION HIGH SCHOOL BOARD

Angelique Flores

Khosrow “Ted” Tadayon said the most important issue facing any school

district in America, particularly those in California, is “low

performance at best, and no performance at worst.”

“Our educational system, like that infamous tire manufacturer, is

producing low-performing or outright defective products -- ill-trained or

illiterate students that regularly need to be recalled, retrained or made

all over again from scratch,” he said.

The Huntington Beach Union High School District must rethink its

mission and methods to emerge from the bottom of the heap, Tadayon said.

“A new age is upon us, but the education bureaucracies fight to keep

the status quo,” he said. “A complete restructuring of the system is in

order. We need fresh, unbiased thinking and action in education.”

Tadayon earned his bachelor’s degree from Ohio Christian College in

1971 and his master’s degree from Queens College of New York in 1975. He

went on to Columbia University, where he earned both a master’s and

doctorate in education.

BIO: KHOSROW ‘TED’ TADAYON

* Age: 53

* Family: Married, with two children

* Community Activism: Longtime writer and contributor to

Iranian-American community newspapers and other publications in New York

City and Los Angeles

* Contact: (714) 964-3862 and [email protected]

KHOSROW ‘TED’ TADAYON ON:

* THE DISTRICT’S BIGGEST CHALLENGES:”Properly educating our children

in the face of innumerable social forces that adversely affect the young

nowadays is the biggest challenge.”

He said part of any proper education is transmission of good values to

children by the manner school administrations operate.

* PLANS TO DEMOLISH BUILDING NO. 300:

“I do not have enough information on the matter, therefore I cannot

comment at this time.”