Three candidates are running for the Modesto City Schools Board of Education seat for Trustee Area 6. This west Modesto area includes Modesto High School, Mark Twain Middle School and Franklin Elementary. The school board candidates are incumbent Homero Mejia and challengers Rueth Velez-Langrock and Sebastian Jones.
The Modesto Bee asked all candidates to fill out a questionnaire, but only Mejia responded.
Homero Mejia
Mejia was born in Aguililla in Michoacan, Mexico. He is married to Marta Mejia and is a father of two. He attended Modesto City Schools when he moved to the area and he graduated from Modesto High School in 1998.
Mejia has been endorsed by the Modesto Teachers Association and North Valley Labor Federation…