Reed Union School District — November 2026
Lina
Godfrey
For Reed Union School District Board of Trustees
Every child deserves a school that sees them fully — their strengths, their needs, and their limitless potential — and rises to meet them where they are.
Every community deserves a public school district that hears them fully — parents and grandparents, neighbors and longtime residents, whether or not they have a child in a classroom today — and amplifies their voices, turning community voice and insights into action.
Our District, In Plain English
This isn't just a campaign site.
It's a public resource I built for our community, translating key district documents, indexing board meetings, digesting data, and tracking Reed Union's commitment to our children. Free. No login.
Use it whether you vote for me or not.
Key district documents, translated into plain English.
Budgets, LCAP, task force reports — every source linked, nothing editorialized.
Every meeting transcribed, searchable, and timestamped.
Listen to the full meeting — every word transcribed, searchable, and timestamped.
Try balancing the ~$1.5M gap yourself.
Five real levers, real numbers. The choices are more straightforward than the headlines suggest.
One search across key documents and board meetings.
Platform
Where I Stand
Six priority pillars built from what I've seen as a parent, a researcher, and a community member. These shape the principles I will strive for as a trustee.
Tap any pillar to read the full position.
Where Do You Stand?
Your Priorities
Drag to rank these six RUSD issues by what matters most to you. Then see where I stand — and which pillar each issue belongs to.
Schools built for every kind of learner from the start — not retrofitted as an afterthought — are better schools for all kids
The district should publicly evaluate which programs are working and phase out the ones that aren't
Every student — struggling or advanced — deserves a curriculum that actually challenges them
Social-emotional skills — resilience, empathy, self-regulation — belong in every classroom, every day
Board votes, budget decisions, and meeting records should be easy for any parent to find and understand
Families should have real input before major decisions are made — not just a comment period after
Track Record
I have receipts.
Years of community work, itemized. No titles, no consultants — just the things I actually did.
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LINA GODFREY FOR RUSD
TIBURON, CA 94920 · NOV 2026
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Community Voices
What Matters Most to You?
I'm just beginning to gather what families across Reed Union care about most. There's no poll to point to yet, so rather than show invented numbers, here are the six areas I'm listening on. Tell me where your priorities fall.
Academic Rigor & Excellence
Reading, math, and meeting every learner where they are
Transparency in Governance
Open meetings, plain-language summaries, budgets you can read
Inclusion, Equity & Accessibility
Designing for and including all learners: advanced, struggling, and right on track
Family & Community Voice
Being heard before decisions are made, not after
Evidence-Based Practice & Innovation
Decisions grounded in real data, not anecdote or trend
Whole Child Health & Wellbeing
Social-emotional learning, belonging, mental health, school lunch, and more
Your voice matters here.
Anonymous. No login. No email. Just a sentence or two about what matters most to you. It shows up right here after a quick review.
Why I’m running
“Because exceptional public education requires more than good intentions. It requires courageous governance, rigorous standards, and unequivocal transparency for a community whose voice is genuinely heard at every level of decision-making.”
About Lina
Why I'm running
It started with a playground.
When my oldest child was young, I kept noticing how many of this county's beautiful, expensive playgrounds were impossible for her to use — not because of her disability, but because of how they were designed. Built for the default child, not for every child. That changed how I read a school policy, how I listen at a board meeting, how I evaluate a curriculum adoption process. The question I can't stop asking is: who was in the room when this was designed? Because that determines whose needs actually get met.
I'm a product of public education start to finish; I went to public schools K through 12, then undergrad and a master's at a California public university. I believe in holding our public schools to a high standard and designing them to serve all students and meet them where they are. I've lived in Tiburon for 11 years and have a stake in this district that's both immediate and long: two of my children are in RUSD now, and two more will be soon. I have children who need more support and children who need more challenge, and I have learned firsthand how much it matters when a school is equipped to meet both. That experience is what drives my conviction that differentiation isn't a luxury. It's the job.
Since having children in the district, I've attended nearly every school board meeting, already. Long enough to know the difference between how things are presented and how they actually run.
My background is in research, public health, and advocacy — investigative work, international development, research at a national science lab. I know how to find signal in noise and ask the question behind the question. I bring that same lens to RUSD: evidence, accountability, and systems built around outcomes instead of assumptions. But what grounds me most is not my academic or professional background. It is time spent in classrooms, in IEP meetings, on playgrounds, and in the unglamorous reality and lived experience of how school systems actually work for students and families.
Where I've already done the work:
In RUSD:
- LCAP District Advisory Committee
- Strategic Planning Committee
- Three task forces (AI, MOSAIC, Wellness & Belonging)
- Classroom and playground volunteer
- Attends school board meetings already as a matter of practice
Across the town + county:
- President of Belvedere-Hawthorne Nursery School
- Appointed to Tiburon Diversity & Inclusion Task Force
- Leadership member of Parents for Parks + Rec (Tiburon)
- Board member, Dedication to Special Education (MCOE), co-chairing its grant-making program
- Board member, Marin Center for Independent Living
- Pioneered the Marin Inclusive Playground at McInnis Park from idea to reality, actively involved in design and outreach
I'm an education and public health advocate, a parent of many (with different needs and perspectives), and someone who shows up...and I'm bringing everything I have to this district.
Endorsements
Who's Behind This
These are neighbors, educators, and community leaders who have watched this district up close — and believe it deserves what I aim to bring to it.
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