PROVEN Leader. STUDENT-FOCUSED Results.
Hi, I’m Thida Cornes, your Board President and MVLA Trustee in Area 3. I’m a disabled immigrant, a mom, and a longtime Mountain View resident, with my service dog, Jeeves, always by my side.
Four years ago, you elected me to ensure MVLA serves all students, including those who face challenges. Now I’m running for re-election to build on this work and help ensure each and every student graduates with the confidence, skills, and support they need to pursue a fulfilling life and a meaningful, financially stable career.
Priorities
Connection and Belonging
Every and every student deserves to feel seen, supported, and connected at school.
Academic Excellence and Alignment For All Students
Each and every student deserves consistent expectations, strong teaching, aligned courses, and opportunities to explore their interests and discover their passions.
Accessibility, Transparency and Fiscally Responsible
We deserve Trustees who operate in an accessible, transparent, and fiscally responsible way with our partners and our community.
Student Focused Results
Connection and Belonging
- Strengthened belonging through Wellness Centers, Wellness Days, and Welcome Weeks, accurate, inclusive Social Studies, and LGBTQIA+ staff training,
- Supported more co-taught classes so more students with disabilities can learn in general education classrooms.
- Made Health easier to access as an in-person class so students can learn with a trusted adult
- Supported regular meetings between the Superintendent and Spanish-speaking families.
- Honored to be a Board President invited to speak at Alta Vista High graduation, recognizing students whose path to graduation looks different but matters just as much.
Academic Excellence and Alignment For All
- Hired Superintendent Eric Volta.
- Expanded Career Technical Education pathways, Dual Enrollment, and AP access.
- Expanded full English Learner support to both high schools and improved English proficiency rates.
- Brought English Language Learners to green on the California Dashboard for the first time.
Student-Focused Decisions, Transparency, and Accessibility
- Strengthened transparency and accountability as Board President by creating our first Governance Handbook and improving Board effectiveness.
- Led a stronger Superintendent performance review process where every Trustee participated equally for the first time.
- Helped launch the Superintendent Student Advisory Council, which gives students a direct voice with district leadership.
- Elected by my Board during my first year to serve on the Shoreline Fund negotiation subcommittee. Secured multi-year funding for MVLA students.
- Represents MVLA on Mountain View’s Active Transportation Public Advisory Committee.
Endorsements
I love Thida! She is so cool and awesome.
Sally Lieber, California Board of Equalization, Former Speaker Pro Tempore State Assembly
I love Thida! She is so cool and awesome.
Marc Berman, State Assembly member of Trustee Area 3
See more endorsements here.
What’s next?
Connection and Belonging
- Develop a system to help more students find a caring adult on campus and a place where they belong.
- Create metrics for the Graduate Profile.
- Expand peer-to-peer counseling.
Academic Excellence and Alignment For All
- Expand accessible pathways to two-year and four-year colleges.
- Build more pathways for students to discover their passions.
- Create a sensible AI policy that supports critical thinking and student learning.
Student-Focused Decisions, Accessibility and Transparency
- Keep decisions focused on students.
- Make Board work easier for the community to understand, including making it easier to translate into other languages.
- Continue advising the City of Mountain View on Active Transportation Plan.
- Continue strong partnerships with the Cities of Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills.