Six years ago, you asked for schools that put students and families first. I’ve delivered.
I’m a parent, an educator, and a retired police officer. I’ve spent those six years keeping our schools among the best-run and most fiscally sound in the state — and doing the public’s business in public. I made you some specific promises, and I’ve kept them.
Promises Made, Promises Kept
When I first ran in 2020, I made you specific promises. Here’s how I kept them.
My Priorities
Six areas where experience and a steady hand make the difference. Follow any one for the full story.
Academic Excellence
Widening excellence so it reaches every student — growing dual enrollment and career technical education alongside our IB and AP programs, uniting two campuses as Roseville Pathways, and building RJUHSD into an employer of choice for great teachers.
Learn more →Student Safety
Fourteen years in law enforcement shape how I keep campuses safe: a full safety review at every school, our behavioral threat-assessment work written into board policy and shared statewide, and camera integration with strict privacy protections.
Learn more →Governance & Accountability
I ran to protect a great district and found the governance in need of repair — so we fixed it: clear board and superintendent roles, meetings in full compliance with open-government laws, every policy audited, labor contracts settled before the fiscal year begins.
Learn more →Fiscal Responsibility
Discipline honed leading a major city through the Great Recession keeps our dollars in the classroom: balanced budgets, reserves at over double the state requirement, over $13 million saved refinancing bonds, and a pension trust for the costs we know are coming.
Learn more →Transparency
It’s not our work; it’s the public’s work — and it should be done in public. I opened committee meetings, launched an annual State of the District, and put our full policies before the community before we vote, not after.
Learn more →Family & Community Engagement
Families should experience our district as a genuine partner — respected, informed, and heard. We built a parental notification policy other districts now borrow, and earned Purple Star recognition for our military-connected families across four schools.
Learn more →See all six priorities in full →
“For years, families have moved to the Roseville area specifically for the quality of our schools. Great schools don’t happen by accident — they’re the result of strong, focused leadership. Let’s keep it that way.”
— Pete Constant
Let’s keep Roseville’s schools the best they can be.
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Where I Choose to Live and Raise My Family
More than a decade ago, Julie and I moved our family to Roseville from San Jose, where I’d spent years in public service.
We came for what so many families come for: a safe, welcoming community, room for our kids to grow, and schools with a reputation as some of the best-run and most fiscally sound in the state. This community welcomed us, and we jumped in with both feet.
Julie went from classroom volunteer to a twice-elected trustee on the Roseville City School District board. I served on the city’s Board of Appeals and its Community Priorities Advisory Commission, as vice chair of the Charter Review Commission, and helped lead the Throwing Starfish Foundation. Service has always been our way of life.
All five of our children graduated from Oakmont High School, and I watched each of them leave with far more than a diploma — the skills to succeed in college, career, and life. That’s what a great district does. Families move here for the schools; teachers move here because it’s one of the best places in the region to work, and they’re paid and treated like the professionals they are.
My approach on the board is simple: keep the focus on educating kids and supporting families, stay out of the politics and costly lawsuits that distract other districts, set clear expectations, and hold the administration accountable for meeting them.
Our expectations are clear and focused — and we read them aloud at the start of every board meeting to hold ourselves to them:
Prepare all students for life, college, and career
- High-quality academic opportunities for all students
- Support for every student’s academic success
Engage in partnership with families and the community
- Welcoming, safe schools at the center of learning, activities, athletics, and the arts
- A real sense of community in our schools and the surrounding area
Utilize effective governance and business practices
- Remain open, transparent, and accountable to the community
- Serve as an employer of choice with the highest-quality teachers and staff
It’s essential that we keep our focus on educating our students and supporting our families. I hope you agree.
— Pete Constant