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
Some of our students graduate high school already holding a college degree. That’s not luck — it’s what happens when you refuse to write off a single kid.
Learn more →Student Safety
The nightmare that keeps parents up at night is the one I spent 14 years training for. Now I’ve built it into our schools — a full safety review of every campus and a plan to stop a tragedy before it starts.
Learn more →Governance & Accountability
I found a district that was great in the classroom but broken in the boardroom — so I fixed how we govern: clear roles, open meetings, every policy reviewed, and politics left at the door.
Learn more →Fiscal Responsibility
Fiscal discipline isn’t about spreadsheets — it’s about making sure a bad budget year never costs your kid their teacher. We’ve balanced every budget and saved taxpayers over $13 million.
Learn more →Transparency
I’ve watched boards decide things in back rooms and dare the public to notice. Not here — I opened the meetings, the agendas, and the policies, so you see it before we vote, not after.
Learn more →Family & Community Engagement
While the hardest family issues split other districts into lawsuits, we brought parents and teachers to the same table and got it right — together. That’s how you keep politics out of our kids’ 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