Appointed Incumbent · RUSD Board of Trustees
Mike
Ghaffary
RUSD can be a national model for thriving public schools.
Appointed by the Board of Trustees earlier this year to fill an open seat. Running to continue that work.
Election day November 3, 2026
Ballots mail October 5, 2026
Every registered voter in Reed Union School District gets a ballot by mail.
The work
The strategic plan I have been working on as a board member.
Since then, I have brought math education to the forefront and advocated for reasonable standards for the amount of time our kids spend on screens at school.
An age-appropriate, intentional tech-use framework
Social Emotional Learning
Report card improvement
Community and Families
AI implementation and AI framework, year two
Facilities and Infrastructure
These sit inside the district’s full strategic plan, which also covers Academic Excellence, Social Emotional Learning, Staff, Community and Families, Facilities & Infrastructure, and Finance. As a trustee I work across all of it.
About
- Chosen by the sitting board
- Appointed to fill an open trustee seat, 2026
- RUSD parent
- Two students in the district
- Commissioner
- Tiburon Parks, Open Space & Trails
- Nonprofit board member
- Year Up Bay Area
- Public school graduate
- Bay Area, K through 12
The Reed Union School District Board of Trustees appointed me to fill an open seat earlier this year.
Since then, I have brought math education to the forefront and advocated for reasonable standards for the amount of time our kids spend on screens at school. My vision is for RUSD to be a national model for thriving public schools, grounded in academic rigor and student wellbeing.
As a parent of two RUSD students, I am on our campuses frequently: coaching the Del Mar math club, guest speaking in classrooms at Del Mar, Bel Aire, and Reed, and serving breakfast to our teachers. I have also served on the Tiburon Parks, Open Space & Trails Commission and on the boards of educational nonprofits, including Year Up Bay Area. In high school, I served as the student member of the Fremont Union High School District Board of Trustees.
Professionally, I am a business executive and investor who has served on many company boards. This taught me how a board drives results: financial discipline, hiring and supporting excellent leaders, and holding an organization accountable to clear goals. I bring those habits to every RUSD meeting.
I am proud to have graduated from Bay Area public schools, and would be honored to continue to serve our community in this role.
Guest speaking in a classroom
Being sworn in at a board meeting
With his family
Endorsements
Neighbors who are backing Mike.
Shelby Pasarell Tsai
Liz Webb
Sandeep Sahai
Afsaneh Zolfaghari
Jessica Ethevers
Jack Ryan
Isaac Nikfar
Suzannah Sculley
Chuck Hornbrook
Toni Lee
Nate Lee
Sophia Yang Ghaffary
Get involved
School board races are won on driveways.
An endorsement, a yard sign, an email to five neighbors. In a district this size, that is the whole campaign.
Email five neighborsOpens a ready-written note in your own email. Edit it however you like before sending.
Have a question or an idea? Write to Mike directly.
MikeForRUSD@gmail.com