News
Statements, op-eds, and press.
Short notes from the campaign, in the order they happened.
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StatementMay 02, 2026
Salgado-Whitman calls for a PVUSD facility audit before the November bond
Maria filed a public-records request for the district's 2024–25 classroom-utilization data this morning, and is asking the board to publish it before the bond question is finalized.
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Op-edApr 24, 2026
Why I'm running: 32 in my son's third grade. 18 in a third grade eight miles south.
Daniel's classroom is a math problem PVUSD has been pretending isn't a math problem. Here's what the numbers actually look like, and why the answer isn't another bond.
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EndorsementApr 11, 2026
Six PVUSD parents, three coaches, one principal: an endorsement reel
A retired principal, a Pinnacle basketball coach, and the woman who ran Desert Cove's PTA for two years walk into a folding-chair Q&A. None of them are party officials. By design.
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PressMar 28, 2026
AZ Republic profile: "the operations manager running for school board"
A Sunday-edition long-read on how a 180-person HVAC ops manager turned a school-board race into a referendum on PVUSD's capacity audit.
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AnnouncementMar 15, 2026
Maria Salgado-Whitman files paperwork for PVUSD Governing Board
Filed at the Maricopa County Recorder's office Tuesday. The campaign opens with three policy commitments — audit, rezone, hold the bond.
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