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Alon Shiran is a Belmont resident and parent of three prospective Sequoia Union High School District students. While his oldest is still in middle school, Shiran said he hopes to serve on the high school district’s board to make changes that will increase opportunities and academic success for students.
Shiran is running against incumbent Amy Koo for the Area A seat, which includes Redwood Shores, Belmont, San Carlos and parts of Redwood City, in the Nov. 3 election.
Shiran is currently working as a product executive at ERGO NEXT insurance in Palo Alto. His children are currently enrolled in transitional kindergarten, first grade and seventh grade at Sequoia Union feeder schools.
As he pursues a seat on the board, Shiran said he is focused on restoring academic excellence with honors and advanced courses; fiscal discipline and transparency; offering a future-ready curriculum; and providing community engagement and accountability.
Shiran said his family moved to Belmont because of the area’s public schools. With his oldest child headed toward high school, he is invested in the district his children will be attending over the next decade.
He said he was inspired to run for the school board after seeing the district “capping opportunities by removing some of the advanced and honors classes with the hopes that it closed the achievement gap.” Shiran said he disagreed with the board’s choice and thinks this will only limit the opportunities.
“Many of the families are not aware of this direction that we’re taking in our schools to close these opportunities for our kids with advanced and honors classes. So I think increasing the awareness of that is going to be very important, before it’s too late,” Shiran said.
He added that there is “too much chaos” within the district as it faces multiple lawsuits, legal settlements and parents’ attempts to recall the three board members who are not up for election.
Shiran said he hopes to use his professional experiences in product management to help the board approach decisions with transparency and data-driven solutions.
“Not everybody’s going to agree with every decision that the board makes, but there’s a big difference between a consensus and an alignment,” he said. “Alignment is when people understand why a decision is being made and they trust their representatives that they’ve done the best to represent their point of views.”
If elected, Shiran said he plans to host office hours every few weeks to give people the opportunity to speak with him directly and regain the community’s trust through transparency.
For more information on his campaign, visit alonforschools.com.
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