The Ranch Podcast

Miguel DeLuna is a retired law enforcement officer. He spend a portion of his professional career as a personal body guard for three Superintendents in Oakland Unified School District. He has worked to attend board meetings and union negotiations and feels he has value to bring West Ada. Enjoy!

Tom Moore is running for West Ada School Board in Zone 5. He served in the military and also worked in the private sector in accounting. He has also been involved with recall efforts of other school board administrations in southern California. Enjoy!The data Tom references in the episode came from Niche.com. Niche ranks West Ada as an A- overall. It's not 100% clear to me where they're getting all of their data from as they take into account test scores as well as parent and student self reported data, but here is the link!https://www.niche.com/k12/d/west-ada-school-district-id

Susie Schuetz is a mother in the district, volunteer, and believer in communication as a solution. She very much values what West Ada has created and believes the education here is high quality but also believes there is room for improvement. Enjoy!YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/6-euvkGwSzU

Mari Gates is a mother of three in West Ada, a life long learner, and believer in education as a springboard to a better life. She comes from a family of educators and believes open discussion yields the best results to most of life's problems. Enjoy!YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/Q5rOOVhnbDU

Jeremy Cutler is a father of 2, Boise State engineering grad, and running for Board of Education for Zone 5 in West Ada. He has a middle schooler and a high schooler and has valuable insights into the current state of West Ada education and offerings. Enjoy!YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/x6CMx6I_o5c

Lucas Baclayon is the current Zone 2 Board of Education member for West Ada School District. He is a former teacher and dean of academics in Taiwan, as well as experience with districts in Utah. He was a blast to speak with. Enjoy!YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/ZFU1Mxm5bLM

David Binetti is the current West Ada School District Board member for zone 4, which includes Eagle, Star, and parts of Meridian and Garden City. He is running for re-election against two other candidates. Hearing first hand what he has been doing with his time on the board and what he hopes to accomplish in the future was very educational. Enjoy!YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/q9HxiMIekhM

Brenen Beeler is the new pastor at Calvary Chapel Eagle. He moved to the area to lead a revival of faith and help people deeply connect. On October 15th, Calvary Chapel is holding a huge event to celebrate the community and bring people together around a new chapter. Details of the Re-Launch can be found on www.cceagle.com. Enjoy!

Craig Kvamme is currently on the Urban Renewal board, Navy veteran, and is running for City Council in Eagle. He has a very pragmatic approach to issues and has been described as a forward thinker. Enjoy!Youtube video: https://youtu.be/_pnfQr14QWI

Robert Imhoff is running for City Council in the City of Eagle. He is very involved with his local neighborhood and obviously on the city level as well. We spoke at length about different issues regarding Eagle, and he had some novel ideas that I hadn't considered. Enjoy!YouTube: https://youtu.be/0OdL1HAs-8QAlso available on Apple Podcast and YouTubeThank you to our sponsor, Old State Saloon!