Beckie Garrett - Clerk of the Board

Beckie graduated with honors from San Diego State University, where she earned a B.A. in English with a minor in Psychology, as well as a secondary teaching credential. She completed her M.A. in English at the University of California, Irvine.

She taught English for 29 years at San Marcos High School, then helped open Mission Hills High School as an English and Psychology teacher, and finally retired after 29 ½ years with SMUSD. Many of her former students are now lawyers, doctors, teachers, business owners, and entrepreneurs.

Beckie and her husband of 27 years, Jim, are the parents of two sons, Brady, 25, and Joseph, 24. Huge sports fans, the entire family has been involved in San Marcos youth sports. Both sons were enrolled in San Marcos schools from kindergarten through 12th grade, subsequently attending Palomar College and continuing to four-year universities.

You may contact Beckie Garrett at beckie.garrett@smusd.org.

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Sharon Jenkins - Vice President of the Board

Sharon has lived in San Marcos since 1971 and is a graduate of San Marcos High School.  She has a Bachelors of Science degree from San Diego State University in Accounting and has worked in various related positions in private business.  Sharon is a 2010 graduate of CSUSM’s Leadership North County.  Currently she works for North County Associated Brokers as a self-employed Realtor and also is a Controller for a local family owned business

Sharon has been a San Marcos Unified School District Governing Board Member since 1998.  She is married with two daughters who graduated from San Marcos high schools.  Her involvement has included various parent volunteer roles at Woodland Park Elementary School, Discovery Elementary School, Richland Elementary School, Woodland Park Middle School, San Marcos High School, Mission Hills High School, and the San Marcos Education Foundation.  Sharon also served as one of the coordinators of the successful 1996 $21.8 million school facilities bond.  Currently, she is a Board Member of the Valley of Discovery Education Foundation, Connected Through Kids (a non-profit organization supporting foster and kinship providers) and represents the school district at the Governmental Affairs Committee of the San Marcos Chamber of Commerce.

You may contact Sharon Jenkins at sharon.jenkins@smusd.org.

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Janet McClean - Member of the Board

Janet McClean holds a BS degree from San Diego State University and has been serving San Diego businesses and nonprofits as a Certified Public Accountant for over 20 years. As PTO President of Carrillo Elementary, she led a team of highly creative and entrepreneurial board members and oversaw the funding of various innovative programs. Janet has also served on various special committees, including the committee to pass Proposition K, the Parent Action Committee (PAC), the Bailey Family Foundation’s scholarship committee, and the Steering Committee for the Blueprint for High School Graduation. Janet and her husband of 17 years, Kevin, have been classroom and school event volunteers for nearly a decade. They live in Carlsbad with their two sons, James and Robert, both of whom benefit greatly from the hardworking staff, teachers, parent volunteers and leaders here in the San Marcos Unified School District.

You may contact Janet McClean at janet.mcclean@smusd.org.

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Jay Petrek - Member of the Board

Jay Petrek received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona in 1983 and is employed as a Principal Planner by the City of Escondido.  Jay and his wife, Heather, have been active San Marcos residents since moving to the community in 1994.  Their three children, Aaron, Zachary, and Brooke have attended San Marcos District Schools since kindergarten.

Contributing to the community is important to Jay.   He was awarded the San Diego County School Boards Association's 2005 Parent Volunteer of the Year for his involvement as President of the San Marcos High School (SMHS) and Discovery Elementary School Parent Clubs, SMHS Senior Class Safe-and-Sober Grad Nite Chaperone, classroom volunteer at San Elijo Middle School, San Marcos Middle School, and La Costa Meadows Elementary School.  In addition, Jay served on committees that involved drafting plans for redesigning SMHS, addressing high school overcrowding, establishing Middle and High School attendance areas, implementing School District Facilities, reviewing the District Budget, and participating in the District’s Visioning Program.

Jay’s civic efforts include serving as an appointed member to the Ridgeline Taskforce by the San Marcos City Council that involved residents selected for drafting a City Ordinance protecting local ridgelines.  He has also volunteered as a coach for San Marcos Youth Baseball, and as an Assistant Cub Scout Den Leader.  

You may contact Jay Petrek at jay.petrek@smusd.org.

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Randy Walton - President of the Board

Randy Walton was born and raised in Southern California and has lived in San Marcos for over 10 years. He and his wife Kristen have been married for almost 20 years and are the parents of sons Redmond and Ryan both students in SMUSD.
 
Randy has a bachelor's degree from U.C. San Diego and a law degree from California Western School of Law. Randy operates the Walton Law Firm, a small civil law firm focusing on cases of personal injury, nursing home abuse and neglect, and estate planning.  
 
Community involvement has always been important to Randy.  He was a founding member of the Valley of Discovery Education Foundation (VDEF), a non-profit organization in San Marcos dedicated to assisting San Marcos High School and Mission High School, and was appointed to by the San Marcos City Council to its Ridgeline Task Force, a committee of local citizens who drafted a law to preserve the remaining ridgelines of San Marcos.  Randy also served on the board of directors of San Marcos Youth Baseball for a number of years.

 You may contact Randy Walton at randy.walton@smusd.org.

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