Since being elected in 2018 as a trustee for the Newport-Mesa Unified School District, improving school safety and academic performance have been key concerns of Michelle Barto. But any advances in those areas, she said, were interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Now that things are returning to normal, Barto, who has four children in the district’s schools, is seeking reelection to her seat in the upcoming November election in the hope she can restart those priorities.
