It’s election day in Paso Robles. Here’s what you need to know about the school board vote

Mackenzie Shuman
Updated ·3 min read

Polls are opened today in Paso Robles in the special election for a seat on the school board.

As of Monday afternoon, the Clerk-Recorder’s Office had received about 9,400 vote-by-mail ballots, Clerk-Recorder Elaina Cano said.

The results from those ballots are expected to be posted at about 8 p.m., which is after the polling locations have closed, Cano said. In total, there are about 30,700 registered voters in Paso Robles eligible to vote in the special election for the seat on the Paso Robles Joint Unified School District’s Board of Education.

Another round of results could come a few hours after that, accounting for ballots received on Tuesday, Cano said. It’s likely a provisional winner could be announced tonight.

The two candidates on the ballot are Kenney Enney and Angela Hollander.

Enney, running on his history as a Marine Corps veteran and Paso Robles resident of 10 years, was appointed to the Paso Robles school board in October before he was ousted in December by a community-led petition.

Signs around Paso Robles show one of his main goals should he be elected to the school board: Improve school standardized test scores.

Enney also told the Tribune in March that he wants to hold the district accountable.

Hollander, a resident of the city for more than two decades who has had a long career working with children in the county, told The Tribune in a March interview she decided to run against Enney after she’d grown upset watching the contentious school board meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Should she be elected to the board, Hollander, who had two children who attended schools in the district, said she wants to help students in the district feel more safe and comfortable going to school and encourage the establishment of a community school at Georgia Brown Elementary.

The winner in the election will serve until the November 2024 election.

The special election is for an at-large seat, so anyone living withing the school district’s boundaries can vote.

A sign at the Paso Robles Joint Unified School District office on Niblick Road.
A sign at the Paso Robles Joint Unified School District office on Niblick Road.

There are nine total polling locations in the Paso Robles and San Miguel area where you can vote or drop your mail-in ballot. Each location will close at 8 p.m..

  • Centennial Park Live Oak Room at 600 Nickerson Drive

  • Grace Baptist Church at 535 Creston Road

  • Heritage Village Senior Center at 4880 Heritage Road

  • Highlands Church at 215 Oak Hill Road

  • North SLOCO Association of Realtors at 1101-A Riverside Ave.

  • Paso Robles Masonic Complex at 320 Sherwood Road

  • Paso Robles Veterans Hall at 240 Scott St.

  • Plymouth Congregational Church at 1301 Oak St.

  • San Miguel Community Building at 256 13th St.

There are also four additional locations where you can drop your mail-in ballot:

  • San Miguel Community Services District at 1765 Bonita Place until 4:30 p.m.

  • Paso Robles City Library at 1000 Spring St. until 7 p.m.

  • San Luis Obispo Clerk-Recorder’s Office at 6565 Capistrano Ave., 2nd floor, in Atascadero until 4:30 p.m.

  • San Luis Obispo Clerk-Recorder’s Office at 1055 Monterey St. in San Luis Obispo until 8 p.m.