Monetary support for candidates hoping to lead local school districts is starting to pile up with campaign financial forms for those running for office due Thursday.

Forms simply need to be postmarked by the due date, resulting in the omission of financial information for some candidates. Below are the contributions reported from Sept. 20 through Oct. 17 thus far in the Sequoia Union, San Mateo Union, San Mateo-Foster City Elementary, Hillsborough City, Redwood City Elementary and San Bruno Park Elementary school districts. Total numbers reflect money collected and spent this calendar year. Omitted information will be reported as it is received in the Daily Journal’s Election Journal.

San Mateo Union

San Mateo Union High School Board President Peter Hanley, Vice President Linda Lees Dwyer and Trustee Robert Griffin are running against challengers Mike Loy and Guadalupe Ortiz.

Hanley is leading the pack with $30,873 in donations, $19,299 of which was collected during this period. Among the donations collected are: $500 from the Santa Clara and San Benito Counties Building and Construction Trades Council Political Action Committee; $2,500 from the Plumbers and Steamfitters Local No. 467; $5,000 from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; $1,000 from the California Chapter National Electrical Contractors Association; $500 from the District Council of Iron Workers Political Action Committee; $1,000 from the International Union of Elevator Constructors; $1,000 from the Seville Group, Inc. in Pasadena; $2,000 from the Plumbing Industry Consumer Protection Fund; $3,000 from the Labor Management Cooperative Trust; $500 from the Operating Engineers Local No. 3 Political Action Committee; $500 Lizard Skin Studios, Inc.; $100 from Andrew Berg, executive manager of the National Electrical Contractors Association; $500 from the Laborers Local Union No. 270; and $250 from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. He also received $1,000 from Greystone West Company, the company employed by the district to oversee the Measure M construction.

During this period, he spent $12,321.74 including $11,676.33 with Lester Connect in San Francisco for campaign literature and $546.25 to Dorothy Meyer Photography in San Mateo for campaign literature.

Loy raised $17,044 to date, $1,125 during this period. He received $500 from Peter Cooperstein, owner of Amici’s Pizza, and $100 from former county sheriff Don Horsley. In recent weeks, he spent $7,006.69 including $3,460 Strategies in Daly City for campaign consultants; $125 to the San Mateo County Assessor-Recorder; $1,265.44 to Flying Colors USA LLC in Orinda for Web site design and maintenance; and $2,081.25 for advertising in the Daily Journal.

Ortiz raised $200 in this period, $855 total. She spent $268 in the last few weeks.

Lees Dwyer filed a form stating she would not spend more than $1,000. Forms for Griffin were not yet available.

Sequoia Union

Eight candidates are in the county’s most contested school board race for two seats on the Sequoia Union High School District Board of Trustees. Candidates include: Nohema Fernandez, Bob Ferrando, Jacqueline Wallace Greene, Beth Injasoulian, Virginia Chang Kiraly, Alan Sarver, Chris Thomsen and Noria Zasslow.

Chang Kiraly raised $15,297.88 this calendar year, including $8,188.88 in recent weeks. Of the recent donations, Chang Kiraly received $100 from Guillermo Morantes, San Mateo County Board of Education trustee. She spent $6,929.66 in the last period including $260 for advertising with the Redwood Shores Community Association; $89.01 on campaign literature at FedEx Kinko’s; $3,106.93 for postage at Accurate Mailings, Inc.; $125 for voter information at Political Designs; $100 for photography rights at K&D Photography; $3,161.61 at Bayside Printed Products, Inc. for design and printing of mailers; $64.46 at FedEx Kinko’s for copies and overnight mailing of campaign finance forms; $22.65 to PayPal Inc. for processing charges for contributions; and $2,711.61 for postage at Accurate Mailings, Inc.

Sarver raised $14,695.25 to date, including $10,054 during this three week period of which $5,500 is a self loan. Among his donations collected are $250 from the Committee to Elect Karen Clancy, who serves on the Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary School District Board of Trustees; $100 from the San Mateo County Labor Council; $100 from Carrie DuBois, San Carlos Elementary School District trustee; $100 from Redwood City Mayor Rosanne Foust; $100 from San Carlos Mayor Bob Grassilli; and $100 from Morantes. In recent weeks, Sarver spent $11,119.45  including $200 on print advertising at the Redwood Shores Community Association; $75 for professional services with Craig Burleigh Photography; $250 for a campaign contribution to the San Mateo County Democratic Party; $7,317.27 for campaign literature from the Bayside Printed Products; $3,106.93 for postage from Accurate Mailings; and $125 for polling and survey research by Political Designs.

Thomsen raised $10,359 to date, including $5,720 in donations in recent weeks. He received $125 from Menlo Park Mayor Heyward Robinson. Recently, Thomsen spent $6,443 including $1,588 at Howard Quinn Co. for campaign literature; $127 at Stevens Printing for campaign literature; $1,151 at Advertisers Mailing Services for campaign literature; and $3,474 for postage.

Ferrando raised $3,295 thus far, $2,896 of which was in recent weeks. His donations include $500 to himself. He spent $333 on campaign paraphernalia.

Fernandez and Zasslow each filed with the intention not to spend over $1,000. Paperwork was not available for Injasoulian and Wallace Greene.

San Mateo-Foster City

Four are competing for two spots on the San Mateo-Foster City Elementary School District Board of Trustees. Trustee Lory Lorimer Lawson, parents Ellen Mallory Ulrich and Julie Chan and software developer John Miller are running.

Ulrich has collected the most with $9,422 to date, $2,447 during this period. Recently, she spent $4,616.91 on postage and $2,237.33 on lawn signs and bumper stickers.

Lorimer Lawson raised $5,020 to date, $3,770 during this period. Her total includes a $1,000 loan. Recently, Lorimer Lawson received $250 from Aanraku Glass Studios; $100 from Assemblyman Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo; $100 from county Supervisor Carole Groom; and $200 from consultant Tish Buselle, who helped the district last year in its outreach to the community regarding overcrowding issues. She spent $1.496.94 including $119.66 on office supplies and $1,300.80 on lawn signs.

Miller raised $1,725 total, $50 recently. He spent $203, of which $123 was for fliers.

Chan raised $1,073, $575 most recently which includes a $400 personal loan. She spent $368.72 on campaign literature at City Print and Mail.

Hillsborough

Trustee Mary Ellen Benninger is facing off against parents Steven Gans, Lynne Esselstein, Steven Koury and write-in candidate Pearl Wu all hoping for one of three seats on the Hillsborough City School District Board of Trustees.

Koury boasts $3,435 in total, including $2,425 during the recent weeks. Koury loaned himself $2,000 thus far. He received $135 in nonmonetary donations in the form of flowers from Linda Fitzpatrick. He has spent $2,289.23 on campaign literature and $1,406.05 on campaign paraphernalia.

Esselstein raised $2,347.57 to date, which includes a $1,250 self-loan and 321.88 in donations over recent weeks. She paid $1,137.50 toward campaign literature costs and has $1,785.95 in unpaid bills.

Benninger raised $1,851 total, which was done during this period and includes an $886 donation from herself. She received $150 from Hillsborough board President Shawn Christianson, who opted not to run for re-election. Benninger spent $618.08 on campaign literature and $1,195 on postage.

Gans filed with the intention not to spend over $1,000. Paperwork for Wu was not yet available.

Redwood City

Redwood City Elementary Board President Maria Diaz-Slocum and Trustee Hilary Paulson are facing challengers Jack Hickey and Lea Cuniberti-Duran for two seats.

Paulson raised $3,172, including $705 during this period. She spent $1,965 including $61 for office supplies, $114 for campaign literature and $1,790 on postage.

Diaz-Slocum raised $2,444 to date, including $1,796 in recent weeks. She received $200 from Redwood City Trustee Alisa MacAvoy; $100 from Paulson; $100 from Karen Clancy, Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary School District trustee; and $500 from the California Teachers Association. She spent $375 recently on campaign literature to the San Mateo County Democratic Party and the San Mateo County Elections Office.

Hickey and Cuniberti-Duran each filed with the intention not to spend over $1,000.

San Bruno Park

The race for three seats on the San Bruno Park Elementary School District is contested with incumbents Skip Henderson and Jim Prescott challenged by former trustee Chuck Zelnik, physician and professor Henry Sanchez and food server Maria Araujo.

Prescott, Zelnik and Sanchez each filed with the intention not to spend over $1,000. Forms from Henderson and Araujo were not yet available.

Heather Murtagh can be reached by e-mail: heather@smdailyjournal.com or by phone: (650) 344-5200 ext. 105.