As a parent, Pauline volunteered countless hours as a PTA mom, in the Boosters Club and at the School District level as a member of the Board-District Advisory Committee, serving as BDAC Chair in 1996. She volunteered on the campaign for Measure A, the District’s first school facilities bond which passed in 1997. Pauline successfully challenged a sitting Board Member to win her first term on the Board of Education in 1998. She is completing her 12th year on the Board – eight years as a board officer. Pauline was the first to be elected School Board President two years in a row, which was unprecedented in contemporary San Leandro schools history.
Under Pauline’s leadership, San Leandro’s schools have obtained over $61 million in matching funds from the state and other agencies for school construction projects. For 10 of the last 11 years, she has been a member of the Board’s Facility Committee, overseeing construction of the state-of-the-art science wing at San Leandro High School, the new Jefferson Elementary School, new classrooms at John Muir and Bancroft Middle Schools, as well as upgrades to all schools in the district. As School Board President in 2006, Pauline led the effort to bring parents, teachers, business leaders and senior citizens together to ensure passage of Measure B, a $109 million bond to address overcrowding at San Leandro High School, expand the school library, modernize and renovate classrooms and student restrooms district-wide, as well as build a new Arts Education Center for theater, music and industrial arts. All major construction under Measure B has broken ground and the new freshman campus will be ready for students this fall.
In 2006, Pauline Cutter was honored as one of the 150 California adult learners to receive the California Council for Adult Education "Students Succeed" Award for outstanding contributions to the community.
Pauline is a member of such professional organizations as the California School Boards Association (CSBA), California Teachers Association and the National Association for the Education of Young Children. She has earned CSBA’s Masters in Governance designation and holds an Adult Education Credential from the California State University system.
A wife and proud mother of three, Pauline has been married to Scott Cutter for 33 years. Scott is a Journeyman Carpenter for the County of Alameda Building Services. Their children, Gina, Jessi and Clay, all graduates of Sonoma State University, attended public schools in San Leandro, including Broadmoor Preschool, Washington Elementary, Bancroft Middle and San Leandro High. Pauline lives in the Broadmoor area.