Coronado Unified School District board candidate Peggy Duncan has reported spending more campaign money than all three of her opponents as of Oct. 17, according to records posted by the San Diego County Registrar of Voters.
Duncan, Alexia Palacios-Peters, Kaye Schneider, and Mal Sandie are vying for three open seats on the CUSD board of trustees, with terms beginning Dec. 11. The district plans for newly-elected board members to be officially sworn in Dec. 15.
In all, the records show school board candidates have spent about $30,000 collectively.
Duncan, who is married to Coronado Mayor John Duncan, is an attorney and president of the Coronado nonprofit, Friends of Children United Society (FOCUS). She reported more than $19,000 spent as of the filing deadline.
From the start, Sandie, a retired Navy captain and incumbent, declared he would not raise or spend $2,000 or over, according to filings maintained by the Registrar. All committees filed Form 460 on Oct. 22 disclosing finances through Oct. 17, or 12 days before Election Day.
Palacios-Peters, a practicing attorney and incumbent, reports over $7,000 spent on her committee “Alexia Palacios-Peters for School Board 2026.”
Schneider, owner of Lydia Company and founder of Vital Connections, reports over $4,000 spent on her committee “Schneider for CUSD Board Member 2026.”
The Registrar’s portal shows a political action committee (PAC), the Patriots for Prosperity PAC, filed as a county committee at the start of this year, received $19,925 in total contributions and reports $18,201 in total expenditures as of Oct. 17.
The committee filed two Form 410 listing Gail Bardin as principal officer.
The PAC has spent $1,066 in newspaper advertisements supporting Sandie and Palacios-Peters, respectively. It spent $3,995 opposing Schneider in direct mail, design, postage, and voter data.
Palacios-Peters’ committee received $9,421.26 in total contributions and made $7,162.87 in total expenditures.
Duncan’s committee received $24,747.01 in total contributions and made $19,781.27 in total expenditures as of Oct. 17.
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