Mayor Gonzales attended the School Board Candidate Forum hosted by PACT, on Saturday, October 16, 2004.  PACT presented research and questioned school board candidates from East Side, San Jose Unified and the County Office of Education about what they would do to resolve problems if elected.

Mayor Gonzales spoke, "Thank you for inviting me to this important forum that sheds light on the challenges we are facing with high schools...in the next few months we will be finalizing a plan and you have my commitment that we will all work together to implement action to reduce the dropout rate and increase graduation in San Jose.