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Marc J. Friedman
4,406 votes
25.5%
- Occupation: Incumbent
- Vice President, Burlingame School Board
- Management Consultant, McMillan-Doolittle LLP
- Senior Faculty, Keller Graduate School of Business
- Parent of Rebecca (BIS 7th Grader) and Cara (McKinley 5th Grader)
- Member, San Mateo County Investment Advisory Committee
- MBA, Finance and BA, Sociology, University of Chicago
Priorities:
- Continue to Provide All Burlingame Children a Superior Education Stressing Both Academic Fundamentals and the Whole Person
- Carefully Manage the District's Finances to Allow the Continued Increase in Expenditures on Instructional Programs
- Attract and Retain the Best Qualified Teachers for Burlingame's Children
Gregory Land
3,703 votes
21.4%
- Occupation: Assistant Principal/Educator
- BA, Political Science, UCLA, 1988
- Nominated Teacher of the Year by the California League of Middle Schools, 1999
- Married to Rose Land since 1994 with one child enrolled in Washington School
- Board Member, PalCare Preschool/Daycare, Burlingame
- Mentor Teacher/BTSA Support Provider, Los Angeles Unified & Redwood City School District
- Director, UC Berkeley History Subject Matter Project Summer ELL Institute
Priorities:
- Focus on curriculum and strategies that will challenge and engage to meet the needs of all students, and prepare them for high school and beyond.
- Maintain and support the music, arts, library and physical education programs throughout the district
- Continue to improve the financial outlook of the district by promoting the BCE foundation efforts, & increasing the amount of grants for the district
Liz Gindraux
3,625 votes
21.0%
- Occupation: Parent
- 2003-2005 PTA President ,Washington Elementary School
- 2001-2003 Member, Washington Elementary School Site Council
- Co-Chair Art on the Line, District Wide collaboration in support of the arts
- Member, District GATE (Gifted and Talented Education) Committee
- Married to Olivier Gindraux
- Mother of Tyler (11), Avery (8) & Cooper (7)
Priorities:
- Work to reduce class sizes in our Kindergarten classes.
- Support the highest quality instructional program to meet the needs of all children at their individual academic levels.
- Ensure continued support for the arts in our schools.
Mark G. Intrieri
1,908 votes
11.1%
- Occupation: Attorney
- Juris Doctor - University of Santa Clara School of Law; Bachelor of Science - Political Science - Cum Laude
- American Jurisprudence Award - Labor Law
- Represented school districts throughout Northern California
- Three great kids all going to Franklin
- Founding Partner of Chapman & Intrieri, LLP
- Voted by peers - Top 100 Lawyers in Northern California - 2004, Published in LAW & POLITICS and SAN FRANCISCO MAGAZINE
Priorities:
- To improve and maintain the quality of education provided to all children at every level throughout the District
- Increase funding from all sources
- Attract and retain the best and brightest teachers to educate our children
- Improve programs District-wide and secure financial stability District-wide
- Decrease class size District-wide
- Upgrade facilities
Jim Rowe
1,875 votes
10.9%
- Occupation: Banker/Parent
Dennis Zell
1,747 votes
10.1%
- Occupation: Attorney/Parent
- Father of Elizabeth (age 5) and Matthew (age 4), Husband of Bridget
- U.C.L.A. (B.A.-1991), Golden Gate University School of Law (J.D. - 1995)
- Admitted, California Supreme Court (1995), U.S. Supreme Court (2004)
- Alliance for a Better Downtown Millbrae v. Wade (2003) 108 Cal.App.4th 123
- Maldonado v. Harris (9th Cir. 2004) 370 F.3d 945, cert. denied sub nom. Kempton v. Maldonado (2005) 125 S.Ct. 1725
- Led Grass Roots Effort to Defeat PG&E Plan to Place High Voltage Power Lines Next to Franklin School
Priorities:
- Classroom Size Reduction in Kindergarten
- Higher Standards in Math & Science in Grades 4-8.
- More Aggressive Collection of State and Federal Funding
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