- Occupation: Community Volunteer
- Classroom tutor and writing coach
- Berkeley High Governance, BUSD Budget Oversight
- Bioscience Chief Financial Officer and CPA
- Educational & Nonprofit Board Leader
- Parent of Two Berkeley High Grads
- BA, UC Berkeley; MBA, Columbia University
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Top Priorities if Elected |
- ACHIEVEMENT Raise literacy and math proficiency levels for all students while closing the achievement gap
- FACILITIES Make construction of adequate classrooms at Berkeley High a top priority
- FISCAL TRANSPARENCY Improve school board accountability for spending decisions and fiscal management
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- Pamela M. Doolan, Former President, Berkeley Board of Education
- boona cheema, Exec. Director, Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency
- Trina Ostrander, Former Exec. Director, Berkeley Public Ed. Foundation
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- Berkeley Schools are at a Crossroads
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Berkeley schools are at a crossroads. BUSD has made strides in improving achievement at our elementary schools, but too many Berkeley middle school students arrive at high school two or more grade levels behind. They are unprepared for a rigorous high school curriculum.
- Advance Math and Science in Berkeley Schools
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Given Obama's enthusiastic and public support of more robust academic programs for our nation's schools, I was distressed to learn recently that Berkeley High School may choose to do away with its honors math program...
- Priscilla Myrick endorsed by the Daily Californian 10/28/2008:
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"Priscilla Myrick is no stranger to the needs of schools. But it's her budgeting talents that give her a boost over her opponents..."
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