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Leah Wilson
21445 votes
25.21%
- Occupation: Juvenile Programs Manager
- Employer: California Administrative Office of the Courts
- Education: M.P.P., Goldman School of Public Policy
- Education: J.D., Boalt Hall School of Law
Priorities:
- Ensure transparent, accessible and inclusive school and district governance
- Evaluate whether programs and initiatives are actually improving student achievement
- Collaborate with city and community partners to leverage and effectively use resources
Josh Daniels
19091 votes
22.44%
- Occupation: School Finance Attorney
- Former financial advisor to school districts
- Berkeley High Student Court - Co-Founder/Former Program Coordinator
- Berkeley Public Library Foundation - Board Member
- Berkeley High School Junior Varsity Baseball Team - Former Assistant Coach
- UC Berkeley - Juris Doctorate and Masters in Public Policy
- Berkeley High, Willard, Washington - Alumnus
Priorities:
- Support effectiveness in classrooms and intervention/enrichment programs through evaluations and practical application of best practices
- Ensure efficient use of resources, including non-financial resources such as Cal student volunteers and course coordination with Berkeley City College
- Advocate for open, transparent, and informed decision-making
Karen (Johnson) Hemphill
19021 votes
22.36%
- Occupation: Incumbent
- Profession: Emeryville City Clerk
- Current Co-Chair Yes on Measures H & I (continuation of current school construction and maintenance tax)
- Past Berkeley School Parcel Tax Planning and Oversight Committee Member
- Past Co-President Berkeley High Parent, Teacher, Student Association (PTSA)
- Past Washington and Longfellow School Governance Member
- Bachelor's Degree from Brown University and graduate degree from U.C. Berkeley
Priorities:
- Maintaining core academic programs/increasing overall student achievement despite difficult economic times
- Building upon our progress in strengthening middle and high school math/science programs and establishing a career-technical pathway
- Working with the City and other community partners to broaden resources to maintain student support services and combat truancy and alcohol/drug abuse
Julie Holcomb
12697 votes
14.92%
- Occupation: Printer/Business Owner
- 3 years, Co-chair, district BSEP (school parcel tax) Planning & Oversight Committee (6 years committee member)
- Co-president, Berkeley High School Development Group
- Superintendent's Budget Advisory and Facilities Committees; Measure A Campaign Committee 2006
- 5 years serving on School Governance Councils, elementary and middle schools
- 28 years owning and running a successful small business
- BS Botany, UC Davis
Priorities:
- focus on continuous improvement of teaching and learning in the classroom
- expanding career-linked and technical education
- ensuring all programs are effective, fiscally sound and sustainable
Priscilla Myrick
8872 votes
10.43%
- Occupation: Community Volunteer
- Education advocate and Former Chief Financial Officer
- Former CPA, controller at Genentech, and bioscience CFO
- Founding member of nonprofit WriterCoach Connection
- Ten years in the classroom coaching BUSD sstudents
- Parent of Two Berkeley High Grads ('04,'08)
- BA, UC Berkeley; MBA, Columbia University
Priorities:
- ACHIEVEMENT Evaluate programs--fund those that work
- FACILITIES Plan before you build and build what you plan
- ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, AND OVERSIGHT for spending decisions and fiscal management
Norma J F (Fox) Harrison
3674 votes
4.32%
- Occupation: Community Volunteer
- Long-time political activist
- Parent
- Realtor
Priorities:
- To end our relationship to the Owning class, thus ending their ownership of our labor..
- To provide the seat at this fundamental social structure's board to discuss the need and process to work for that goal.
- To grow our power for utopian struggle.
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