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Sonoma County, CA November 7, 2000 Election
Governing Board Member; City of Santa Rosa High School District Voter Information

Results as of Nov 22 4:24pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (195/195)
Candidates (Vote for 4)
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Hugh Futrell 31,800 votes 15.7%
(This candidate has not responded to SmartVoter)

  • Occupation: Incumbent
Noreen N. Carvolth 31,754 votes 15.7%
  • Occupation: Parent/Volunteer/Teacher
  • Parent volunteer in schools since 1984
  • President of middle and high school parent boards for 4 years
  • N.Y. Teaching Credential (7-12)
  • BA, History, Manhattanville College
Priorities:
  • Improved communication between the board and the community.
  • The implementation of standards that provide both accountability and flexibility.
  • Improved compensation for teachers
Jere Jacobs 24,172 votes 11.9%
  • Occupation: Appointed School Board Member
  • Retired telecommunications executive
  • Sonoma County Business Education Roundtable
  • Governor's School-to-Career Advisory Council
  • Univeristy of California Outreach Advisory Board
  • Education Task Force, California Business Roundtable
  • Education Task Force, National Business Roundtable
Priorities:
  • Recruiting, training and retaining the best qualified teachers and administrators
  • Providing direct student support to hlep each child reach his/her potential
  • Implementing an accountability system that improves results, informs the public and guides the use of district resources.
Robert C. Kelley 22,638 votes 11.2%
  • Occupation: Retired Teacher
  • Both my children graduated from Piner High School.
  • I taught English at Santa Rosa Junior College for 35 years, 8th grade to college freshmen.
  • I taught high school in San Francisco for four years full time and for one year as a day to day sub.
  • I have been a day to day sub. in the Santa Rosa High schools 16 times as of this date.
  • I retired from regular teaching at the end of my 75th year.
Priorities:
  • The Students - what's happening on the actual campuses of the Santa Rosa high schools.
  • The teachers - how are they actually teaching and what is their relationship with their students.
  • The administration - how effective are they at maintaining good student discipline and a positive campus learning atmosphere.
Brenda Manos 22,261 votes 11.0%
  • Occupation: Parent/Community Volunteer
  • President of elementary, middle, and high school parent boards
  • President of elementary and high schol site councils
  • Parent member for the school accreditation team of Elsie Allen High School
  • Member of the Curriculum Committee at elementary, middle, and high school level
Priorities:
  • More vocational and technical pathways
  • Partnership of administrators, teachers, parents, students and the business community
  • Higher standards implemented in a logical, responsible, and timely fashion
Lorenzo M. Portelli 22,202 votes 11.0%
(This candidate has not responded to SmartVoter)
  • Occupation: Teacher
Katie Sanchez 21,921 votes 10.8%
(This candidate has not responded to SmartVoter)
  • Occupation: Community Volunteer
Sherman Lee Campbell 15,488 votes 7.6%
  • Occupation: Parent-Businessman
  • Real estate broker, counselor
  • Parent of 4 kids, 1 at UCSD, 2 at JC, 1 at SRHS (One severely learning disabled, one rebellious)
  • Present Piner-Olivet Charter School president executive committee, former Piner-Olivet Union School Trustee
  • Piner Olivet & Schaefer school site councils member 10 years total
  • Piner Olivet raised SAT test reading scores 15 points over the last 6 years
  • BS & MS in Civil Engineering, MS in Clinical Psychology
Priorities:
  • Adopt positive focus rather than negative. Demonstrate improved achievement every year, not retain & fail more students.
  • Address continuing failure to implement proven teaching techniques for reading (phonics) & special education.
  • Increase responsibility, i.e. responsiveness to student needs and parent input rather than ignore & invalidate them.
Paul L. Erickson 10,145 votes 5.0%
(This candidate has not responded to SmartVoter)
  • Occupation: Real Estate Appraiser

Basic candidate data supplied by the County elections official. Order of candidates is random and changes daily.
  Events

Rebroadcast of Candidate Debate and Debate on Prop. 38 on cable channel 72
Saturday November 4, 10:30am to 1:00pm and 4:30pm to 7:00pm
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