Candidates
(Vote for 4)
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Hugh Futrell
31,800 votes
15.7% (This candidate has not responded to SmartVoter)
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)
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
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