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LWV League of Women Voters of California
Alameda County, CA November 5, 2002 Election
Smart Voter Derick D. Miller

Candidate for
Member, Board of Directors; Berkeley Unified School District

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Biographical Highlights
  • Occupation: Business Consultant
  • Previously held positions as Vice President of Business Development, QA Director, Software Development
  • Parent Activist with two children in Berkeley public elementary school
  • President, Berkeley PTA Council (2nd year); Co-Chair, Student Access Advisory Committee (3rd year); BSPED; Jefferson Building Committee
  • Member Jefferson PTA, BHS PTSA, NAACP, League of Women Voters (active on Education sub-committee); BHS Building Committee
  • MA Eastern Classics (Asian Studies); BA (Dual major) Philosophy and History of Science, St. John's College, Annapolis, MD
  • Director, Berkeley High School Development Group; Director, Downtown Berkeley
Top Priorities if Elected
  • Fiscal responsibility: disclosing financial decisions and the rationale behind them; responding to community; adding an internal auditor to charter
  • Open public process: honest communication; day-lighting essential issues and information; regular public forums
  • Achievement for all students: challenging each at their level; choice among diversity; Academic Choice; African Studies; Dual Immers.; CAS; BAM; etc.
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Key Endorsements
  • Rev. Robert McKnight, Head, African Studies Dept., BHS
  • Doug Powers, Academic Choice, BHS
  • Lloyd Lee, Former School Board Member
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Campaign Contact Information
Website: http://www.well.com/user/ddm/
E-mail: ddm@well.com

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