League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
	Contra Costa County, CA November 2, 2010 Election
	Board Member; Orinda Union School District Voter Information 4 Year Term.

Results as of Nov 30 11:25am, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (25/25) (30 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.16%)

Candidates (Vote for 3) Click on highlighted name for additional information supplied by candidate. Contact non-highlighted candidates and encourage them to provide information for voters. Julie Rossiter 4343 votes 22.52% Occupation: Parent/Community Volunteer University of Southern California Law Center (J.D., 1991) State University of New York at Stony Brook (B.A., Psychology, 1986) Attorney experienced in employment law, negotiation and advocacy (1991-1998) Legislative Representative to local PTA (2009-present) Annual Fund treasurer, Del Rey Elementary (2008-2010) Three children in Orinda schools (ages 12, 10 and 4) Priorities: School Funding: maximize school funding and ensure best use of funds Curriculum: continue to improve and update school curriculum and student and teacher resources Collaboration: partner with parents, teachers and community to ensure we continue to provide best possible education for all students in Orinda Christopher C. Severson 4034 votes 20.92% Occupation: Emergency Medicine Physician MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2005 BS Economics, Brigham Young University, 1998 5 children, 4 currently in OUSD Attended K-12 in Orinda Chair Orinda Family Science Night 2008 Glorietta Auction cashiering/checkout director 2006-2011 Priorities: Every child - Every school: work towards maximizing each child's potential Collaboration and Communication: I have worked well togother with parents, teachers and administration Fiscally conservative Tyson Krumholz 3855 votes 19.99% Occupation: Contractor/Civil Engineer Senior Project Manager, Webcor Builders California Professional Civil Engineer University of California, Berkeley BS in Civil Engineering and a Graduate K-12 California Public Schools Certified Sustainable Building Advisor and LEED Accredited Professional Wife and Mother taught for 39 years, 17 years of Math & Science in the OUSD Two children in Orinda Schools (K & 3rd Grade) Priorities: Orinda's children learning to learn, our excellent educators, partnering with district management and the community to improve the OUSD. Reduce costs, raise education quality in technology, reinstate librarians, successful facility management and all required facility construction. Seek to understand before seeking to be understood, listen, lead, improve moral and apply a "trimming" philosophy to programs vs. that of elimination. Rebecca "Bekki" VanVoorhis-Gilbert 3696 votes 19.16% Occupation: Mother/School Volunteer Juris Doctor, University of San Francisco, 1990 MSW, University of California, Berkeley, 1995 PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 1999 Admitted to the Califonia State Bar, Member #148111 Former Tenured Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Services, CSU Hayward Author of books and articles on policy analysis Priorities: Fiscal Integrity and Academic Excellence during Difficult Financial Times Transparency in Communication and Process Responsiveness to Parent, Teacher and Community Opinion Sarah Genn Butler 3328 votes 17.26% Occupation: Parent/Community Volunteer University of California at Davis, B.S. Environmental Planning Environmental Planner/Landscape Arch. (1984-1992) 2 children: 1 in OUSD the other at Miramonte 11 yrs of active OUSD involvement: Parents Club, EFO, and School Site Council at Glorietta and OIS EFO Board Member, & recipient: '09-'10 EFO Education Champion Award Co-Chair, '08-10, Las Trampas Creek Council of PTA's Legislative Team Priorities: Improving two-way communication and collaboration between parents, schools, school district and community Fiscal responsibility - maintain district's fiscal health by monitoring budget, and continuing to advocate for adequate, stable funding from the state Continuing strategic improvement- insure quality education to each student & improve key priority areas-Tech., 21st century learning & core curriculum Basic candidate data supplied by the applicable elections official. Order of candidates is random and changes daily.

CANDIDATE FORUMS FORUM 10/7/10 Video Clips Introduction Opening Statements Board Transparency and Meeting Time Teachers Involvement in Decisions Evaluating Teachers Bullying at OIS Budget Cuts: Across-the-Board or Specific Programs How would you grade the Superintendent? Principals? Pine Grove Property Rehire Math Specialist? Gifted Kids Your Volunteering for the Schools Parcel Tax Closing Statements This election is archived. Any links to sources outside of Smart Voter may no longer be active. No further links will be added to this page. Links to sources outside of Smart Voter are provided for information only and do not imply endorsement.

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