Candidates
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Ty Alper
20379 votes
26.62%
- Occupation: Law Professor
- Clinical Professor of Law, U.C. Berkeley
- Attorney, Southern Center for Human Rights (2001-2004)
- Chair, School Governance Council, Rosa Parks Elementary
- Chair, School Governance Council, Longfellow Middle School
- Appointed Representative, BUSD Parent Advisory Committee
- L.L.M. (Georgetown); J.D. (NYU); B.A. (Brown U.)
Priorities:
- Spend our precious resources wisely on programs that work to ensure all students have equal opportunity to succeed
- Empower our teachers with quality professional development as we implement Common Core
- Draw on wealth of talent in Berkeley, including resources of U.C. Berkeley
Josh Daniels
19340 votes
25.26%
- Occupation: Berkeley School Board Director
- Attorney, California School Boards Association
Priorities:
- Closing the opportunity gap
- Smart financial management
- Open and transparent decision-making
Karen (Johnson) Hemphill
16731 votes
21.85%
- Occupation: Berkeley School Board Director
- Chair, Berkeley School Board Policy Committee
- Former Berkeley School Parcel Tax Planning and Oversight Committee Member
- Former Co-President Berkeley High Parent, Teacher, Student Association (PTSA)
- Former Washington Elementary and Longfellow Middle School Governance Member
- Profession: City Clerk of Emeryville
- A.B: Brown University, M.A.: U.C. Berkeley
Priorities:
- Emphasizing critical thinking, technological confidence, and hands on learning experiences to provide a 21st Century education to our students.
- Full implementation of family partnership, anti-bullying, conflict resolution programs and strengthening our music, art, and gardening programs.
- Developing a Master Facilities Plan that addresses classroom, technology, career-technical, and physical education space needs.
Julie Sinai
16207 votes
21.17%
- Occupation: Appointed School Board Director
- Director, North/East Bay College and Career Pathways Consortium (Present)
- Director, UC Berkeley Local Government & Community Relations (2012-2014)
- Chief of Staff to Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates (2003-2011)
- Manager, School Linked Program for BUSD (1998-2002)
- Masters of Public Administration, University of San Francisco (2004)
- Parent Leader in Rosa Parks Elementary, King and Longfellow Middle Schools & BHS (1998-2014)
Priorities:
- Ensure that all students are college and career ready upon graduation
- Gurantee the curriculum for new math, science and language arts addresses the broad range of academic needs in our classrooms
- Strengthen support for teachers and staff with training and collaboration
Norma J F (Fox) Harrison
3779 votes
4.94%
- Occupation: Community Volunteer
- B.A. Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL.
- political activist
- electronics technician
- school teacher
- Realtor
- parent, wife
Priorities:
- ...to build our ability to demand that we are all able to give us all lovely lives in care of Earth.
- ...to enable us all to love socialism, instead of to hate what our masters have taught us, that it's totalitarian by nature.
- ...to build our understanding that communism and anarchy are devices which enable us to provide well for all of us, with ease and pleasure.
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Candidates Answer Questions
The LWV Berkeley/Albany/Emeryville has asked
all candidates for this office to respond to
3 questions on Local Control Funding, Common Core Standards, and Early Childhood Education.
Events
Candidate Forums
- Link to video of Berkeley School Board Candidates Forum
- Berkeley School Board Candidates Forum
Cosponsored by: League of Women Voters--Berkeley, Albany, Emeryville; Thousand Oaks Neighborhood Association
Thursday, October 16, 2014, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Thousand Oaks Baptist Church, 1821 Catalina Ave., Berkeley, in the Julia Morgan Auditorium
- SPEED DATE YOUR CANDIDATE part 2
Saturday, October 18, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
West Branch, Berkeley Public Library, 1125 University Ave., Berkeley
NOTE: Includes candidates for City Council Districts 1 & 4 plus School Board
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