- Party: Republican
- Occupation: Education Administrator
- Doctorate: Educational Administration with empahsis in leadership and curricular design
- Active in Gilroy District Planning Committees; Brownell School Refurbish Committee; Chamber Choir Fundraisers.
- Certified School Facility Planner for two urban school districts
- Licensed Marriage/Family Counselor in part-time private practice 20 years
- Multilingual/Migrant Education Director for Ravenswood City Schools; Program Administrator for Santa Clara County Office of Education.
- Recognized for family support service to Military Order of the Purple Heart
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Top Priorities if Elected |
- Goal: Increase overall rigor of school curriculum to better prepare diverse studentbody for post-high school opportunities.
- Goal: Far more closely align daily classroom curriculum to state and district standards, texts, to required norm-referenced (SAT9 , SAT) tests.
- Goal: Establish community partnerships in planning new schools, infuse job-orientation into a curriculum designed for success in free economy.
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- Wayne Young, Former Board Member
- Phil Robb, Gilroy High Music Department
- Eileen Walker, Gilroy High, Classified Staff member
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- Reaching and Teaching Parents Precedes Reaching and Teaching Students
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Adopting and Adapting Successful Reform Processes the El Paso Schools Could Enhance Effectivness of Gilroy's Reform Efforts
- The Pros and Cons of Implementing Proposition 227, The Unz Initiative
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The passage of prop 227 has re-focussed attention on English learning. The vagueness of the law is also causeing anxieties to many bilingual teachers and parents.
- Proposition 8 - the Cure for What Ails Education?
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Prop 8 just camoflages the creation of a new State Office of Chief Inspector of Public Schools by surrounding it in the middle of a bouquet of popular proposals.
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