Candidate for
School Director; City of Berkeley

BERKELEY SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTORS

• Joaquin J. Rivera, Vice President, School Board Director
  
• John Selawsky, School Board Director
  
• Pamela M. Doolan, School Board Director, Former
  
• Miriam Rokeach Topel, School Board Director, Former
  
• Ted Schultz, School Board Director, Former
  
• Elizabeth Shaughnessy, Former School Board Director
  
• Lloyd C. Lee, School Board Director, Former
  
• Myron Moskowitz, School Board Director, Former

• Wilma Chan, State Assemblywoman
  
• Shelia Jordan, Alameda County Superintendent of Schools
  
• Jackie Fox-Ruby, Alameda County Board of Education,V.P. * Tom Bates, Mayor, City of Berkeley
  
• Shirley Dean, Former Mayor, City of Berkeley
  
• Betty Olds, Berkeley Councilmember
  
• Laurie Capitelli, Berkeley City Councilmember
  
• Gordon Wozniak, Berkeley City Councilmember
  
• Mim Hawley, Berkeley City Councilmember, Former
  
• Carla Woodworth, Berkeley City Councilmember, Former
  
• Cy Gulassa, Peralta Community College District, Trustee
  
• Elmer Grossman, Community Health Commissioner, Former
  
• Margie Gurdziel, Parks & Recreation Commissioner
  
• Berkeley Democratic Club
  
• Alameda County Democratic Party
  
• Green Party of Alameda County

• Ann Aoyagi
  
• Joan Collignan
  
• Corrine Eno
  
• Hillary Reinis
  
• Janet Huseby
  
• Gail Tennant
  
• Merle Fajans

• Alex Angell,Berkeley High School
  
• Professor Robert Alter, University of California
  
• Marian K. Altman, BUSD Principal & Teacher, Retired
  
• Susan Bailey, Berkeley Independent Studies, Retired
  
• Shirley Richardson Brower, Director South Berkeley YMCA
  
• Professor Fredrick Collignon, University of California
  
• Professor Marc Davis, University of California
  
• Robert McKinght, African American Studies Berkeley High
  
• Linda M Fletcher, Teacher, Retired
  
• Professor Douglas Fuerstenu, University of California
  
• Susie Goodin, School Librarian
  
• Nancy Issel-Mayes, Teacher, Oakland School District
  
• Salvador Murillo, Board of Managers, YMCA
  
• Proffessor Marc A. Rieffel, University of California
  
• Betty Seaton, Librarian, BUSD
  
• Professor David Tabb, San Francisco State University
  
• Susan Waterfall, Musician & Instructor
  
• Patty Peterson, Teacher, Retired
  
• Allan Pollack, Conductor & Educator

• Betty Austin
  
• Regina Beatus
  
• Marlou Belyea
  
• Peter Calthorpe
  
• Father Rigoberto Caloca-Rivas
  
• Suzanne Chun
  
• Joan Collignon
  
• Carol Cosman
  
• Theodora Crawford
  
• John DeClercq
  
• Sanne DeWitt
  
• Tamaria & Richard Dishnicka
  
• Martin Dodd
  
• Roy Doolan
  
• Merele & Michael Fajans
  
• Kate E. Funk
  
• Michael Ferguson
  
• Mel & Edith Gladstone
  
• Jim & Suzy Gullett
  
• Margie Gurdzie
  
• David Halligan
  
• Fred & Marietta Harvey
  
• Rebecca Hayden
  
• Valerie Herr
  
• Olivia & Thacher Hurd
  
• Marisita Rivas Jarvis
  
• Wilma Jordan
  
• Eleanore Lee
  
• JoAnn & Marty Lorber
  
• Norma & Peter Lydon
  
• Dibsy Machta
  
• Albert and Marian Magid
  
• Jill Martinuci
  
• Jim Novosel
  
• Harry Pollack
  
• Helen Xin Quan
  
• Charles Ramsey
  
• Bill and Valey Roberts
  
• John Rosenberg
  
• Susan and Robert Roth
  
• Wendy Rubman
  
• Rubcund Rune
  
• Linda Schacht
  
• Jessica Seaton
  
• David Shiver
  
• Alan Shonkoff
  
• Robert Smith
  
• Ruth & Scott Spear
  
• Hans Stahlschmidt
  
• Ralph Stevenson
  
• Judith Tabb
  
• Peter Thomas
  
• Richard Thomason
  
• Nancy Turack
  
• Jane Wise
  
• Barbara Wittstock
  
• * partial list

"Shirley tells the truth without judgment and with compassion. We need her voice on the Board."
Shirley Richardson Brower, Director South Berkeley YMCA

"Shirley Issel has served our community with energy, sensitivity and integrity. She is a no-nonsense woman who uses her ideas and Social Work skills to reach out, bring people together to find solutions that work!"
Betty Olds, City Councilmember

"I admire her ability to be a calming, steady, friendly and productive presence in her work for our community."
Mark Coplan, President, In Dulci Jubilo Foundation

"For me, there is nothing more important than what is in a persons heart and conscience. I've worked with Shirley Issel and I know that she wants the best education for all children. Shirley has the combination of faith, dedication and commitment that I am looking for."
Dr. Salvador Murillo, Board of Managers, YMCA

"Shirley is part of a board that bridges political differences in order to remain focused on kids and restore the district to fiscal health."
Sheila Jordan, Alameda County Superintendent of Schools

"Shirley impressed me because she spent the time to learn about our schools and had the energy and insight to compel the district to address critical problems. We need her on the Board!"
Lloyd Lee, Former School Board Director

"Thanks to School Board Director Shirley Issel's vision and leadership, Berkeley students of all ability levels are benefiting from one-on-one writing instruction and boosting their literacy achievement. Using her remarkable ability to identify and tap programs with great potential, Director Issel discovered the Writers' Room Project and then worked with BUSD administration, parent groups and community leaders to bring it to Berkeley's teachers and students. Now a BUSD success story, the program's 160 trained volunteer writing coaches will give 9,600 hours of skilled, individual coach/mentoring to more than 1,200 middle and high school students this 2002-2003 academic year. This contribution of time and expertise, conservatively valued at $480,000, helps bridge the achievement gap, supports teachers and brings community resources to aid our cash strapped district. Our students, teachers and community need more of Director Issel's practical, results oriented leadership."
Dr. Mary Lee Cole, Writers' Room Project Director

E-MAIL CORRESPONDENCE EXCERPTS . . .

"It appears that you again seem to be the lone voice or at least one of the few voices of reason in considering an important matter for BHS."
Berkeley School Teacher

"I can see that you have put an enormous amount of care and energy into your position. That's all anyone can ask of their elected representative. Thank you."

Yours, in disagreement, UC Bekeley Professor

"I always appreciate the way you think about things and express your true beliefs despite what the political fall out might be for the benefit of our children."
Berkeley School Parent

"Kudos for your courage in withstanding such pressure tactics. I am so glad my daughter is out of the Berkeley schools, but I'm so glad you're still there, fighting the good fight. Again, thanks for being the [unpopular] voice of reason."
Berkeley School Parent

"Jumping in as a member of the Special Education Parents Network (BSPED) from it's inception, Shirley has leveraged her Board position to open doors for families--setting up and sustaining a collaborative dialog with our Superintendent. I thank Shirley for demonstrating that civil rights is not for just a few. I thank her for illuminating that every time talent and ambition is recognized and furthered through education, it serves us all."
Berkeley School Parent, Ann McDonald-Cacho

"After yawning through so much verbal dancing around the obvious, it was refreshing to hear you put this whole business in proper perspective."
Berkeley School Parent

"You all came to the local school workshops, when no one from the administration chose to do so, you went over to the school, to reacquaint yourselves with what actually happens there, and you listened so sympathetically and respectfully at the Board workshop, that you gave frightened people the courage to use their 300 words of English to speak up in a public forum. It was the most impressive demonstration of democracy in action we could have invented, and it really mattered!"
Berkeley School Parent

"Kudos to you for graciously and empathetically informing staff that certifying something that has not been completely presented is not acceptable. I am glad that you take your fiduciary responsibility so seriously."
Berkeley School Parent
(Parent names withheld by request)