League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
	Alameda County, CA November 4, 2014 Election
	School Director; Berkeley Unified School District Voter Information

Results as of Dec 28 11:38am, 100.00% of Precincts Reporting (107/107) (131 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.17%)

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. 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. Basic candidate data supplied by the applicable elections official. Order of candidates is random and changes daily.

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 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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