• Occupation: Parent/Volunteer/Teacher
• Parent volunteer in schools since 1984
• President of middle and high school parent boards for 4 years
• N.Y. Teaching Credential (7-12)
• BA, History, Manhattanville College

• Improved communication between the board and the community.
• The implementation of standards that provide both accountability and flexibility.
• Improved compensation for teachers

• Occupation: Appointed School Board Member
• Retired telecommunications executive
• Sonoma County Business Education Roundtable
• Governor's School-to-Career Advisory Council
• Univeristy of California Outreach Advisory Board
• Education Task Force, California Business Roundtable
• Education Task Force, National Business Roundtable

• Recruiting, training and retaining the best qualified teachers and administrators
• Providing direct student support to hlep each child reach his/her potential
• Implementing an accountability system that improves results, informs the public and guides the use of district resources.

• Occupation: Retired Teacher
• Both my children graduated from Piner High School.
• I taught English at Santa Rosa Junior College for 35 years, 8th grade to college freshmen.
• I taught high school in San Francisco for four years full time and for one year as a day to day sub.
• I have been a day to day sub. in the Santa Rosa High schools 16 times as of this date.
• I retired from regular teaching at the end of my 75th year.

• The Students - what's happening on the actual campuses of the Santa Rosa high schools.
• The teachers - how are they actually teaching and what is their relationship with their students.
• The administration - how effective are they at maintaining good student discipline and a positive campus learning atmosphere.

• Occupation: Parent/Community Volunteer
• President of elementary, middle, and high school parent boards
• President of elementary and high schol site councils
• Parent member for the school accreditation team of Elsie Allen High School
• Member of the Curriculum Committee at elementary, middle, and high school level

• More vocational and technical pathways
• Partnership of administrators, teachers, parents, students and the business community
• Higher standards implemented in a logical, responsible, and timely fashion

• Occupation: Teacher

• Occupation: Community Volunteer

• Occupation: Parent-Businessman
• Real estate broker, counselor
• Parent of 4 kids, 1 at UCSD, 2 at JC, 1 at SRHS (One severely learning disabled, one rebellious)
• Present Piner-Olivet Charter School president executive committee, former Piner-Olivet Union School Trustee
• Piner Olivet & Schaefer school site councils member 10 years total
• Piner Olivet raised SAT test reading scores 15 points over the last 6 years
• BS & MS in Civil Engineering, MS in Clinical Psychology

• Adopt positive focus rather than negative. Demonstrate improved achievement every year, not retain & fail more students.
• Address continuing failure to implement proven teaching techniques for reading (phonics) & special education.
• Increase responsibility, i.e. responsiveness to student needs and parent input rather than ignore & invalidate them.

• Occupation: Real Estate Appraiser

Santa Rosa Press Democrat

• Unedited candidate statements
• Low cost campaigns for school board
• Santa Rosa School Board election may lead to delay in graduation tests