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LWV League of Women Voters of California
San Francisco County, CA November 5, 2002 Election
Smart Voter Whitney Leigh

Candidate for
Board of Education; County of San Francisco

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Biographical Highlights
  • Occupation: Attorney
  • Stanford Law Graduate
  • Former Juvenile Public Defender
  • Member, San Francisco Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee
Top Priorities if Elected
  • Closing the educatonal opportunity gap for low income students, students of color, and students with special educational needs.
  • Discontinuance of the overuse of norm-based "high stakes" tests, which are inacurrate and harmful.
  • Improving the responsiveness of the board of education to the needs and concerns of parents, students and teachers.
Key Endorsements
  • League of Conservation Voters, San Francisco Tenants Union
  • Harvey Milk Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Democratic Club,
  • Public Defender Adachi, Supvrs. Gonzalez, Peskin & Sandoval
 
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