League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
	Alameda County, CA November 4, 2008 Election
	Board Member; Pleasanton Unified School District Voter Information

Results as of Nov 25 10:26am, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (70/70) (126 Total Write-In Votes 0.19%)

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. Chris Grant 16129 votes 24.20% Occupation: Current School Board Trustee School Board Trustee and Clerk PUSD Excellence Committee, Founding Member Academic Achievement Committee Joint Power Board For Special Education, Trustee Pleasanton Partnerships in Education Board Member Pleasanton Economic Vitality Committee Member Priorities: Continue Student Achievement Improvement, - Maintain and Advance Class Size Reduction, Expand Reading, Math and Language Arts Intervention Programs Student Safety- Ensure Safe, Welcoming Schools that Encourages Learning, Expand Counselor Outreach at All Schools, Provide Conflict Resolution Support Fiscal Responsibility-Maintain a Balanced Budget & Reserves, Provide Fiscal Oversight, Audit and Planning, Broad Community Involvement in Budget Plan Valerie Arkin 15252 votes 22.88% Occupation: Parent/ Community Volunteer Library Commissioner, City of Pleasanton Tri-Valley YMCA, Board of Directors Youth Master Plan Implementation Committee member Active school volunteer Parent of 3 children, elementary to high school BS degree in Health Science, MBA degree Priorities: Maintain programs and staff during budget crisis Commitment to academic success for ALL students, commitment to music/arts/athletic programs Ensuring the health and safety of our children, encourage community input Jamie Yee Hintzke 13398 votes 20.10% Occupation: School Health Consultant Attended Alisal Elementary, Pleasanton Middle, Foothill High School Pleasanton resident for 35 years Parent of two school-aged children Member, PUSD Excellence Committee Member, PUSD Budget Advisory Committee President, Harvest Park PTA Priorities: Academic Excellence and Support for ALL Students Strengthen Communication and school to parent partnerships Fiscal Responsibility and Accountability Stephen Page 8806 votes 13.21% Occupation: Doctor/ Consultant / Educator Jeff Bowser 8364 votes 12.55% Occupation: Sales Director CA Teaching & Administrative Credentials California School Leadership Academy Fellow BS: Biochemistry; UC Davis MS: Educational Leadership; CSU Hayward President Hearst PTA President Pleasanton Foothill Little League Priorities: Solve the fiscal crisis in Pleasanton Schools Provide resources to teachers to help with the changing demographics (English proficiency, learning disabilities, etc.). Proivde safe schools for students and employees Prasad V. Rallapalli 4572 votes 6.86% Occupation: Database Architect MBA (IIMA), Ph.D. (Claremont Graduate University) Developed, Taught Graduate courses at Claremont and Golden Gate University Principal Database Architect, Yahoo Inc. Multi-national Engineering and Management experience with Fortune 100 Corporations and Technology startups Both kids studying in Pleasanton USD schools since 1999, Wife teaches Special Ed. in Fremont USD Co-Founded Pleasanton Science League Priorities: Give our children a World Class Education in Pleasanton USD * To Acquire and Apply Knowledge not just get high test scores * To Compete Globally and Thrive not just survive Basic candidate data supplied by the applicable elections official. Order of candidates is random and changes daily.

Events Candidate Forums Pleasanton School District Candidate Forum sponsored by LWV Livermore-Amador Valley, Pleasanton PTA and AAUW September 30, 7 - 8:30 pm at Pleasanton School District Offices, 4665 Bernal Avenue, Pleasanton, CA. This forum will be shown on Comcast Channel 26 October 6 - October 8th at 6:30 pm and various other times before the election News and Analysis Tri Valley Herald Pleasanton School BoardCandidates answers questions at forum 10/2/08 Six Running for Pleasanton School Board 10/21/08 General Links Pleasanton Unified School District 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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