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Leah Wilson
 
21445 votes
25.21%
- Occupation: Juvenile Programs Manager
 - Employer: California Administrative Office of the Courts
 - Education: M.P.P., Goldman School of Public Policy
 - Education: J.D., Boalt Hall School of Law
  
Priorities:
- Ensure transparent, accessible and inclusive school and district governance
 - Evaluate whether programs and initiatives are actually improving student achievement
 - Collaborate with city and community partners to leverage and effectively use resources
  
 
Josh Daniels
 
19091 votes
22.44%
- Occupation: School Finance Attorney
 - Former financial advisor to school districts
 - Berkeley High Student Court - Co-Founder/Former Program Coordinator
 - Berkeley Public Library Foundation - Board Member
 - Berkeley High School Junior Varsity Baseball Team - Former Assistant Coach
 - UC Berkeley - Juris Doctorate and Masters in Public Policy
 - Berkeley High, Willard, Washington - Alumnus
  
Priorities:
- Support effectiveness in classrooms and intervention/enrichment programs through evaluations and practical application of best practices
 - Ensure efficient use of resources, including non-financial resources such as Cal student volunteers and course coordination with Berkeley City College
 - Advocate for open, transparent, and informed decision-making
  
 
Karen (Johnson) Hemphill
 
19021 votes
22.36%
- Occupation: Incumbent
 - Profession:  Emeryville City Clerk
 - Current Co-Chair Yes on Measures H & I (continuation of current school construction and maintenance tax)
 - Past Berkeley School Parcel Tax Planning and Oversight Committee Member
 - Past Co-President Berkeley High Parent, Teacher, Student Association (PTSA)
 - Past Washington and Longfellow School Governance  Member
 - Bachelor's Degree from Brown University and graduate degree from U.C. Berkeley
  
Priorities:
- Maintaining core academic programs/increasing overall student achievement despite difficult economic times
 - Building upon our progress in strengthening middle and high school math/science programs and establishing a career-technical  pathway
 - Working with the City and other community partners to broaden resources to maintain student support services and combat truancy and alcohol/drug abuse
  
Julie Holcomb
 
12697 votes
14.92%
- Occupation: Printer/Business Owner
 - 3 years, Co-chair, district BSEP (school parcel tax) Planning & Oversight Committee (6 years committee member)
 - Co-president, Berkeley High School Development Group
 - Superintendent's Budget Advisory and Facilities Committees; Measure A Campaign Committee 2006
 - 5 years serving on School Governance Councils, elementary and middle schools
 - 28 years owning and running a successful small business
 - BS Botany, UC Davis
  
Priorities:
- focus on continuous improvement of teaching and learning in the classroom
 - expanding career-linked and technical education
 - ensuring all programs are effective, fiscally sound and sustainable
  
Priscilla Myrick
 
8872 votes
10.43%
- Occupation: Community Volunteer
 - Education advocate and Former Chief Financial Officer
 - Former CPA, controller at Genentech, and bioscience CFO
 - Founding member of nonprofit WriterCoach Connection
 - Ten years in the classroom coaching BUSD sstudents
 - Parent of Two Berkeley High Grads ('04,'08)
 - BA, UC Berkeley; MBA, Columbia University
  
Priorities:
- ACHIEVEMENT  Evaluate programs--fund those that work
 - FACILITIES Plan before you build and build what you plan
 - ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, AND OVERSIGHT for spending decisions and fiscal management
  
Norma J F (Fox) Harrison
 
3674 votes
4.32%
- Occupation: Community Volunteer
 - Long-time political activist
 - Parent
 - Realtor
  
Priorities:
- To end our relationship to the Owning class, thus ending their ownership of our labor..
 - To provide the seat at this  fundamental social structure's board to discuss the need and process to work for that goal.
 - To grow our power for utopian struggle.
  
  
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