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 Runoff Election 11/4/2014 
Candidates
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L. Karen Monroe
 
54251 votes
33.78%
- Occupation: Associate Superintendent/Educator
 - Director of Student Programs & Services - Alameda County Office of Education
 - School Improvement Grant Coordinator - Oakland Unified School District
 - Principal & Assistant Principal (K-8) - Oakland Unified School District
 - Rookie Principal of the Year (2008) - Oakland Unified School District
 - Teacher - 4th to 8th grade, Alternative Ed., Technology & Gifted
 - Legislative Intern for Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm
  
Priorities:
- Delivering essential training for teachers to implement new Common Core Standards and performance-based assessments.
 - Expanding pathways to prepare students for school, college and careers of the future.
 - Supporting Alameda County's 18 school districts as they implement monumental instructional and fiscal changes under new funding.
  
 
Helen K. Foster
 
35054 votes
21.83%
- Occupation: Teacher/School Administrator
 - Doctorate & Masters of Educational Leadership, St. Mary's College of CA
 - Trustee, San Lorenzo Unified School District
 - Director of Human Resources, Hayward Unified School District
 - Masters Degree in Environmental Engineering, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
 - BS (Chemistry); BA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
 - Teacher, Preschool through College level and School Principal, K through 12
  
Priorities:
- Lead Alameda County Office of Education (ACOE) to become the premier COE in the Bay Area
 - Correct 16 years of missed opportunities at ACOE for the finest professional development in the Bay Area from nationally recognized experts
 - Develop economies-of-scale for he benefit of all Alameda County public schools
  
Jeff Bowser
 
28230 votes
17.58%
- Occupation: School Boardmember/Educator
 - School Board - Pleasanton Unified School District
 - Trustee - Tri Valley Regional Occupational Program
 - Education Technology Consultant
 - Executive Director - Alameda County Office of Education
 - Principal Inmate Education - Santa Rita Jail
 - Continuation High School Teacher
  
Priorities:
- Public Trust & Tranparency
 - Building Connections
 - Passion for Education
  
Ursula Reed
 
22476 votes
13.99%
- Occupation: Educator/City Councilmember
 - B.S. Communication Disorders
 - M.A. Speech Pathology
 - Chair, Housing Authority of Alameda County Commission
 - Alameda County Fire Commissioner
 - Former Chair of Social Action Committee, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.
 - Elementary, Middle, High School Administrator in Hayward Unified School District
  
Priorities:
- Re-organize the Alameda County Office of Education making it student centered.
 - Insure that our tax dollars are going towards improving our schools.
 - Work to open Restorative Justice Centers throughout Alameda County because I strongly believe in the vast potential of all students to learn.
  
Naomi Eason, Ed.
 
19647 votes
12.23%
- Occupation: Nonprofit Executive Director
 - Former Assist. Alameda County Superintendent for 8 years
 - Former Principal and District Administrator of Emery Unified School District
 - Former Teacher in Oakland Unified School District
 - Trained California State University students to become teachers while earning Doctorate in Educational Leadership
 - Wife, Parent of 5 (3 that are school aged and attend Oakland public schools), and PTA Member
  
Priorities:
- To reduce recidivism rates of incarcerated youth in Juvenile Hall through education
 - To better collaborate with District administrators, teachers, staff and parents in order to improve education across the County
 - To provide more responsible fiscal oversight of the county
  
  
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Events 
Candidate Forums
 
- Rebroadcast of LWV Forum
 KTOP Cable Channel 10
 Thursday, May 15, 2014
 3:30 - 5 PM
 - Video of April 9, 2014 Forum
- You can watch this forum on line where it is posted in 3 approximately half-hour sections labeled ACOE #1, ACOE #2, ACOE #3 on the League of Women Voters Eden Area YouTube channel.  Start watching #1 at 4:30 minutes into the recording.
  
News and Analysis
Oakland Tribune
 
The Independent
General Links
 
- Link to Candidates' Answers to Great Oakland Public Schools Survey 
  
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