League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
	Alameda County, CA November 4, 2014 Election
	Board Member; Emery Unified School District Voter Information

Results as of Dec 28 11:38am, 100.00% of Precincts Reporting (5/5) (12 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.31%)

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. John Affeldt 1255 votes 32.53% Occupation: Appointed Emery Unified School District Governing Board Member Civil rights attorney specializing in K-12 education Harvard Law School Stanford Undergrad Twice honored as a California Attorney of the Year for promoting equal educational opportunities Priorities: Effective construction and program implementation of new Emeryville Center of Community Life Continued effective implementation of community engagement and program design aspects of new Local Control Funding Formula Carry out a community visioning process that integrates our LCFF priorities, ECCL, and College & Career ready-plus-tech thrust. Christian Robin Patz 1152 votes 29.86% Occupation: Appointed, Emery Unified School District Governing Board Member Doctorate of Education, Leadership and Policy Special Education Administrator Priorities: Hiring quality staff Supporting staff Increasing family engagement Donn Lee Merriam 730 votes 18.92% Occupation: Educational Design Architect Licensed Architect specializing in K-12 school construction with 20+ years of experience in educational design Loop 22 HOA Board Member/Owners Rep (construction defect project) BS Architectural Studies University of Nebraska-Lincoln Member of the Big Brother/Big Sister program Priorities: Critical oversight of the construction of the New Emeryville Center for Community Life Successful implementation of both Local Control Funding Formula and Common Core Expanded development of Health Center including counseling and nutrition Miguel Dwin 709 votes 18.38% Occupation: Incumbent Elected to the Board of Trustees in 2005 Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting at San Francisco State University Budget Analyst with Berkeley Unified School District for the Child Development and Capital Project Fund Priorities: To ensure that all students are academically prepared for college and/or job readiness skills To support all teachers with robust professional development To engage the community with the school district Basic candidate data supplied by the applicable elections official. Order of candidates is random and changes daily.

Candidates Answer Questions The LWV Berkeley/Albany/Emeryville has asked all candidates for this office to respond to 3 questions on Local Control Funding, Common Core Standards, and Early Childhood Education. Events Candidate Forums Video of Emery School Board Candidate Forum on Sept. 18 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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