Candidate for
Board Member; Emery Unified School District

I have served on the School Board for eight years, with two years as President of the Board. I am running for re-election to ensure our schools remain welcoming centers of academic excellence that prepare our kids for college.

We have made great progress in 8 years. Over 93% of this year's graduating class has been accepted to college. Emery Unified School District had the MOST IMPROVED test scores in the Alameda County. With your support, we restored funding for librarians, music teachers, and counselors. We increased science and technology instruction and created a school garden for instruction. We formed many partnerships to maintain programs in the face of State budget cuts.

We have built a strong foundation, but there's still much to do. By rebuilding our obsolete Secondary School, and adding the City's proposed recreation and community service center, we will create a new Center of Community Life for Emeryville. New facilities will help us retain, and continue attracting, highly qualified teachers for our extraordinary schools.

My two children have attended Emeryville's Anna Yates Elementary School since kindergarten and my wife and I have been very happy with the education they have gotten over the past 5 years. Through my work on the School Board, I strive to ensure that for them, their classmates, and all our community's children, our schools remain centers of learning, health and recreation.