Candidates
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Mandy Lowell
7,450 votes
22.3%
- Occupation: attorney
- Harvard Law School, University of Notre Dame
- 15 years practice at premier law firm
- District-wide PTA Council Executive Board
- Delegate to California PTA Convention
- District-wide Task Force on Low-achieving students
- Age, 42; married, 3 children: ages 9, 7, and 3.
Priorities:
- Top-Notch Education: challenge each student to do personal best.
- Handle over-crowded schools.
- Attract and retain high-quality teachers.
John Tuomy
7,399 votes
22.2%
Gail Price
7,247 votes
21.7%
- Occupation: City Planner, City of Sunnyvale
- M.A., Geography, Univ. of Maryland, College Park
- M.A., Asian Studies, Univ. of California, Berkeley
- B.A.,, Social Science, Univ. of California, Berkeley
- Co-Chair, Gunn H.S, Site Council, 1999
- President, Palo Alto Community Child Care Board, 1995-97
- PAUSD Enrollment and Planning Committees, 1994-date
Priorities:
- Long-range planning for enrollment and fiscal management.
- Teaching and learning; early intervention and targeted skills improvement.
- Community building with city, business, non-profit organizations, and neighborhoods.
Barbara H. Spreng
6,818 votes
20.4%
- Occupation: Nonprofit Director/Mother
- BA, Univ. of Washington
- graduate, Leadership Midpeninsula
- currently enrolled, MPA program, College of Notre Dame
- Current Chair, Leadership Midpeninsula
- Past President, Palo Alto Council of PTAs
- Past President, Palo Alto Foundation for Education
Priorities:
- Build a comprehensive curriculum on a foundation of academics combined with social/emotional development.
- Secure additional funding to meet the community's high expectations and standards of excellence.
- Collaborate with the city, Stanford, private enterprises and nonprofit organizations to improve infrastructure and services to PAUSD families.
Shelby Valentine
2,575 votes
7.7%
- Occupation: Artisan
- Board of Education appointed liaison, Santa Clara County SELPA 1 Santa Clara County SELPA 1
- Steering Committee - CAC for Special Education
- Attorney General's Volunteer Advisory Committee, Department of Justice, State of California
- Current Board Member, Friends of the Palo Alto Library
- Executive Board - Council of PTA
Priorities:
- Link spending to income
- Provide sound policies
- Restore support to programs
Katherine A. Rudolph
1,430 votes
4.3%
- Occupation: Software Sales
- Gunn High School graduate, 1993 (Attended Nixon Elementary and Pinewood School)
- BA, Stanford University
- Active community volunteer: YMCA, KQED, Community Impact
- Start-up experience: building programs on tight budgets, digesting a lot of information and making sound decisions quickly
- Collegiate Athletic Scholar: Dean's List, Honors Student, Varsity Water Polo
Priorities:
- Students as Shareholders: engage students in actively pursuing their own education. Foster an environment where children seek knowledge.
- Leveraging Silicon Valley: using the Internet and saving childrens' books and backs; tapping into the lessons learned in start-ups
- Broadening Curriculum: explore commonalities across disciplines, to encourage more global thinking
Joyce Patrice Osagiede
432 votes
1.3%
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