League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
	San Francisco County, CA November 2, 2010 Election
	Board Member; San Francisco Unified School District Voter Information

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. Hydra Mendoza 102173 votes 21.4% Occupation: Education Advisor to Mayor Gavin Newsom Incumbant, Vice President, Board of Education Former Executive Director, Parents for Public Schools Priorities: Build partnerships throughout the City to invest in public education Support teachers with training and resources to ensure quality instruction in the classroom Promote equity and access so that every graduate of SFUSD is college or career ready Kim-Shree Maufas 69173 votes 14.49% Occupation: Commissioner MBA - University of Phoenix/SF (Fin w/Marketg) BA - University of San Francisco (Human Communications) AA - Los Angeles City College (Mass Media Communications) Priorities: Continue to Embed & Monitor Social Justice Policies I've created for SFUSD to Ensure Access for All School Site Development via implementation of Master Principal Program Address Remediation through Restructuring Early Literacy across all Academic Subjects Emily Murase 68853 votes 14.42% Occupation: Executive Director, SF Department on the Status of Women Public school parent of two daughters attending Rosa Parks Elementary School Member of the Rosa Parks School Site Council, the JBBP Parent Teacher Community Council, and the Lowell Alumni Association Board of Directors In 2008, chaired the San Francisco Board of Education Parent Advisory Council Served on the Proposition A Steering Committee which successfully passed a local measure to increase teacher salaries in 2008 PhD in Communication (Stanford University), MA in International Relations (UC San Diego), AB in Modern Japanese History (Bryn Mawr College), Lowell HS In 2009, honored as the "Woman of the Year" by Senator Leland Yee Priorities: Tackling the district budget head-on Advancing high quality schools Growing student enrollment Margaret Brodkin 67790 votes 14.2% Occupation: Education Nonprofit Director Director, Coleman Advocates for Children, 1978-2004 Director, SF Department of Children, Youth and Their Families, 2004-2009 Director, New Day for Learning, 2009-2010 Priorities: Keeping families in San Francisco More funding for schools Closing the achievement gap Natasha D Hoehn 35831 votes 7.51% Occupation: Nonprofit Education Director Senior Partner, California Education Partners B.A. Yale University Former Public Middle School Teacher Chair, San Francisco After School for All Council Priorities: Provide a rigorous, relevant, engaging curriculum for every student in every neighborhood, pre-school through graduation Ensure great teaching and leadership in every school Empower parents and build partnerships Tom Chan 34897 votes 7.31% Bill Barnes 24819 votes 5.2% Jamie Rafaela Wolfe 21909 votes 4.59% Occupation: Educator B.A. Political Science CA State Preliminary Multiple Subject Teaching Credential Priorities: Equitable Access to Education for Every Child! Healthy Foods in our Public School Lunch Programs & On-Campus Vending Machines! Budget Stability to Revive Summer School Programs and Hire More Teachers! Omar Khalif 18379 votes 3.85% Occupation: Parent/ Community Organizer Bachelor of Arts Humanities Priorities: Transparency, . Oversight Accountability, respect, communities, parents and children Winifred Dajani 17317 votes 3.63% Occupation: Educator California Credentialed Teacher MA Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages MA French Teacher with Refugee Transitions Priorities: Proficiency in Literacy and Math for students entering 4th grade Better model in ESL to improve academic and career readiness of ELL students so they are more competitive Development of private partnerships with the SFUSD to offset budget cuts Starchild 14551 votes 3.05% Occupation: Erotic Service Provider Former government school student (K-8th grade) Winner of 2010 YouthVote for School Board BA in journalism from San Francisco State University Priorities: Allow each student to attend his/her first choice school within the district. Expand popular schools and close unpopular schools. Raise teacher salaries and cut administrator salaries to pay for it. Put teachers in charge of the schools, with administrators working for them. Maximize choice and make education more consumer-driven, with schools and teachers more accountable to students and parents. Put lesson plans online. Basic candidate data supplied by the applicable elections official. Order of candidates is random and changes daily.

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