Candidate Statement of Qualifications
I, TRACY HOLLANDER, hereby declare that I am a candidate for an elective office in the City of Berkeley, and make the following statement:
1. That my name is Tracy Hollander
2. The office for which I am a candidate is School Board Director
3. That my residence is [Contact City Clerk]
4. The place of my birth is South Orange, NJ
5. My present occupation is Analyst
6. I have held the following public offices: None
7. Record of community service: President, PTA Rosa Parks; Secretary PTA Council; School Governance Council Rosa Parks; Secretary, PTA Longfellow; Superintendent’s Budget Advisory Committee; Organizer, Berkeley Organizing Congregations for Action.
8. I am a taxpayer in the City of Berkeley.
9. As a trained and credentialed teacher, combined with seven years as a BUSD parent I have experienced our schools from every angle. My professional experience in education includes serving as: both a classroom and substitute teacher, PTA President, PTA Council Secretary, Superintendent’s Budget Advisory Committee Member, School Governance Councilmember, volunteer classroom tutor and aide, and teaching assistant to students with disabilities. Our schools must meet the needs of all of our children not just some of them, because nothing is more important to a child’s future than a quality education. As your school boardmember I will devote considerable time and energy to ensure Berkeley’s educational system empowers all students to enjoy learning and explore their passions and gifts in order to lead them to a life of opportunity, choice and purpose. I will regularly visit school sites to gain a better understanding of each and every school. My first hand experience of day-to-day life in the classroom and my understanding of the impact of budget cuts and public policy in our schools will bring an informed, professional perspective to our school board. On November 6, Vote to put a Teacher on the School Board, Vote for me, Tracy Hollander. www.TracyHollander2012.org
10. I refer to the following residents of the City of Berkeley:
Laurie Capitelli, Berkeley City Councilmember
Susan Wengraf, Berkeley City Councilmember, District 6
Mary Friedman, Former Executive Director, Berkeley Public Education Foundation
Shirley Dean, Former Mayor, City of Berkeley
John T. Selawsky, President, Berkeley School Board
Irene Hegarty, Former School Board Director
Pamela M. Doolan, Former Berkeley School Board President/Director; Former Teacher
Elizabeth Shaughnessy, Former Berkeley School Board President, Berkeley Chess School President
Lloyd C Lee, Former Berkeley School Board Director
Margot Reed, Former Berkeley PTA Council President; Labor Activist
Tom Killilea, President, Berkeley PTA Council; President, Save Berkeley Iceland, BUSD Parent, Berkeley High School
Patricia Mok, Secretary, Berkeley PTA Council; Former President, Jefferson School PTA; BUSD Parent – Jefferson Elementary & King Middle School
Paz Alejandra Meléndez-Canales, President, English Learners Advisory Committee, PTA Communications, LeConte Elementary, Computing Services, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
Sam Frankel, BUSD Teacher; BFT Representative to Berkeley PTA Council
Michael A. Smith, Pastor
Scott Blake, Community Health Organizer/BOCA Board Member (Berkeley Organizing Congregations for Action)
Mark van Krieken, Chair, Cragmont Rebuilding Committee; Co-Founder, Berkeley Prenatal-to-Preschool Initiative; Former PTSA President, Berkeley High School
Fred Collignon, Professor Emeritus UC Berkeley; Former City Councilmember
Amy Stelmach Frey, Vice Principal at Berkeley High School 2005-2011
Tyra Herr, Education Specialist Berkeley Unified School District
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