[BHS etree] PTSA/BSEP/SSC: Important School-wide elections: May 24 6:30pm

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Please do not hit reply, contact Karen Hemphill, PTSA co-president:
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Elections are coming . . .
for parent representatives to the School Site Council (SSC), the
Berkeley Schools Excellence Project Committee (BSEP), and for PTSA
officers.

THESE ORGANIZATIONS NEED PARENTS AND GUARDIANS WHO REPRESENT THE
ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF THE BERKELEY HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY.

ALL CURRENT AND INCOMING BHS PARENTS AND GUARDIANS ARE ELIGIBLE TO
SERVE AND TO VOTE!  

WHAT?  ELECTIONS
WHEN?  Wednesday, May 24 6:30-8:00 p.m.
WHERE? BHS College and Career Center

WE NEED YOU THERE TO VOTE!

What do these organizations do?
	 
* SSC decides questions of school policy.
* BSEP decides how to spend enrichment money.
* PTSA facilitates communications between families and the high
school.

The time to declare your candidacy is now!

If you would like to run for BSEP, SSC or PTSA, please email a brief
personal statement (no more than 200 words) to Karen Hemphill, PTSA
Co-president krjhemphill at comcast.net by May 17.  Explain what office
you are running for and why you are interested in serving in this
position.  Please include your phone number and address so that the
PTSA can contact you; this information will not be made public.
Alternatively, you may mail or hand-deliver your statement to BHS
PTSA, 1980 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704, Attn:  
Elections.  If you would like to run for SSC, please also include
your neighborhood category (if known) and the program(s) or school(s)
at Berkeley High in which your child or children are enrolled.

All names submitted for election by May 17 will be published on the
BHS etree on May 18 and posted-along with the candidates'
statements-on the PTSA website on that date or as soon thereafter as
possible. Names and statements will also be printed and distributed
at the May 24 meeting.  All names submitted in advance will appear on
the printed ballot for elections.  Individuals may also run as
write-in candidates by attending the meeting on May 24 and declaring 
their candidacy.   

For more information, visit the PTSA website: <bhs.berkeleypta.org>
or contact Karen Hemphill, PTSA co-president:
<krjhemphill at comcast.net>.