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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap: break-word;-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;-webkit-line-break: after-white-space'><div class=WordSection1><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SSC and BSEP Parent Election Results:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>PLEASE do not reply to this email, contact Natasha Beery, <a href="mailto:president.bhsptsa@gmail.com">president.bhsptsa@gmail.com</a> </span></font></span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks to all of you who voted at Back to School Night, and thanks to the<span class=apple-style-span> election workers, who put in many hours, and the vote counters who labored for half a day to check and double-check the vote:</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>*Richard Ng, Irene Hegarty, Isabel Parra, Maya Hernandez, Mary Hurlbert, Dan Lee, Julie Holcomb<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>*Helene Lecar of the League of Women Voters, Sandy McCoy, and Jen Villeneuve</span></font></span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>And now, the results:</span></font></span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:bold'>Berkeley High School Site Council</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=335 style='width:251.25pt;border-collapse:collapse;z-index:auto'><tr height=13 style='height:9.75pt'><td width=185 height=13 style='width:138.75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:9.75pt'><span class=apple-style-span><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:bold'>Elected</span></font></b></span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></td><td width=75 height=13 style='width:56.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td><td width=75 height=13 style='width:56.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td></tr><tr height=13 style='height:9.75pt'><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:9.75pt'><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1. Mohammad Kazerouni</span></font></span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td></tr><tr height=13 style='height:9.75pt'><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:9.75pt'><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2. Julie Sinai</span></font></span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td></tr><tr height=13 style='height:9.75pt'><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:9.75pt'><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3. Margit Roos-Collins</span></font></span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td></tr><tr height=13 style='height:9.75pt'><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:9.75pt'><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4. Satish Rao</span></font></span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td></tr><tr height=13 style='height:9.75pt'><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:9.75pt'><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>5. Diana Kuderna</span></font></span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td></tr><tr height=13 style='height:9.75pt'><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:9.75pt'><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>6. Landi Ehnle</span></font></span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td></tr><tr height=13 style='height:9.75pt'><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td></tr><tr height=13 style='height:9.75pt'><td width=335 colspan=3 height=13 style='width:251.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:9.75pt'><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>One alternate</span></font></span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></td></tr><tr height=13 style='height:9.75pt'><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:9.75pt'><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>7. Paul Steckel</span></font></span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td></tr><tr height=13 style='height:9.75pt'><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:bold'>Berkeley High School BSEP Site Committee</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:bold'>Elected</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=335 style='width:251.25pt;border-collapse:collapse;z-index:auto'><tr height=13 style='height:9.75pt'><td width=185 height=13 style='width:138.75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:9.75pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1. Hector Cárdenas<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></td><td width=75 height=13 style='width:56.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td><td width=75 height=13 style='width:56.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td></tr><tr height=13 style='height:9.75pt'><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:9.75pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2. Seth Chazin<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td></tr><tr height=13 style='height:9.75pt'><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:9.75pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3. Karen Laws<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td></tr><tr height=13 style='height:9.75pt'><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:9.75pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4. Marjorie Alvord<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td></tr><tr height=13 style='height:9.75pt'><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:9.75pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>5. Carol Brownstein<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td></tr><tr height=13 style='height:9.75pt'><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td></tr><tr height=13 style='height:9.75pt'><td colspan=2 height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:9.75pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Two alternates:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td></tr><tr height=13 style='height:9.75pt'><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:9.75pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>6. Calvin Eng<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td></tr><tr height=13 style='height:9.75pt'><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:9.75pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>7. Jeremy Thorner<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td></tr><tr height=13 style='height:9.75pt'><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td></tr><tr height=13 style='height:9.75pt'><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:9.75pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Also ran:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td></tr><tr height=13 style='height:9.75pt'><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:9.75pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>8. Heidi Goldstein<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td></tr><tr height=13 style='height:9.75pt'><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:9.75pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>9. Karen Ginsberg Beroldo<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td><td height=13 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:9.75pt'></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-style:italic'>=============================================</span></font></i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:bold'>Thoughts About the Elections?</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>As many of you know, past practice has been to conduct elections at the first PTSA meeting of the year. Turnout for elections has never been much above 300 people. Last year we tried to increase turnout by extending voting hours to the following day, but six hours of open polls only yielded about 25 more votes. This year the Principal asked the PTSA to conduct elections on Back to School Night, in hopes that turnout would be higher. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The turnout did not improve. <span class=apple-style-span> Polls stayed open nearly an hour after class visits had concluded; we stayed until no more parents were walking through the courtyard. Furthermore, the attendance at the first PTSA meeting fell to less than about 1/3 of the usual turnout. Those who did come were very impressed by the candidate speeches and the Principal's presentation on the State of the School, but the vast majority of you missed that event. Obviously we are all very busy and it's hard to do it all, especially when events pile up at the beginning of the year. However, people are missing opportunities to be informed participants in the life of the school.</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I would love to hear ideas from all of you as to how to improve parent engagement - in terms of volunteers, candidates, and voters. What makes people come out and get involved? What are the barriers? Should the Principal give his presentations on YouTube? Are Community Forums a thing of the past? Are online communications more inclusive or less? Should we also consider online voting? Voting in the spring instead of fall? Voting in more than one location? (If so, we're going to need a lot more volunteers to work on outreach and elections - there's only so much a small group of us can do to pull this off in a short period of time.) </span></font></span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tell you what - send an email to <a href="mailto:bhs.president@gmail.com">bhs.president@gmail.com</a>. I'll collect your input, and I'll bring it to the PTSA Exec for discussion with Principal Scuderi. In the meantime, my deep appreciation for all the candidates who came forward, all the volunteers who helped, and the voters who voted (or would have if only….) We're all doing the best we can, and next time, maybe we'll do it a little better than our best. And meanwhile, help those improvements become possible by volunteering your ideas and some of your time: help with communications, website, events, elections, parent education….whatever you care about most: <a href="http://natashabee.wufoo.com/forms/ptsa-volunteers/">http://natashabee.wufoo.com/forms/ptsa-volunteers/</a></span></font></span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Natasha Beery<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Berkeley High School PTSA President<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div></body></html>