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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>At a Special Meeting on May 1, 2013,
the Board of Education unanimously voted to appoint Julie Sinai, U.C.
Berkeley’s Director of Local Government and Community Relations, to fill
an 18 month vacancy on the Board.<font color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The appointment followed a process
that brought 10 candidates from throughout the community to fill a seat that
opened when Board President Leah Wilson resigned on March 31, 2013, due to a
possible conflict of interest in her new role as Court Executive Officer for
the Alameda County Superior Court. The Berkeley/Albany League of Women Voters
facilitated the Public Comment and Candidate Statement portion of the meeting.<font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>President Hemphill remarked on the
high quality of all of the applicants, stating, “It is a testimony to our
community's belief in public education, and their commitment to making a
quality education accessible to all of our youth.” <font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> In the discussion of the
strong field of candidates, Board members emphasized the need for the new
Director to hit the ground running, with a new Superintendent coming on board
soon, as well as ongoing labor negotiations, continued work on advancing the
2020 Vision, instituting the Common Core curriculum and strengthening
partnerships with families, faith based and community organizations, and
institutions of higher education.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The Directors unanimously agreed
that Julie Sinai stood out as someone who could “roll up her sleeves and
be ready for work on day one.” Director-Select Sinai will have an
opportunity to do just that when she is sworn in and joins the Board for their
May 8<sup>th</sup> meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Julie Sinai has a long history of
involvement with the Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD), beginning with
her role as the Director of School-Linked Programs for BUSD from 1999-2002. As
the Mayor of Berkeley’s Senior Aide (2002-2007) and Chief of Staff
(2008-2012) she retained a strong focus on education. Sinai also served as part
of the Planning Committee and Design Team for the 2020 Vision. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>In her current role as Director of
Local Government and Community Relations for U.C. Berkeley, Sinai works to
build partnerships across the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">East</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Bay</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> with community,
educational, and government institutions on issues of mutual concern. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Her daughter is a junior at <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Berkeley</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">High School</st1:PlaceType>
and her son, a 2010 BHS graduate, is a senior at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Michigan</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>.
Her children have been students at Rosa Parks, King, and Longfellow. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>As Director-Select Sinai expressed
her sincere appreciation to the Berkeley School Board for their vote of support
and confidence in her, she said “It is an honor to serve with such strong
advocates for public education. I am truly humbled by the list of applicants
for this position. Our community is so fortunate to have such passionate,
committed and knowledgeable people working on behalf of our kids.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>This has been a busy week for the
Berkeley School Board, with a delegation of Board, District and community
members having conducted and debriefed a site visit to <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Hayward</st1:place></st1:City>, the home district of Dr. Donald
Evans, the finalist for the position of Superintendent for BUSD. An update on
the Superintendent site visit is posted on the <u><a
href="http://www.berkeleyschools.net/"><font color=black><span
style='color:windowtext'>BUSD website</span></font></a><font color=black><span
style='color:black'> </span></font></u><font color=black><span
style='color:black'><a href="http://www.berkeleyschools.net/">http://www.berkeleyschools.net/</a>
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Mark Coplan, Public Information Officer<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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