[BIHS] Support BHS Parent Priscilla Myrick for Berkeley School Board Director!

[Berkeley International High School]

Dear BHS Friends,
Please support former BHS Parent and BHS Shared Governance Member Priscilla Myrick for Berkeley School Board Director.
 Read more about Priscilla Myrick at her website (including FAQs asked by parents): A LETTER from Priscilla MyrickDear Berkeley Voter,Education activist, community board leader, experienced chief financial officer in the bioscience industry and former CPA, I am a 24-year resident of Berkeley and the proud parent of two Berkeley High graduates. My expertise in financial management coupled with my volunteer experience in school governance, in the classroom, and in community organizations will provide additional strength and a fresh perspective to the School Board. I improved fiscal systems in a community organization that helps homeless families and youth. I helped establish a nonprofit that brought a successful writing coach program to Berkeley secondary school students. These experiences convinced me of the urgent need to address the achievement gap in a sustained, thoughtful and systematic way. 
As School Board Director, I will: 
• Achievement: make significant gains in closing the achievement gap by supporting and strengthening programs that work in raising literacy and math proficiency levels for all students.
• Facilities: make construction of adequate classrooms (especially at Berkeley High) and school facilities throughout the District a top priority to enable a quality educational experience.
• Teachers: ensure that teachers have the tools and support to fulfill their educational mission.
• Community: encourage and use input from the community to better target educational solutions, and increase board responsiveness to community concerns. 
• Fiscal transparency: improve school board accountability for spending decisions and fiscal management. Ensure that scarce resources are allocated effectively and efficiently. Visit my website for more information on the Measure AA school bond and Berkeley High classrooms. 
Let’s make sure that school resources deliver the greatest educational benefit for all our students. 
Sincerely,
Priscilla MyrickBIO-Priscilla Myrick
School Activist, Board Leader, 
Former CFO and CPA
Berkeley Schools Advocate
0 Berkeley High School Governance Council and School Site Council (2005-2008)
• Berkeley High School Site Plan Sub-Committee (2004)
• Superintendent’s Advisory Committee for Small Schools (2003). Drafted "BHS Small Schools’ Guiding Principles"
• Berkeley Schools Volunteers—WriterCoach Connection literacy volunteer at Berkeley High, King MS, and Longfellow MS. Math tutor King MS. (1994- present)
• Berkeley Unified School District Citizens’ Budget Oversight Committee (1989- 1991)
Leadership and Community Investment
• Founding Board Member and Treasurer, Community Alliance for Learning, sponsor of the WriterCoach Connection (2001-05) 
Received "Outstanding Volunteer Award" in April 2008
• Board Member and Treasur er, Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS)
(1999-2003) 
Received BOSS "Turning Lives Around" Award in October 2007 
Professional Experience
• Chief Financial Officer, Oclassen Pharmaceuticals
• Controller, Genentech, Inc.
• Founding Committee Member, Association of Bioscience Financial Officers
• Auditor and CPA, Coopers & Lybrand
• Lecturer in Business Administration, Northeastern University
Education
• MBA Finance & Accounting, Columbia University, New York
• BA Religious Studies, UC Berkeley
ENDORSEMENTS--Priscilla Myrick (partial list)
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National Women’s Political20Caucus-Alameda North
Shireen Burns, Co-President, Berkeley Democratic Club
Elizabeth Shaughnessy, Former School Board President
Pamela M. Doolan, Former School Board Director
Ted Schultz, Former School Board Director
Isaiah B. Roter, BUSD Audit Committee
Shirley Dean, Former Mayor, City of Berkeley
Betty Olds, City Councilmember
Gordon Wozniak, City Councilmember
Alan Goldfarb, Former City Councilmember
boona cheema, Executive Director, Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS)
Lynn Mueller, Associate Director, Community Alliance for Learning
Trina Ostrander, Former Executive Director, Berkeley Public Education Foundation
Susan P. Helmrich,20Co-President, Berkeley High School Development Group
Jane Wise, Former Berkeley High School Governance Council Representative
Susan Phillips, School Board Director, Edmonds School District
Bill Lann Lee, Civil Rights Attorney
Thomas H. Mikkelsen, Retired Asst. General Manager, East Bay Regional Park District
John Rasmussen, Professor Emeritus, UC Berkeley
Marion Diamond, Professor, UC Berkeley
Monroe Strickberger, Professor Emeritus, U of Missouri, St. Louis
Ellen Felker, Former BSEP Chair, Berkeley Arts Magnet Elementary School
Patricia A. Kates, Former PTA President, Rosa Parks Elementary School
Thomas Cutillo, Registered Nurse, Emergency Room Highland Hospital, SEIU 1021
Thom Seaton, Past President, Congregation Beth-El
Janis Kahn, Physician, Women’s Health
Mark van Krieken, Former PTA President, Cragmont Elementary & Berkeley High
Louise Rasmussen, Retired Elementary Teacher
Jane Rubin, Ph.D., Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Toby Kahn
Carolyn Yee
Jeanine Brown
Roy F. Doolan
Alyse Jacobson
Rochelle Blumenfeld Slamovich
Kathleen Kahn
Kathryn Seligman 
Ellen Izagirre
Ellin Beer
Visit her website: Contact her:Priscilla Myrick for School Boa rd
(ID # 1309932)
1563 Solano Ave., #235
Berkeley, CA 94707
510-644-8160priscilla at myrick4berkeleyschools.comwww.myrick4berkeleyschools.compriscilla@myrick4berkeleyschools.comwww.myrick4berkeleyschools.com
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