Letter of Endorsement: Four for November
October 26, 2018
I am delighted to endorse David Murphy for the Yolo County Board of Education, Trustee Area 2. We hired David as superintendent of the Davis schools in 1998, at the end of my first year on the school board.
Under his outstanding leadership, we passed a construction bond, built three schools (Harper, Montgomery and Korematsu), opened the Montessori program at Birch Lane, and received a grant from the Gates Foundation to open Da Vinci High School. He will bring his considerable skills and insights to support the County Office of Education and its programs, including education at the juvenile hall, Headstart and programs for high school kids expelled from local districts.
Tom Adams is running for re-election to the Davis School Board. He has done a great job on the school board and we benefit from his incredible work at the State Department of Education in curriculum reform. I am so grateful that he is running for a second term on the board.
Joe DiNunzio is running for his first term on the school board. He has been very active in the schools, chairing the PTA and the Site Council at Willett, currently serving as president of the Davis Schools Foundation, as well as teaching as an adjunct at the UCD Graduate School of Management. He will be a wonderful addition to our board.
I am also glad to endorse Cindy Pickett for the school board. She has chaired the Montessori parent group and will bring her expertise as a psychology professor and administrator of faculty diversity at UCD to the Davis schools. We are fortunate to have three such well-qualified candidates for the board.
Finally, remember to vote “yes” on Measure M!
Marty West
Former Davis school board trustee
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