Candidates
(Vote for 3)
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Pearl Cheng
9,540 votes
25.4%
- Occupation: Appointed Incumbent
- 19-year high-tech career with NASA-Ames as Project Manager to Associate Director; now devoting full-time to public service
- Born and raised in the Midwest
- M.S., Engineering - Stanford University; B.S., University of Iowa
- Bay area resident for 20 years
- Married, two children (2nd and 4th grades) attending Collins Elementary
- Active hands-on school and community volunteer
Priorities:
- Ensuring program quality so that all children may reach their maximum potential
- Increasing outreach to the community to build an integrated vital collective force
- Building passion for educators and education; working hiring and retention issues with creative solutions
Ben Liao
8,449 votes
22.5%
- Occupation: Incumbent
- Technical Consultant, Hewlett-Packard
- Board of Director, Cupertino Community Services
- M.S. Computer Science
Priorities:
- Recruit and retend quality teachers and staff
- Raising the bar for excellence in curriculum and student care
- Oversee the use of bond fund
Gary McCue
7,974 votes
21.3%
(This candidate has not yet provided information to Smart Voter.)
- Occupation: Principal Technical Writer
George K. Tyson
6,956 votes
18.6%
- Occupation: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Manager
- BS and MS in Chemical Engineering, UC Berkeley, MBA at SJSU
- Local school graduate - Miller Jr. High and Lynbrook High School
- Married 22 years, three children, all attended CUSD schools
- 22 year career managing R&D, manufacturing, and business teams
- Active CUSD volunteer in schools and at district level
- Years of other volunteer service in the community and with children
Priorities:
- Work to ensure teacher success and retention
- Spend our bond money wisely, including our new 5th middle school
- Improve communications of the District with parents, teachers, and the community
John A. Claras
4,578 votes
12.2%
- Occupation: Businessperson
- 10 years of successful management of projects over $200 million, for hardware, software, outsourcing ($110million), budgeting, and training.
- 8 successful years as an entrepreneur- have made profit all 8 years. I know regulations and facilities.
- Through my career, I have set policy, negotiated major contracts, set-up training facilities, and managed people.
- I am also experienced in budgeting, cutting costs, and outsourcing to save resources.
- B.S. Management, B.S. Electronics, M.S. Finance
- 22 year resident within the district, married with 2 children
Priorities:
- Increase funding for the schools- we are under-funded.
- Palo Alto, Saratoga, and Los Altos receive about twice the funding per child.
- Increase percentage of dollars going to the classroom (cut bureaucracy).
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News and Analysis
- Cupertino Courier (31 Oct. 2001)
- Cupertino Courier (10 Oct. 2001)
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