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Koret Auditorium • San Francisco Public Library
January 18, 2006 • 4:00–7:30 PM
Local hearing partner: San Francisco Education Fund

PARTICIPATING CALIFORNIA ORGANIZATIONS
American Indian Child Resource Center
California PTA
California Tomorrow
Chinese for Affirmative Action/Center for Asian American Advocacy
Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth
East Bay Agency for Children
Greatschools.net
La Raza Centro Legal
NAACP, San Francisco Chapter
Parent Institute for Quality Education (PIQE)
Parents for Public Schools San Francisco
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce

HEARING OFFICERS
Henry Der, Senior Program Officer, Equality and Justice; Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, San Francisco, CA
Carolyn M. Getridge, Senior Vice President, Urban Development; Voyager Expanded Learning, Lewisville,TX
Hydra Mendoza, Education Advisor, Office of the Mayor, San Francisco, CA
William Miles, Director, Policy; Public Education Network, Washington, DC
Lisa Villarreal, Program Officer, Education; San Francisco Foundation, San Francisco, CA

STUDENT WITNESSES
Manor Demirjian, San Francisco Lowell High School
Roger Le, San Francisco Balboa High School
Leslye Lugo, San Francisco School of the Arts
Theresa Muehlbauer, San Francisco School of the Arts
Omar Sandoval, Oasis High School, Oakland

PARENT WITNESSES
Marîa Lucero Padilla, Berkeley Unified School District
Lateefah Simon, San Francisco Unified School District
Kim Shipp, Oakland Unified School District
Todd Wanerman, San Francisco Unified School District

COMMUNITY WITNESSES
Russlynn Ali, Director, The Education Trust – West
H. Nhi Chau, Executive Director, Oakland Asian Student Educational Services
Dr. Linda Shore, Director, Teacher Institute; Exploratorium
Christina Wong, Policy Advocate, Chinese for Affirmative Action, Center on Asian American Advocacy