Berkeley School Board. Photo: Mark Coplan
Berkeley School Board. Photo: Mark Coplan

Members of the Board of Education will hold office hours in an attempt to make themselves more available to the community, the Berkeley Unified School District announced recently. Scroll down to see an interactive map of the locations and schedule.

Karen Hemphill, board president, will be at Café Leila, 1724 San Pablo Ave., on the second Saturday of each month from 10–11:30 am.

Josh Daniels, board vice- president, will be at Café Espresso Roma, 2960 College Ave., on Nov. 2 at and Dec. 7 at 1 p.m.

Beatriz Leyva-Cutler will set up at Casa Latina, 1801 San Pablo Ave., Oct. 24 and Nov. 21 from 4-6 p.m.

Judy Appel will meet members of the public at MoJo Café, 2517 Sacramento St., Oct. 19 (10-30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.); Nov. 1 (8:30-10:30 a.m.); and Nov. 16, (10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.)

Julie Sinai will be at Westside Café, 2570 Ninth St. at Parker, Nov. 7 from 5-7 p.m.


View Berkeley School Board office hours in a larger map

Office hours and locations are also listed here. Board member office hours are also posted on the Berkeley Unified School District calendar. Other contact information for the School Board is available here.

Emilie Raguso (former senior editor, news) joined Berkeleyside in 2012 and covered politics, public safety and development until her departure in 2022. In 2017, Emilie was named Journalist of the Year...