Meet Julie Sinai, a candidate for Berkeley School Board in the November 2018 election.
Julie Sinai
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Berkeley elections: Kriss Worthington retains District 7; nail-biting race continues in District 8
Kriss Worthington: retained his seat on the Berkeley City Council for District 7 Election day may be nearly a week behind us, but votes are still being counted and the results of some Berkeley races are still being determined, including District 8 where Lori Droste is currently very narrowly ahead for that council seat. Absentee ballots are still being processed and will likely […]
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Challenger Ty Alper gets seat on Berkeley School Board; third seat too close to call
Ty Alper (second from left) on the campaign trail in September. Photo: Ty Alper for School Board Ty Alper, a challenger, has won a seat on the Berkeley School Board with the most votes – so far — in a close race, while incumbent Josh Daniels received the second-to-most votes. The race for the third […]
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Berkeley School Board: 3 seats contested by 5 candidates
The current Berkeley School Board, at an August 2014 meeting. Photo: Mark Coplan/BUSD The current Berkeley School Board, at an August 2014 meeting. Photo: Mark Coplan/BUSD Three seats on the Berkeley Unified school board are being contested by five candidates in this year’s election. Three of the candidates — Josh Daniels, Karen Hemphill and Julie Sinai — […]
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Berkeley 2014 election hub: What you need to know
Berkeleyans will get out the vote in less than three weeks. Are you ready? Photo: Pete Rosos Absentee ballots have arrived and the November 2014 election is just around the corner. Berkeleyside has been covering the issues for months, and we’ve collected some of our best Berkeley election coverage in a single post to help readers get […]
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend
Students register for classes at Vista College during its earliest years. Now called Berkeley City College, the institution is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Photo: www.berkeleycitycollege.edu BERKELEY CITY COLLEGE 40TH ANNIVERSARY Berkeley may be best known for one of its higher-ed institutions, but this week a much-deserved spotlight will be trained on the other. Although it has gone […]
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Soda tax, school board race, open council seat bring campaign cash to Berkeley
The future of growth in downtown Berkeley is uncertain, with zoning changes on the November ballot. Photo: Louie Kablooie The future of growth in downtown Berkeley is uncertain, with zoning changes on the November ballot. Photo: Louie Kablooie The lure of an open Berkeley City Council seat has turned the race to replace Gordon Wozniak in November into a big bucks […]
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2020 Vision: Skills improve, absences down, gap remains
The Berkeley Unified School District showed improvements in student reading proficiency by third grade between spring 2012 and 2013. (Click to see the full report.) Image: 2020 Vision A citywide initiative proponents hope will close the achievement gap in Berkeley public schools appears to be working, though significant disparities remain, according to data presented Tuesday night […]
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New school policy protects transgender students
Felix Beaudry, a senior at Berkeley High who has transitioned from female to male, told school district directors Wednesday night why he thought BUSD should adopt policies protecting transgender students. Photo: Mark Coplan/BUSD Just weeks after an agender student was set on fire in Oakland while riding an AC Transit bus, the Berkeley Unified School […]
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Group proposes lighted arch over Telegraph Avenue
Rendering of arch proposed for Telegraph Avenue near Dwight Way. Photo: Jennifer McDougall A coalition of city and campus groups is proposing to erect a decorative lighted archway on Telegraph Avenue to better define the shopping district. The arch, which would be erected near Dwight Way, would serve to “emphasize and celebrate the four blocks […]
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Julie Sinai appointed to Berkeley school board post
Julie Sinai after the unanimous school board decision to appoint her to the vacant seat. Photo: Lance Knobel Julie Sinai, former chief of staff to Mayor Tom Bates and now director of local government and community relations at UC Berkeley, was unanimously appointed to a vacant school board seat on Wednesday night. Sinai emerged from […]
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10 people apply for vacant school board post
The Berkeley School Board has been looking for a new member since Leah Wilson resigned in March. Photo: Kaia Diringer Ten Berkeley residents — including a former aide to Mayor Tom Bates, the former top administrator for the city of Oakland, a UC Berkeley law professor, a nuclear scientist, a Berkeley High math teacher, and a longtime […]