For immediate release
December 13, 2007 |
Contact: Patti Murphy, Exec. Director
(408) 453-6514 |
Jane Howard Named President of County Board of Education;
2008 Schedule Set with Special December and January Dates
SAN JOSE – The Santa Clara County Board of Education on Wednesday elected
its officers for 2008. Jane Howard, who has served on the board since 2005, was
named president, and Craig Mann, a board member since 2006, was named
vice-president.
Jane Howard is executive director of the Gilroy Visitors Bureau and a past
president of the board of the Gilroy Unified School District. She has served on
the County Board of Education’s Budget Study Committee, Policy Development
Subcommittee, Joint Committee on Child Care, and South County Regional
Occupational Program Operations Committee. She has been president of the board
of the Gilroy Chamber of Commerce, chair of the South Valley Hospital Board,
president of the Leadership Gilroy Education Foundation, and director of the
Gilroy Garlic Festival and Rotary Club.
Newly elected vice president Craig Mann currently is a teacher in the Ravenswood School District
. Previously he worked in private industry
throughout most of his career. He has served on the board's Budget Study and
Joint Legislative Advisory committees as well as the Joint Policy Development
Subcommittee. He was a member and chair of San Jose's Human Rights Commission
for three years. His school board experience includes eight years as an East
Side Union High School District trustee and two years as a Metropolitan
Education District trustee.
As the elected governing body of the Santa Clara County Office of Education,
the board’s seven members approve the budget and set policies that guide the
SCCOE in providing administrative, instructional and student services to the
county’s 32 public school districts.
In addition to Howard and Mann, current board members are Leon Beauchman, T.N.
Ho, Grace Mah, Gary Rummelhoff and Anna Song. More information on all members
can be found online at
www.sccoe.org.
The board holds regular meetings on the first and third Wednesday of the
month at 5 p.m. in the SCCOE Board Room. This month, however, the board will
hold a special meeting on Dec. 17 from 5-8 p.m. to discuss business related to
hiring a new county superintendent. Meetings in January have been re-scheduled
for January 9 and 23. Thereafter meetings in 2008 are scheduled for:
February 6, 20
March 5, 19
April 2, 16
May 7, 21
June 4, 18
July 16
August 13
September 3, 17
October 1, 15
November 5, 19
December 10.
Date last updated: December 14, 2007
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